Marienblumen

No fewer than eight different flowers are dedicated to Mary, each standing for one of her facets. The rose, as queen among them, has always symbolised Mary as Queen of Heaven. It is the flower of love, but with its thorns also embodies the suffering of the sorrowful Mother of God. Both aspects – maternal love and fathomless grief at the loss of her son – are poured into a concert programme that goes straight to the heart by Stefan Gottfried, ambitious young mezzosoprano Anita Monserrat and members of Concentus Musicus Wien. But the music in the Kolomanisaal also lets more lively sounds blossom, when Stefan Gottfried plays from the ›Musical Flower Book‹ on the harpsichord. A many-coloured musical bouquet is guaranteed on this Whitsun Monday morning!

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
Rosenkranz-Sonate Nr. 14 ›Mariä Aufnahme in den Himmel‹
Giovanni Battista Ferrandini
›Il pianto di Maria‹
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
Auswahl aus ›Musicalisches Blumen-Büschlein‹ für Cembalo solo
Georg Muffat
Sonata V G-Dur aus ›Armonico tributo‹

Members of the Concentus Musicus Wien
Stefan Gottfried | Conduction, harpsichord
Anita Monserrat | Mezzo-soprano