- 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
- Sven Helbig
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.
More Info
- Requiem A by Sven Helbig - 80th anniversary of the destruction of Dresden and the end of WWII
- 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.