FULL Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi (Schütz ) Israelis Brünnlein (Schein) Utrecht 2021
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi or Historia der fröhlichen und siegreichen Auferstehung unseres einigen Erlösers und Seligmachers Jesu Christi, Israelis Brünnlein
- Composer: Schütz Heinrich, Schein Johann Hermann
- Libretto: Johannes Bugenhagen
- Venue & Opera Company: Jacobikerk, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht
- Recorded: September 1, 2021
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Georges Abdallah
- Conductor: Simon-Pierre Bestion
- Orchestra: La Tempête
- Chorus: La Tempête
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: AVROTROS Klassiek
- Date Published: 2021
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq2Yt3qH12w FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
In 1623, when the Thirty Years War was raging, Europe was torn apart by the confrontation between Protestant and Catholic peoples. Schütz and Schein, close friends with a deep-rooted Lutheran faith, were thoroughly in accordance with the spirit of their time when they wrote these works imbued with frugality, humility, even austerity. Yet these two great minds were still driven by a burning passion, paradoxically very attached to Italianate style.
With his ensemble La Tempête, Simon-Pierre Bestion presents here a ‘rewrite’ for a large and colourful orchestra, featuring a singer specialising in Byzantine chant in the role of the Evangelist: a radical new take on the ardent mysticism buried in this music, bringing it unexpected vitality and warmth.