Running time:
1 part by 60 minutes; 2 part by 50 minutes
1 part by 60 minutes; 2 part by 50 minutes
6+
27 January 2021 Wednesday
19.00
Grand hall
19.00 Grand hall
Liszt. “Requiem”
Festive Male Choir
of Moscow Danilov monastery
Siberian Male Choir
Composer, pianist and ... monk. In 1865 (at the age of 54) Franz Liszt was ordained abbot.
«I was ordained in the belief that this act would strengthen me on the right path. I did this of my own free will, on pure and absolutely sincere motives. This decision met my still youthful desires,» wrote the composer to Prince von Hohenzollern-Gechingen.
Liszt's first church works date back to the mid-1840s. In the period from 1861 to 1869, most of the composer's works were created on religious themes and subjects: psalms, oratorios and Requiem.
Requiem is an example of the style of Catholic music to which Liszt deliberately strove: strict and avaricious, imbued with the spirit of asceticism. The Requiem uses only male voices a cappella and organ; the structure of the work was changed, which ends with the painting of the Last Judgment with enlightenment in the finale. Thus, the composer «tried to give death a truly Christian, hopeful character.»
Liszt's Requiem is rarely heard in concert programs. In the Zaryadye Hall it will be performed by the Danilov Monastery Choir, the Siberian Male Choir and the outstanding organist Winfried Bönig (Germany).
Winfried Bönig is organist of the Cologne Cathedral (since 2001), professor at the Higher School of Music in Cologne (since 1998), one of the world's best performers on this instrument and conductor. Conducts an active concert activity in Germany and abroad. Holds a summer festival of organ music at the Cologne Cathedral. He was the first performer of works by many contemporary composers. Has an extensive discography as organist and conductor.
The Danilov Monastery Choir is one of the world's leading groups performing sacred music. The collective is a permanent participant in international conferences and festivals of church music in Russia and abroad, various charitable and youth events. The choir's repertoire includes the entire spectrum of liturgical music, romances, historical and military-patriotic songs, hymns, folk songs, Cossack, as well as drinking, domestic and foreign classics.
The Siberian Male Choir is a laureate of all-Russian and international competitions and festivals. The choir's repertoire includes more than 200 pieces of music, of which over 100 are sacred chants by outstanding Russian composers, everyday chants, Russian folk songs, and arrangements of works by Russian and Soviet composers.
«I was ordained in the belief that this act would strengthen me on the right path. I did this of my own free will, on pure and absolutely sincere motives. This decision met my still youthful desires,» wrote the composer to Prince von Hohenzollern-Gechingen.
Liszt's first church works date back to the mid-1840s. In the period from 1861 to 1869, most of the composer's works were created on religious themes and subjects: psalms, oratorios and Requiem.
Requiem is an example of the style of Catholic music to which Liszt deliberately strove: strict and avaricious, imbued with the spirit of asceticism. The Requiem uses only male voices a cappella and organ; the structure of the work was changed, which ends with the painting of the Last Judgment with enlightenment in the finale. Thus, the composer «tried to give death a truly Christian, hopeful character.»
Liszt's Requiem is rarely heard in concert programs. In the Zaryadye Hall it will be performed by the Danilov Monastery Choir, the Siberian Male Choir and the outstanding organist Winfried Bönig (Germany).
Winfried Bönig is organist of the Cologne Cathedral (since 2001), professor at the Higher School of Music in Cologne (since 1998), one of the world's best performers on this instrument and conductor. Conducts an active concert activity in Germany and abroad. Holds a summer festival of organ music at the Cologne Cathedral. He was the first performer of works by many contemporary composers. Has an extensive discography as organist and conductor.
The Danilov Monastery Choir is one of the world's leading groups performing sacred music. The collective is a permanent participant in international conferences and festivals of church music in Russia and abroad, various charitable and youth events. The choir's repertoire includes the entire spectrum of liturgical music, romances, historical and military-patriotic songs, hymns, folk songs, Cossack, as well as drinking, domestic and foreign classics.
The Siberian Male Choir is a laureate of all-Russian and international competitions and festivals. The choir's repertoire includes more than 200 pieces of music, of which over 100 are sacred chants by outstanding Russian composers, everyday chants, Russian folk songs, and arrangements of works by Russian and Soviet composers.