La chronique d'Eléonore :
SEELENFRIEDEN - SEELENTROST and ARTIST TALK
Mozartwoche gave us the occasion of hearing jewels of early music, organizing a concert of pieces by Johann Philipp Krieger, Dietrich Buxtehude, Heinrich Schütz, Johann Rosenmüller, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Johann Theile, Christof Bernhard. And, of course, a piece of Mozart was also included in the concert with his "Kommet her, ihr frechen Sünder",
Buxtehude and Schütz are played rarely, from time to time, but the other composers are practically missing in the concert halls. The reason remains unknown, because these pieces have a great beauty, and their mode and style of performance demands virtuosity from the singers, the ornamentations being extremely difficult and diversified.
The wonderful musicians of lautten compagney BERLIN under the conduction of Wolfgans Katschner, the tenor Martin Platz and the soprano Maria Ladurner (who jumped in to replace the sick Hanna Herfurtner) performed these superb musical pieces demonstrating beauty and an incredible professional ease.
After the long and deeply enthusiastic applause of the audience, Martin Platz sang an encore, a song by Buxtehude.
ARTIST TALK
Conversation with Wolfgang Katschner
Rolando presented the artist and his orchestra, mentioning their common work in "Viaggio dell'anima" first performed in Merano in 2024 and their future performance in Salzburg in 2025. It is impossible to touch on all the topics that the conductor talked about. Rolando asked exciting questions in a large scale of themes and subjects. Wolfgang Katschner told some words about his musical studies. His extensive knowledge and enthusiasm for early music were impressive. We heard his opinion on music education in Germany, the involvement of young people in music, the difference between modern music instruments and those used for early music ...
Early music at its top!
(A personal remark : Both the Renaissance and the Baroque periods adored the colours, the very bright and flamboyant ones, the glowing and radiant outfits and overly decorated clothes. In all the concert halls I've been to for a Renaissance or Baroque concert, all the orchestra members always wore exclusively black clothing ...)
KÖSZÖNÖM, ROLANDO!
Eléonore
Photos : Eléonore et Klari
