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B'Rock Orchestra "Seraphim"

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Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 11:00
Experience divine certainty! We can safely assume angels are musical. Earthly conceptions of their music have evolved—sometimes soft with harp, sometimes sung, sometimes festive with winds. Heavenly hosts significantly influenced secular music's development. Had angelic music become human, earthly music would be impoverished. B'Rock Orchestra, Vocal Consort, Andreas Küppers, and Lucile Richardot explore these angelic secrets from late Renaissance to present.

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Keywords: Early Music, Komponistinnenfestival "her:voice", Vocal Music

Info & Ticket (www.theater-essen.de)
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Musicians

Lucile RichardotMezzo-Soprano
B'Rock Vocal Consort, B'Rock Orchestra
Andreas KüppersKeyboard, Künstlerische Leitung

Program

"Magnificat" aus "Marienvesper"Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
"Angeli, archangeli, troni et dominationes" aus "Musica quinque vocum"Leonora d'Este
"To an Angel" aus "Three Chants for Women’s Chorus"Ruth Crawford-Seeger
"Der Engel der Ewigkeit"(Auswahl)Konstantia Gourzi
"O vis eternitatis"Hildegard von Bingen
"Ein Engel ..." für Alt und KontrabassSofia Gubaidulina
"O Père qu’adore mon Père"Louise Farrenc
"Les sirènes"Lili Boulanger
"Magnificat", op. 19 Nr. 10Isabella Leonarda
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