New compositions for chamber orchestra
On this CD Verheißung, seven composers approach the topic of “prophecy” with their very different ideas and thus begin an attempt at musical prophecy and prediction. Omnipresent themes – such as violence and peace, flow and pause, life after death, the “now” and the “then”, the joyful yet quiet soul and sisterly bond – are taken up in the various compositions with different musical means.
In … per speculum … by Gerald Resch, the “now” and the vaguely imagined “then” have a suggestive effect on the composer’s musical invention. She Overthrows the Mighty by Anto Sophia Manhartsberger develops on the basis of the story of feminist liberation, originating with the sisterly bond, the rebellion, the renegotiation of the balance of power and ultimately a mutually agreeable new beginning in which the piece ends as a free improvisation. The composer sees the musicians as experts on their instruments, allowing a musical concept to come to life. Franz Baur’s Magnificat spreads a bright atmosphere awash in light that defines the musical events like a great arc from the beginning to the end. The joyful yet quiet soul floats inexorably above everything. In his composition Prophetes the Tyrolean composer Elias Praxmarer has musically transformed the contrast between the prophecy of horrific wartime events and the hope of salvation through a saviour. A broad, sweeping trumpet melody commences … luceat … by Martin Lichtfuss that wants to be understood as a paradox between “horizontal” flow and “vertical” pause. Christian Wegscheider poses the question “What is Coming?” and explores the human idea of life after death. Finally Benedikt Huber musically states with his work … and the trumpets fell silent … that the last trumpet, as the herald of doom, must be silent so that the Eternal Light can shine forth – brightly, peacefully and clearly.