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SALZBURG FESTIVAL | CONCERT 2018

Gospel of Matthew (Film)

Kollegienkirche

Works by Pier Paolo Pasolini

Mozart Matinee · Minasi

Stiftung Mozarteum – Großer Saal

Performers: Andreas Ottensamer, Simona Šaturová, Benjamin Bruns, Henning von Schulman, Bachchor Salzburg, Alois Glaßner, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Riccardo Minasi
Works by Wolfgang A. Mozart, Ludwig v. Beethoven

Chamber Concert Faust · Goltz · Bezuidenhout

Stiftung Mozarteum – Großer Saal

Performers: Isabelle Faust, Kristin von der Goltz, Kristian Bezuidenhout
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

Klangforum Wien · Volkov · The Orlando Consort

Kollegienkirche

Performers: Evert Sooster, Klangforum Wien, Ilan Volkov, The Orlando Consort
Works by Galina Ustvolskaya, Carl Theodor Dreyer

Piano Sonatas – Hinterhäuser

Stiftung Mozarteum – Großer Saal

Performers: Markus Hinterhäuser
Works by Galina Ustvolskaya

Collegium Vocale Gent · Herreweghe · Klangforum Wien · Volkov  

Kollegienkirche

Performers: Collegium Vocale Gent, Collegium Vocale Gent Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe, Marino Formenti, Klangforum Wien, Ilan Volkov
Works by Heinrich Schütz, Galina Ustvolskaya

Klangforum Wien · Volkov   

Stiftung Mozarteum – Großer Saal

Performers: Evert Sooster, Florian Müller, Klangforum Wien, Ilan Volkov
Works by Galina Ustvolskaya

Officium 1 – La Capella Reial · Hespèrion XXI · Savall      

Kollegienkirche

Performers: Michael König, Andrés Montilla-Acurero, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall

Jordi SavallMusical concept and direction
Maria Bartels, Dramaturgical concept and text compilation



Works by Tomás Luis de Victoria

Mass in B minor – Collegium Vocale Gent · Herreweghe

Felsenreitschule

Performers: Dorothee Mields, Margot Oitzinger, Alex Potter, Thomas Hobbs, Peter Kooij, Collegium Vocale Gent, Collegium Vocale Gent Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach

Officium 2 – La Capella Reial · Hespèrion XXI · Savall      

Kollegienkirche

Performers: Michael König, Andrés Montilla-Acurero, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall

Jordi SavallMusical concept and direction
Maria Bartels, Dramaturgical concept and text compilation



Works by Tomás Luis de Victoria

Vienna Philharmonic · Andris Nelsons

Grosses Festspielhaus

Performers: Håkan Hardenberger, Lucy Crowe, Ekaterina Gubanova, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Howard Arman, Vienna Philharmonic, Andris Nelsons
Works by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Gustav Mahler

Cy Twombly · Untitled, 1985 · Collection Cy Twombly Foundation · Courtesy: Archives Nicola Del Roscio , © Cy Twombly Foundation, 2017

Passion: In music, this initially referred to accounts of the suffering and death of Jesus. But would any form of art be conceivable without ardent passion? Suffering engenders many things. It can be the objective – or the means to an end – of redemption in a theological sense, a generally spiritual triumph, a dissolution of boundaries. Suffering can also mobilize creative forces and be the point of departure for new artistic endeavours. 

This time, the Ouverture spirituelle series brings together works that render palpable pain endured, experiences lived through, suffered and obsessively negotiated. Some pieces demand from performers an extreme immersion that is akin to suffering. Nor do these works spare audiences; they subject them to unexpected experiences as they transport them along various musical Stations of the Cross. As was already the intention of Greek tragedy, lamentation and trembling can lead to catharsis and emotional purification.

The series begins with Penderecki’s monumental St Luke Passion, which forges links to the Renaissance’s Tenebrae services held in Holy Week; to the Baroque, with Biber and Bach’s Mass in B Minor; to Classicism, with Mozart and Beethoven’s oratorio Christus am Ölberge (Christ on the Mount of Olives); and to Romanticism, with Liszt’s mysterious late work Via crucis. And to the 20th century — with Galina Ustvolskaya, whose music exemplifies the coexistence of suffering and passion. Important works of cinematic history – such as Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Il Vangelo secondo Matteo – reflect the theme in their own way; Alessandro Stradella’s San Giovanni Battista is a baroque counterpart to Strauss’s Salome. Concentrating every conceivable passion, the last evening will feature Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s Trumpet Concerto, entitled Nobody knows de trouble I see – a protest against racism – and Mahler’s Second, ‘Resurrection’ Symphony: ‘I shall die in order to live!’