Elias, Felix Mendelsohn
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Seda Amir-Karayan, alto
Michael Feifar, tenor
Dominik Wörner, baritone
Oratorienchor Baselland Liestal
Konzertverein Bern
L’arpa festante – Baroque orchestra Munich, chamber orchestra
Fritz Krämer, conductor
Elias, Felix Mendelsohn
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Seda Amir-Karayan, alto
Michael Feifar, tenor
Dominik Wörner, baritone
Oratorienchor Baselland Liestal
Konzertverein Bern
L’arpa festante – Baroque orchestra Munich, chamber orchestra
Fritz Krämer, conductor
Kirill Petrenko, conductor
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Elza van den Heever, soprano
Letizia Scherrer, soprano
Claudia Mahnte, mezzosoprano
Diana Haller, mezzosoprano
Norbert Ernst, tenor
Boaz Daniel, baritone
Kwangchul Your, bass
Bachchor Salzburg
Bregenzer Festspielchor
Kinderchor der MMS Bregenz-Stadt
Alois Glaßner • Einstudierung
Benjamin Lack • Einstudierung
Wolfgang Schwendinger • Einstudierung
Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg
Kirill Petrenko, conductor
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Elza van den Heever, soprano
Letizia Scherrer, soprano
Claudia Mahnte, mezzosoprano
Diana Haller, mezzosoprano
Norbert Ernst, tenor
Boaz Daniel, baritone
Kwangchul Your, bass
Bachchor Salzburg
Bregenzer Festspielchor
Kinderchor der MMS Bregenz-Stadt
Alois Glaßner • Einstudierung
Benjamin Lack • Einstudierung
Wolfgang Schwendinger • Einstudierung
Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg
Kirill Petrenko, conductor
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Elza van den Heever, soprano
Letizia Scherrer, soprano
Claudia Mahnte, mezzosoprano
Diana Haller, mezzosoprano
Norbert Ernst, tenor
Boaz Daniel, baritone
Kwangchul Your, bass
Bachchor Salzburg
Bregenzer Festspielchor
Kinderchor der MMS Bregenz-Stadt
Alois Glaßner • Einstudierung
Benjamin Lack • Einstudierung
Wolfgang Schwendinger • Einstudierung
Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg
György Ligeti
Requiem
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 »Auferstehungssinfonie«
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Gerhild Romberg, alto
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Staatschor Latvija
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
conductor: Kent Nagano
NDR Chor
Le Concert Lorrain
Joanne Lunn – Soprano
Sarah Wegener – Soprano
Christopher Ainslie – Alto
Markus Schäfer – Ténor
Tobias Hunger – Ténor
Peter Harvey – Baryton
Stephan Schultz – Direction
NDR Chor
Le Concert Lorrain
Joanne Lunn – Soprano
Sarah Wegener – Soprano
Christopher Ainslie – Alto
Markus Schäfer – Ténor
Tobias Hunger – Ténor
Peter Harvey – Baryton
Stephan Schultz – Direction
The concert from Saarbrücken on the 9th of November is online.
Joseph Haydn – Die Schöpfung
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Michael Feyfar, tenor
Marc-Olivier Oetterli, bass
Zürcher Bach Chor
cantus firmus consort
conductor: Andreas Reize
Joseph Haydn – Die Schöpfung
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Michael Feyfar, tenor
Marc-Olivier Oetterli, bass
Zürcher Bach Chor
cantus firmus consort
conductor: Andreas Reize
Joseph Haydn – Die Schöpfung
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Michael Feyfar, tenor
Marc-Olivier Oetterli, bass
Zürcher Bach Chor
cantus firmus consort
conductor: Andreas Reize
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem
SARAH WEGENER | soprano
JULIA BÖHME | alto
PATRICK GRAHL | tenor
KREŠIMIR STRAŽANAC | bass
GAECHINGER CANTOREY
HANS-CHRISTOPH RADEMANN | conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem
SARAH WEGENER | soprano
JULIA BÖHME | alto
PATRICK GRAHL | tenor
KREŠIMIR STRAŽANAC | bass
GAECHINGER CANTOREY
HANS-CHRISTOPH RADEMANN | conductor
Franz Schubert
Lieder for orchestra and voice by Max Reger
Alban Berg
Altenberg-Lieder op. 4
Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie
Michael Hofstetter, conductor
Franz Schubert
Lieder for orchestra and voice by Max Reger
Alban Berg
Altenberg-Lieder op. 4
Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie
Michael Hofstetter, conductor
Lieder von Franz Schubert in Bearbeitungen für Orchester von Max Reger
Altenberg-Lieder, Alban Berg
Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie
Michael Hofstetter, Leitung
Swiss Chamber Soloists
Swiss Chamber Soloists
Swiss Chamber Soloists
Swiss Chamber Soloists
Elias – Felix Mendelssohn
Dietrich Henschel
Sarah Wegener
Bernadette Fodor
Bachchor Saarbrücken
Le Concert Lorrain
Stephan Schultz
Messiah – George Frideric Handel
Paul McCreesh, chef d’orchestre
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Robin Blaze, contreténor
Rupert Charlesworth, ténor
Russell Braun, baryton
Chœur de l’OSM
Andrew Megill, chef de chœur
Alba Rosa Viva
chamber music by Mahler, Weigl, Jeths, Fauré etc.
until 6.12.!
