Night Watch: Romantic Choral Music from Vienna
St. Canice's Catherdal, Kilkenny Arts Festival
11 August 2024
Programme
Johannes Brahms (Germany, 1833-1897)—Two Motets, Op. 74
Franz Schubert (Austria, 1797-1828)—Sehnsucht
Hugo Wolf (Austria, 1860-1903)—Geistliche Lieder (I-III)
György Ligeti (Hungary/Austria, 1923-2006)—Lux Aeterna
Hugo Wolf—Geistliche Lieder (IV-VI)
Franz Schubert—Gesang der Geister über den Wassern
Johannes Brahms—Fünf Gesänge, Op. 104
Performers
Chamber Choir Ireland
Gabriel Crouch—Guest Conductor
While the world sleeps, weary sailors and restless lovers keep vigil through the night.
In this programme of Romantic choral music from Vienna, Chamber Choir Ireland explores the beauty and tranquillity of the nocturnal world.
In Brahms' Fünf Gesänge (Op. 104), night watchmen blow their horns in the distance, lamps are extinguished confidently, and a wakeful soul asks the night to carry his love sighing back to him.
In Schubert's Sehnsucht, a lover searches the sky and longs for their distant beloved, and in his Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, the stars admire themselves in a glassy lake.
In Hugo Wolf's six Geistliche Lieder (Holy Songs), a soul rests like a harboured ship while the world sleeps, darkness climbs softly from the hills, and a lone sailor sings across the still night.
At the centre of the programme, Ligeti's iconic Lux Aeterna illuminates the night with eternal light in an avant-garde work made famous by Stanley Kubrick's film, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
As per the Kilkenny Arts Festival printed programme, please note that Paul Hillier was originally due to conduct, but due to circumstances beyond our control, will be unable to do so for this performance. The programme remains unchanged and we are delighted to welcome Gabriel Crouch to conduct.
In this programme of Romantic choral music from Vienna, Chamber Choir Ireland explores the beauty and tranquillity of the nocturnal world.
In Brahms' Fünf Gesänge (Op. 104), night watchmen blow their horns in the distance, lamps are extinguished confidently, and a wakeful soul asks the night to carry his love sighing back to him.
In Schubert's Sehnsucht, a lover searches the sky and longs for their distant beloved, and in his Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, the stars admire themselves in a glassy lake.
In Hugo Wolf's six Geistliche Lieder (Holy Songs), a soul rests like a harboured ship while the world sleeps, darkness climbs softly from the hills, and a lone sailor sings across the still night.
At the centre of the programme, Ligeti's iconic Lux Aeterna illuminates the night with eternal light in an avant-garde work made famous by Stanley Kubrick's film, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
As per the Kilkenny Arts Festival printed programme, please note that Paul Hillier was originally due to conduct, but due to circumstances beyond our control, will be unable to do so for this performance. The programme remains unchanged and we are delighted to welcome Gabriel Crouch to conduct.
