MUSIK AM 13. : Romantics and a first performance

Jan Kopp b. 1971
Lichten 2025 – first performance
after texts by Anja Utler and Jeremiah 14, 15

Hans Fährmann 1860-1940
Vier Gottessucher-Lieder op. 82

Franz Schubert 1797–1828
Miriams Siegesgesang op. 136 (1828)

Isabel Weller, soprano
Pascal Zurek, bass
Florian Kunz, piano
Michael Sattelberger, organ
CANTUS STUTTGART
Jörg-Hannes Hahn, conductor

Introduction: Jan Kopp

Admission free, donations welcome

“Lichten” – a concept between dream and fulfilment. In the first performance of this work, Stuttgart composer Jan Kopp combines Anja Utler’s poetry with Biblical images of lamenting and hope from the Prophet Jeremiah to create a multi-layered sound space of our present. Hans Fährmann’s “Gottessucher-Lieder” reflect a piety marked by doubt from around 1900, before Schubert’s cantata “Miriam’s Siegesgesang” forms a bridge into the light. The programme combines works for choir and solo singer of penetrating depth and radiance.