Sacred Music for Mourning: Beethovenfest ‘21

Thursday, August 4: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts (DWF 21-05)

Sacred music for mourning: Beethovenfest Bonn, September 1, 2021

Performed by: Orchestre des Champs-Élysées (2,3,4,5) Collegium Vocale Ghent (2,3,4,5)
Berlin Radio Choir (5) German Symphony Orchestra Berlin (5)

Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe (1,2,3,4) Robin Ticciati (5)

Soloist: Harry Ries, trombone (1) Guy Hanssen, trombone (1) Bart Vroomen, trombone (1)
Dorothee Mields, soprano (3) Krešimir Stražanac, bass-baritone (3) Catriona Morison, mezzo-soprano (5)
Matthias Winckhler, bass (5) Valentin Radutiu, cello (5) Cristina Boner, soprano (6)
Mirjam Wernli, soprano (6) Jan Thomer, alto (6) Dan Dunkelblum, tenor (6) Raphael Höhn, tenor (6) Tobias Wicky, baritone (6) Davide Benetti, bass (6) Aki Noda-Meurice, organ (6)

(1) BRUCKNER: Aequale No.1 for three trombones in C minor

(2) BRAHMS: Begräbnisgesang for mixed choir and winds, op. 13, Tempo di Marcia funebre

(3) FAURÉ: Requiem for soprano, baritone, choir and orchestra, op. 48

(4) STRAVINSKY: Symphony of Psalms for mixed choir and orchestra, based on the texts of psalms 38, 39 and 150

(5) STRAVINSKY: Requiem Canticles for soloists, choir and orchestra

(6) BERNARDI: "Dies irae" from the Missa pro defunctis