REQUIEM: ODE TO PEACE for 2 Boys’ voices, Countertenor, Bass baritone, Boys’ choir, Male choir and Orchestra

[Excerpt] Jurowski, Vladimir (Conductor); Engeltjes, Maarten (Countertenor); Stone Mark (Baritone) Pittsinger, Richard & Keller, Jack (Boy Sopranos); Saint Thomas Choir of Boys (Ensemble); St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir (Ensemble) Men of the Staatsopernchors Dresden (Ensemble); Staatskapelle Dresden (Ensemble) ©ParaClassics

1. Post silentium (Praeludium – Requiem aeternam)
2. Psalm 134 (Ein Lied im höhern Chor)
3. Vater unser
4. Kyrie
5. Father Judges Gebet
6. Psalm 100
7. Die Verheißung (Apostelgeschichte 2:17-21)
8. De profundis (Psalm 130)
9. Gradual – Sh’ma Israel
10. Tuba mirum
11. Mizmor l’David (Psalm 23)
12. Lacrimosa
13. Liebera me – Ana Beko’ach
14. In silentium (Ode to Peace)
15. Anrufung der Schutzengel
16. Frieden, wo Gott wohnt
17-18. Amen

YEAR: 2012

DURATION: 75′

INSTRUMENTATION:
2(picc, alto fl).2(cor anglais).2(bass cl).2(db bn) – 2.1.1.1 – timp. perc (crot, flex, tubular bells, vibr). harp. cel. piano. strings

TEXT BY: Various

PUBLISHER:
Sikorski

COMMISSION:
Commissioned by Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden and Foundation Frauenkirche Dresden on the occasion of the anniversary of the destruction of the Frauenkirche

PREMIERE:
11 February 2012, Dresden
Richard Pittsinger, Jack Keller (boa sopranos) – Maarten Engeltjes (countertenor) – Mark Stone (baritone) – Dresden Staatsoprenchor – St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir London – St. Thomas Choir of Boys New York – Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden – Vladimir Yurovsky (conductor)

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