Mon, 16 February 2025, 6:30 p.m.
Admission: free donation
‘'Unerhört schön (Outrageously beautiful)’’ brings the human voice and the organ into an intimate dialogue, illuminating their historical and contemporary resonances: from Monteverdi’s rarely performed Messa a 4 voci to organ miniatures by Kurtág and Cerha to works by Sarah Nemtsov, Younghi Pagh-Paan and a world premiere by Chinese-German composer Ying Wang, which evokes the famous devil's ball scene from Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita. Unheard of in two senses – never heard before and of magical, touching beauty – a polyphonic floating and shimmering sound floods the entire chapel.
PROGRAMME:
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Messa a 4 voci da cappella (1641) – for four voices a cappella (from the collection Selva morale e spirituale)
György Kurtág (*1926)
8 pieces from the collection Játékok (1973–2017) – for solo organ
Friedrich Cerha (1926–2023)
Selection from 9 Preludes or 9 Inventions – for solo organ
Sarah Nemtsov (*1980)
Al ken nekaveh lecha (2021) – for tenor and organ
Younghi Pagh-Paan (*1945)
Prayers (2015) – for mezzo-soprano and organ
Ying Wang (*1976)
Bal du Noir (2025) – for four voices and organ. World premiere, composition commissioned by CANTANDO ADMONT
CAST:
CANTANDO ADMONT, VOCAL ENSEMBLE
Wolfgang Kogert, ORGAN
Cordula Bürgi, musical director
In cooperation with the Wiener Hofmusikkapelle
