Passages
Since time immemorial, wind instruments have been associated with death: two silver trumpets were found in Tutankhamun's burial chamber, and in the Old Testament the Archangel Gabriel plays the same instrument on Judgement Day. German composers, who, under the influence of the Lutheran Reformation, were specifically attuned to the power of rhetoric, made keen use of the relationship to death and the afterlife. In Passages, InAlto provides the evidence: in an exceptionally varied but always moving programme, funeral works by Lassus, Schütz, Buxtehude and others captivate the audience.
Aequale no. 1 "Miserere" & Aequale no. 3 "Amplius"
O meine Seele, warum bist du betrübet, SWV 419
Freudenlied
Fili mi, Absalon, SWV 269
Nunc Dimittis
Mit Fried und Freud, BuxWV 76: III. Klage-Lied
Paduana dolorosa, SSWV 42
Aurora lucis rutilat
Aequale no. 2 Du, dem nie im Leben Ruhstatt ward
Ich bin ein Blum zu Saron
Hæc dies quam fecit Dominus
Motet "O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht", BWV 118
O Jesulein, mein Jesulein
Traur- und Begräbnuß-Music des Herrn Johann Helms
Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727
Freue dich des Weibes deiner Jugend, SWV 453
Lambert Colson © Cici Olsson
Lambert Colson © Cici Olsson
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Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula
Parvis Sainte-Gudule 1000 Brussels
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