MUSIK AM 13. – baritone and organ

Programme

Peter Cornelius 1824–74
Vater unser – Neun geistliche Lieder op. 2

Thomas Cornelius b. 1986
[New work] (2024)

Johannes Wedeking, baritone
Leonhard Völlm, organ

Introduction 7.15pm: Stephan Hoffmann

Admission free, donations requested

In association with the State High School of Music Stuttgart

About the programme

“My life revolves around two poles: the word and the note.” Peter Cornelius was Liszt’s secretary, a translator of Berlioz, confidant of Wagner and like him, a born poet-musician: not only the notes, but also the words flowed from his pen. His cycle of “Vater unser” songs, which combine Gregorian chorales with modern musical language, remains extremely popular to this day. His namesake Thomas Cornelius takes “Das Leben als solches” as the subject of his emotional compositions.