Complete performance of two choral cycles by Lera Auerbach at Wien Modern
On 24 May 2019, the RIAS Chamber Choir performed Lera Auerbach’s “Goetia. 72 – In umbra lucis” at Berlin’s Pierre Boulez Saal, conducted by Kaspars Putninš. The piece was written specifically for this choir. The composer was in attendance. The RIAS Chamber Choir was accompanied by the Michaelan-gelo string quartet. The work’s title refers to a magical language dating from the 17th century describing King Solomon’s 72 demons. As such, “Goetia” is a counterpoint to Auerbach’s 2016 vocal cycle “72 Angels. In splen-dore lucis”.Commissioned by the RIAS Chamber Choir, the Netherlands Chamber Choir, the Cracow Singers, the Zurich Sing-Akademie and the Vienna Modern Festival, the work will be performed for the first time in Austria on 17 November 2019 during the Vienna Modern Festival in the city’s Minoritenkirche. The work will be performed by the Cracow Singers, the Vocalforum Graz, the Raschèr Saxophon Quartet and the Quatuor Béla and conducted by Lera Auerbach. The same concert will also include Lera Auerbach’s “72 Angels. In splendore lucis” for choir and saxo-phone quartet. The performance will feature the Cracow Singers, Vocalforum Graz, Raschèr Saxophon Quartet and Quatuor Béla. Both works will be conducted by Lera Auerbach.
17/11/2019
Vienna
Austrian premiere
Lera Auerbach: Goetia: 72 – In umbra lucisfor Choir and String Quartet
and
„72 Engel. In splendore lucis“ for Choir and Saxophone Quartet
Cracow Singers, Vocalforum Graz, Raschèr Saxophon Quartet, Quatuor Béla
Director: Lera Auerbach
(Minoritenkirche)