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An overview of concert programs, which could as well be mixed individually:

Concert Programme No.1:

The Stabat Mater from Giovanni Battista Pergolesi:

At their most recent CD production the ensemble worked on the "Stabat mater" from Giov. B. Pergolesi (1710-1736). This important church music was composed shortly before his death (1735). Pergolesi is considered as a representative of the then new musical style in Neapel. Pergolesi was commissioned by a few noblemen from Neapel to compose this work. The "Stabat mater" from Scarlatti acted as a model for this composition. The text of the Stabat Mater represents a kind of religious poetry that flourished in central Italy in the late medieval times. The use of "chiaroscuro" (contrast) provides the composition remarkable aesthetical value, which shows up as a series of impressions.

The piece is orchestrated for (male) soprano and alto with orchestral accompaniment. The role of the continuo is taking over by the double bass. The four string players give the music a great transparency. For the solo voices its demands are enormous. Throughout the twelve movements we find a continuous alternating use of either one of the solo voices or both performing in a duet. The complexity of the piece varies between a fugue-like structure and an accompaniment, supporting the solo voices with merely plain chords.

Pergolesi's work was acknowledged far beyond the borders of religious music. Even Johann Sebastian Bach recognized this work by using material in his Psalm 51.

"Stabat Mater" from Giovanni Battista Pergolesi:

The movements:

  1. Stabat mater dolorosa (soprano, alto)
  2. Cujus animam gementem (soprano)
  3. O quam tristis et afflicta (soprano, alto)
  4. Quae moerebat et dolebat (alto)
  5. Quis est homo (soprano, alto)
  6. Vidit suum dulcem natum (soprano)
  7. Eja, mater fons amoris (alto)
  8. Fac ut ardeat cor meum (soprano, alto)
  9. Sancta mater, istud agas (soprano, alto)
  10. Fac ut portem Christi mortem (alto)
  11. Inflammatus et accensus (soprano, alto)
  12. Quando corpus morietur (soprano, alto)

Concert Programme No.2:

Religious concert:

Ave Maria

Ave Maria: One of the most performed religious works throughout the latest centuries. In this concert the emphasis lies on the differences between the various compositions on this theme.

Ave Maria:

  1. Fauré, G.
  2. Franck, C.
  3. Gounod
  4. Guilmant
  5. Rheinberger
  6. Saint Saëns
  7. Caccini

Soloist: Isabell Großmann

  1. Cherubini
  2. Goller
  3. Rheinberger
  4. Saint Saëns
  5. Schubert
  6. Stolz

Soloist: Sonoko Nagai

 

Duets from:

Mozart: Mass in C minor
Rossini: Petit Messe Solenelle
Humperdinck: Haensel und Gretel: The evening prayer (Das Abendgebet)

Soloists: Sonoko Nagai and Isabell Großmann

Bach: Double Concerto in D minor for two violins und orchestra
Soloists: Susanne Hermann and Roman Oracko

Corelli: Concerto for chamber orchestra

Concert Programme No.3:

Mozart: Piano concerto in A major
Soloist: Sara Derman

Mozart: Exultate Jubilate
Soloist: Sonoko Nagai

Mozart: Different arias from operas
Soloist: Isabell Großmann

Concert Programme No.4:

Tchaikovsky, P: Andante Cantabile for solo double bass
Soloist: Berthold Mayrhofer

Different arias from operas and songs:

  1. Saint Saëns
  2. Verdi
  3. Rachmaninow
  4. Bizet
  5. Mozart
  6. Bohm, etc.

Soloist: Isabell Großmann

Different arias from operas:

  1. Delibes
  2. Rossini
  3. Offenbach
  4. Donizetti
  5. Verdi
  6. Strauß II., J.

Soloist: Sonoko Nagai

Duets:

  1. Mozart
  2. Rossini
  3. Delibes

Soloists: Sonoko Nagai and Isabell Großmann