RICHARD RUDOLF KLEIN » Sinfoniae Sacrae

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→(The Creation Story)
→For soprano, tenor, and bass solo, mixed choir, and orchestra.
→ Wessobrunner prayer “That's what I learned among people” (around 800)
→In the beginning, God created Heaven and Earth (Genesis 1, 1-31 and 2, 1-4)
→Roots of the Forest (The Elder Sparrow Bird)
→Orchestral Instrumentation: 2,2,2,2 – 3,2,2 - Str.
→ Piano reduction
→Premiere: Hattersheim, December 1, 1991. Höchst Chamber Choir and Hattersheim Chamber Orchestra, soloists: Marion Pötzinger, Joseph Pensler, Christian Kestler, conductor: Michael Adam
→Publisher: Möseler

→Based on words by Franz von Assisi
→ For soprano and baritone solo, mixed choir, and orchestra
→Orchestral line-up: 2,2,2,2 – 2,2,0 – Str.
→Piano reduction
→Premiere: Hattersheim, 27.09.2003. Hayat Chaoui (soprano), Christoph Kögel (baritone), choir of the Evangelical Christ Church Tauberbischofsheim and Evangelical Church Choir Hattersheim, a chamber orchestra. Director: Michael Adam
→ Publisher: Möseler

→(At Christmas)
→For soprano and bass solo, mixed choir, and orchestra
→The people who walk in the darkness (Isaiah 9:1 and 5)
→ Adoration of the Child “As a cautious light” (Josef Weinheber)
→Christ is born a thousand times in Bethlehem (Angelus Silesius)
→Shepherd, you by grass and stone (Rudolf Otto Wiemer)
→Rejoice, ye heavens (Isaiah 49, 13)
→Orchestral line-up: 1.2 ,1,2 – 2,2,0 – Str.
→Piano reduction
→Premiere: Frankfurt, December 12, 1982. Youth choir of the Hessian Radio and Radio Orchestra, soloists: Leonore Blume, Gerhard Maier, conductor: Jürgen Blume
→Publisher: Möseler

→(On the Passion)
→ For bass solo, mixed choir, and orchestra
→Da Jesus went into the garden (unknown poet)
→Nature shuddered (Meliton von Sardis)
→Christ suffered for us (1 Peter, 21-25)
→ The field cross “Out of time, out of place” (Werner Bergengruen)
→Orchestral instrumentation: 2,2,0,2 – 2,2,2 – Str.
→Piano reduction
→Publisher: Möseler

→(At Easter)
→For soprano solo, mixed choir, and orchestra
→ Christ is erstanden (12th century) - To the Savior who rose from the night of the grave (Notker der Stammler) - Jauchzet, ihr Himmel (unknown Poet)
→Orchestral instrumentation: 2,2,1,1 – 2,0,0 – Str.
→Piano reduction
→Publisher: Möseler

→For baritone solo, mixed choir, and orchestra
→O Lord, take from me (Niklaus von der Flüe)
→Orchestral line-up: 2 oboes, 1 clarinet, 2 bassoons, violas, cellos, double basses.
→Piano reduction
→Premiere: Hattersheim, November 22, 1989. Hattersheim Evangelical and Catholic Church Choir, Hattersheim Chamber Orchestra, soloist: Christoph Kögel, conductor: Michael Adam
→Publisher: Möseler

→(The Last Judgment)
→For tenor and bass solo, mixed choir, and orchestra
→Now watch, watch! (Walter von der Vogelweide)
→Woe to all those who experience the day of emptiness (Christian Sibyls)
→When the Son of Man will come (Matthew 25, 31-46)
→Day call “Wake up, wake up from your nothingness” (Thomas Campion)
→ Orchestral scoring: 2,2,2,2 – 2,3,3 – Str.
→Piano reduction
→Publisher: Möseler

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