Chor St. Michaelis / ensemble reflektor / Jörg Endebrock

Ralph Vaughan Williams’ monumental »Sea Symphony« merges solos, choir and orchestra into an ode to the sea and the longing for distant shores. This symphony is full of indulgent romantic exuberance and yet is far more than just a musical description of nature. It deals with the fundamental questions of human existence, which the American poet Walt Whitman expresses with enormous linguistic power. For him, the sea itself is a symbol – of the innermost self that man can and must discover and explore, just as he explores the sea.

PERFORMERS

Chor St. Michaelis choir

ensemble reflektor ensemble

Nombulelo Yende soprano

Markus Eiche bass

Jörg Endebrock director

PROGRAM

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
The Hebrides or Fingal’s Cave

Edward Elgar
Sea Pictures für Alt und Orchester op. 37 (Bearbeitung für Chor und Orchester von Donald Fraser)

- Interval -

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sinfonie Nr. 1 »A Sea Symphony«