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:
Cristobal de Morales (1500-1553)
Lamentatio: Zain for 5 voices (around 1530)
György Kurtág (*1926)
8 pieces from the collection Játékok, for solo organ (1973–2017)
- Apocryphal Hymn (2nd version)
For Dóra Antal's Birthday (2nd version)
Versetto: Temptavit Deus Abraham (apocryphal organum)
Versetto: Consurrexit Cain adversus fratrem suum...
... humble regard sur Olivier Messiaen... (a)
Versetto: Dixit Dominus ad Noe: finis universe carnis venit...
Sirens of the Deluge
... humble regard sur Olivier Messiaen… (b)
Cristobal de Morales (1500-1553)
Lamentatio: Aleph for 4 voices (around 1530)
Sarah Nemtsov (*1980)
Al ken nekaveh lecha for tenor and organ (2021)
Artist talk with Ying Wang
Ying Wang (*1976)
Bal du noir for four voices and organ (2026)
World premiere, composition commissioned by CANTANDO ADMONT, made possible by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
Friedrich Cerha (1926–2023)
from 6 Postludes for solo organ (2014)
- II. Die unbeantwortbare Frage
- III. Scherzino
Cristobal de Morales (1500-1553)
Lamentatio: Phe for 6 voices (around 1530)
CAST:
CANTANDO ADMONT
Elina Viluma-Helling soprano
Terry Wey countertenor
Hugo Paulsson Stove tenor
Thomas Köll tenor
Artem Paches baritone
Ulfried Staber bass
Wolfgang Kogert organ
Cordula Bürgi programming and musical direction
Andreas Karl talk
In cooperation with the Wiener Hofmusikkapelle
