Choir concert

Arvo Pärt 
„Passio Domini Nostri" (St. John Passion)

Written in 1982, the Passion is a minimalist masterpiece in which Pärt draws on medieval traditions. The work has an almost contemplative gesture. The narrator, the Evangelist, is cast with a quartet of soloists; the only instrumental support is an organ.

Max Reger 
„O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden“ ( "O head full of blood and wounds")

Reger's cantata for Good Friday on the well-known Passion Song by Paul Gerhardt from 1656, which in turn is based on a melody by Hans Leo Hassler from 1601, was composed in 1904 and belongs to a group of 4 other choral cantatas. These choral cantatas are Reger's independent and most extensive contribution to this core genre of Protestant church music.

Soloists and SchulmusikChor of the Karlsruhe University of Music
conducted by students of the class of choral conducting Prof. Matthias Beckert