028948577651

Ars Moriendi

Paul Giger

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Format: CD

Cat No: 4857765

Release Date:  16 September 2022

Label:  ECM Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  028948577651

Genres:  Classical  Contemporary Country  

  • Description

    On ars moriendi Paul Giger looks at life's flowing patterns, at death and renewal, as he brings together compositions by Bach and new music drawing inspiration from the work of painter Giovanni Segantini and Swiss folk traditions. The album was recorded in Maloja, where Segantini spent the last years of his life.

    "Becoming - Being - Passing" - this is the name of the tryptichon by the Tyrolean painter Giovanni Segantini, which served violinist and composer Paul Giger as an important source of inspiration for the music on ars moriendi.

    The theme of transience runs through this programme like a thread and combines Bach compositions with original pieces and music influenced by traditional Swiss folk in equal parts.

    Much of the programme was written in connection with the film about the painter, Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts, and was recorded in the Chiesa Bianca, Maloja, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

    On the album, Giger is joined by Marie-Louise Dähler on harpsichord, Pudi Lehmann on gongs and percussion, and alto Franz Vizthum as well as the Carmina Quartett to form a chamber ensemble.

    Paul Giger: violin, violino d'amore

    Marie-Louise Dähler: harpsichord, positive organ

    Pudi Lehmann: gongs, singing bowls, frame drum, conch shell

    Franz Vitzthum: countertenor

    Jürg Surber: double bass

    Matthias Enderle, Susanne Frank: violin

    Wendy Champney: viola

    Stephan Goerner: cello

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Paul Giger: Guggisberglied (LocheZen)
      • 2. Paul Giger: Agony I (Atmosphere)
      • 3. J.S.Bach: Ich ruf' zu dir, Aus: Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ,
      • 4. Paul Giger: Agony II (Sechzigplus)
      • 5. J.S.Bach: Siciliano. Largo, Aus: Sonate IV c-Moll BWV 1017
      • 6. Paul Giger: Zäuerli mit Migrationshintergrund
      • 7. J.S.Bach: Erbarme dich, Arie aus: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244
      • 8. Paul Giger: Agony III (Die bösen Mütter)
      • 9. Paul Giger: Altus solo II, Aus: Pert Em Hru

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