Concert -accentus, Insula orchestra, Laurence Equilbey, Frank Markowitsch

Under the direction of Laurence Equilbey, Insula orchestra, the accentus choir and a quartet of high-flying soloists bring together the sacred and secular art of the Leipzig master, Felix Mendelssohn, with excerpts from his unfinished oratorio Christus and his First Walpurgis Night from Goethe.

Programme

Hélène Carpentier, soprano
Hilary Summers, alto
Stanislas de Barbeyrac, tenor
Florian Sempey, baritone
Accentus
Insula orchestra
Laurence Equilbey, conductor
Frank Markowitsch, conductor

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Cantata Vom Himmel hoch
Christus, op. 97, first part : « Die Geburt Christi »
Motet Herr, nun lässest Du deinen Diener in Friede fahren,
op. 69 n° 1

Wolfgang Rihm (1952-)
Fragmenta Passionis (excerpt) : « Da schrien alle »

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Christus, op. 97, second part : « Das Leiden Christi »
Verse Am Karfreitag, op. 79 no 6
Die erste Walpurgisnacht, op. 60