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        • Sven Helbig

        • Requiem A (2024)

        • C.F. Peters GmbH & Co. KG (World)
        • Bar + SATB; 1.1.1+bcl.1/2.4.3.0/timp.3perc/electronics/str(8.6.4.4.2)
        • SATB
        • Bar
        • 1 hr

        Programme Note

        Requiem A combines liturgical and new texts. The ‘A’ in the title stands for ‘Beginning’ (German ‚Anfang’) and admonishes with poetic pictures reconciliation and new beginnings. ‘Setting off‘ (Aufbruch), ‘ashes‘ (Asche) and ‘breathing‘ (Atmen) are key words in the texts which seek a way out of mourning and into life.

        Requiem A consists of nine parts with a concert duration of approximately 60 minutes.
        It includes live visuals by Icelandic film artist Máni M. Sigfusson.

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        • Helbig's Requiem A comes to London
          • Helbig's Requiem A comes to London
          • 18th September 2025
          • Sven Helbig will present his Requiem A in London in Central Westminster Hall with the LCO, various European youth choirs and Rene Pape.
        • Requiem A by Sven Helbig
          • Requiem A by Sven Helbig
          • 4th February 2025
          • On February 9, 80 years after the destruction of Dresden in the Second World War and its end later in May, Requiem A for choir, bass and orchestra by Sven Helbig will be premiered at Kreuzkirche Dresden.