© In höchsten Tönen! Classic in the Crypt: The Death, the Muse — Mahler, Mussorgsky, Brahms
Vienna, Peterskirche — Krypta
About the Event
Cornelia Sonnleithner and Clara Sophia Murnig devote themselves profoundly to the eternal theme of transience and love, which lives on in many different facets despite all the blows of fate. Experience a musical tension between farewell and new beginnings, pain and comfort, past and future.
Established as Austria's smallest theater, the song recitals and opera performances captivate audiences with their high quality. Located deep beneath Vienna's St. Peter's Church, this extraordinary concert hall offers a personal experience unlike any other venue.
The KRYPTA is pleasantly temperate in every season.
Gustav Mahler „Kindertotenlieder“
1. Nun will die Sonn´ so hell aufgeh´n
2. Nun seh´ ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen
3. Wenn dein Mütterlein
4. Oft denk´ ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen
5. In diesem Wetter
Modest Petrowitsch Mussorgsky „Lieder und Tänze des Todes“
1. Wiegenlied
2. Serenade
3. Trepak
4. Der Feldherr
Johannes Brahms „Vier ernste Gesänge“
1. Denn es gehet dem Menschen
2. Ich wandte mich
3. O Tod, wie bitter bist du
4. Wenn ich mit Menschen‐ und mit Engelszungen redete
Practical Information
The crypt is pleasantly tempered at any time of year.
Cast / Production
Cornelia Sonnleithner, alto
Clara Sophia Murnig, piano
Peterskirche
The Peterskirche (St Peter’s Church) is the second-oldest church in Vienna, founded around 800AD, if legend is to be believed. The present church was built in 1732 in the Baroque style, with Vienna's first baroque dome. Inspired by St Peter's Basilica in Rome, the interior is adorned with frescoes, sculptures, golden altarpieces and carved wood. Peterskirche is one of Vienna's busiest classical music venues, featuring a diverse program that includes daily organ concerts, operas, choral concerts and performances by prominent local and international artists. In addition to performances in the elegant main sanctuary, the Peterskirche also hosts concerts in the fascinating and intimate crypt below ground level.
Johann Sebastian Bach
The name Bach and the word musician had long been synonyms in Germany as the world saw 56 musicians from this kin. But it was Johann Sebastian Bach, a genius composer and virtuoso organ player, who shed lustre on his family name. He was born on th 31st of March 1685 in Eisenach, a small town in Thuringia. At the age of 10 he became an orphan and was brought up by his elder brother Johann Christoph, who was an organist in a neighbouring town. His brother was the one to teach music to the young Johann Sebastian. Later he moved to Luneburg where he attended a church school and mastered the techniques of playing violin, viola, piano and organ by the age of 17. Besides that, Bach was a choir singer and later after his voice broke he became a chanter’s assistant. In 1703 Bach was hired as a court musician in the chapel of Duke Johann Ernst III. He earned such a good reputation there that he was later invited to Arnstadt to be an organist at the New Church, where he wrote his best organ works. In 1723 he moved to Leipzig to be a chantor at St. Thomas Church where he stayed until his death of a stroke in 1750. In the year of his death he had undergone unsuccessful eye surgery which lead him to lose his eyesight. During that strenuous time his second wife Anna Magdalena helped him to write his last musical pieces. Bach’s artistic legacy is vast. He created compositions in all genres of the time: oratorias, cantatas, masses, motets, music for organ, piano and violin.
Address
Peterskirche, Petersplatz, Vienna, Austria — Google Maps
