Jorg Widmann: Arche
Kent Nagano & Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
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Release Date: 12 October 2018
Label: Ecm Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 028948170074
Kent Nagano & Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Release Date: 12 October 2018
Label: Ecm Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 028948170074
Description
For the opening of Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie concert hall, the German composer Jorg Widmann was commissioned to write a new oratorio for soloists, choirs, organ and orchestra, Arche.
Widmann drew inspiration from the shape of the building itself: "From the outside it resembles a ship. To me, the interior looked like the hold of a ship, an ark…Re-emerging into the daylight, the ark idea would not leave me alone. The inflection of the music I had to compose was clear…."
Arche is a compendious work embracing the course of history in the west with a collaged libretto drawing upon a range of writers: from the unknown authors of the Old Testament to Nietzsche and Sloterdijk via Francis of Assisi, Michelangelo and Schiller. Arche looks at the tradition of the oratorio and transforms it. Dieter Rexroth in the liner notes: "What immediately stands out is above all the impression of paradox and the vast diversity of forms and musical resources. Everything happens at once, everything interlocks. Every moment transports us into another world."
Kent Nagano directs the massed musical forces with characteristic verve, clarity and imagination in this concert recording from the premiere performance in January 2017.
Tracklisting
John Surman
Marcin Wasilewski Trio & Joe Lovano
Sebastian Rochford
Elina Duni, Rob Luft, Fred Thomas & Matthieu Michel
Keith Jarrett
Mette Henriette
Keith Jarrett
Jakob Bro, Arve Henriksen & Jorge Rossy
Graindelavoix; Bjorn Schmelzer
Heinrich-Isaac-Ensemble; ensemble officium
William Vann, Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Derek Welton, Iain Burnside
Basler Madrigalisten; Raphael Immoos
Proteus Ensemble; Stephen Shellard
William Vann, Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Jamie Andrews, Ashley Riches
The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice
Soloists; l'arpa festante