Robert Schumann: Ouvertüre, Scherzo und Finale E-Dur op. 52
Franz Liszt: «Die drei Zigeuner» und «Oh! Quand je dors» für Singstimme und Orchester (Fassung von Bernd Alois Zimmermann)
Gabriel Fauré: «La Chanson de Mélisande» aus der Schauspielmusik «Pelléas et Mélisande» op. 80 (Fassung von Charles Koechlin)
Robert Schumann: Ouvertüre zu «Szenen aus Goethes Faust»
Franz Schubert: Sinfonie Nr. 4 c-Moll D 417 «Tragische»
Musikkollegium Winterthur
Heinz Holliger, conductor
Sarah Wegener,soprano
https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/im-konzertsaal/heinz-holliger-in-winterthur
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
Emilio Pomàrico, conductor
Sarah Wegener, Sopran
Rudi Stephan
Musik für Orchester in einem Satz
Arnold Schönberg
Sechs Orchesterlieder op. 8
Johannes Brahms
Sinfonie Nr. 1 c-Moll op. 68
https://www.sr.de/sr/mediathek/audio/SR2_DOKU_534.html
Mozart, Konzert für Klarinette und Orchester A-Dur KV 622
Mozart, Messe c-Moll KV 427 für SSTB, Chor und Orchester in der Fassung von Robert Levin
Daniel Gatz, clarinet
Sarah Wegener, soprano 1
Sibylla Rubens, soprano 2
Hansjoerg Mammel, tenor
Markus Flaig, bass
Frankfurter Kantorei
Camerata Frankfurt
Winfried Toll, conductor
Der ganze Hugo Wolf VIII
recital
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Jochen Kupfer, bass
Marcelo Amaral, piano
There was a Child – Johnathan Dove (*1959)
German premiere
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Daniel Schreiber, tenor
Mädchenchor Cantus Juvenum, concert choir und Nachwuchschor
Kammerchor der Christuskirche Karlsruhe
Oratorienchor Karlsruhe an der Christuskirche Karlsruhe
Kammerphilharmonie Karlsruhe
Peter Gortner, conductor
Sechs Orchesterlieder op. 8, Arnold Schönberg
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Emilio Pomàrico, conductor
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
recital with Götz Payer
“…into the deepest sea!”
Due to illness, Seda Amir-Karajan will perform with Götz Payer tonight!
Orchestra Songs by Liszt, Fauré etc.
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Musikkollegium Winterthur
conductor: Heinz Holliger
The time of the concert has not been scheduled yet. Please contact for further information: www.musikkollegium.ch
recital with Götz Payer
“…into the deepest sea!”
Chamber music festival
Head of the festival: Jan Vogler
Chamber music festival
Head of the festival: Jan Vogler
The time of the concert has not yet been scheduled. Please inform yourself on: www.moritzburgfestival.de
Chamber music festival
Head of the festival: Jan Vogler
The time of the concert has not yet been scheduled. Please inform yourself on: www.moritzburgfestival.de
Chamber music festival
Head of the festival: Jan Vogler
The time of the concert has not yet been scheduled. Please inform yourself on: www.moritzburgfestival.de
Lukas-Passion, Krzysztof PENDERECKI
Kent Nagano, conductor
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Lucas Meachem, baritone
Matthew Rose, basse
Kraków Philharmonic Choir
Warsaw Boys Choir
Lukas-Passion, Krzysztof PENDERECKI
Kent Nagano, conductor
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Lucas Meachem, baritone
Matthew Rose, basse
Kraków Philharmonic Choir
Warsaw Boys Choir
Lukas-Passion, Krzysztof PENDERECKI
ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTRÉAL
Kent NAGANO, direction
Sarah WEGENER, soprano
Matthew ROSE, basse
Lucas MEACHEM, baryton
From the 25th of June to the 9th of July Sarah Wegener will be part of the Jury for the international competition Concours de Musique de Canada in Montréal.
Schwetzingen Festival
War & Peace
Best of Baroque meets contemporary acapella music
Arias and cantatas by George Frideric Handel, Henry Purcell, Young Pagh-Paan, John Eliott Carter etc.
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Ensemble Il Capriccio
Sarah Wegener in SWR2 Treffpunkt Klassik extra
with Burkhard Egdorf
St. Matthews-Passion – Johann Sebastian Bach
Tobias Hunger, Evangelist
Lisandro Abadie, Jesus
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Christopher Ainslie, countertenor
Charles Daniels, tenor
Drew Santini, bass
Studium Chorale
Schola Cantorum Puerorum
Matthew Halls, conductor
www.philharmoniezuidnederland.nl
St. Matthews-Passion – Johann Sebastian Bach
Tobias Hunger, Evangelist
Lisandro Abadie, Jesus
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Christopher Ainslie, countertenor
Charles Daniels, tenor
Drew Santini, bass
Studium Chorale
Schola Cantorum Puerorum
Matthew Halls, conductor
www.philharmoniezuidnederland.nl
St. Matthews-Passion – Johann Sebastian Bach
Tobias Hunger, Evangelist
Lisandro Abadie, Jesus
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Christopher Ainslie, countertenor
Charles Daniels, tenor
Drew Santini, bass
Studium Chorale
Schola Cantorum Puerorum
Matthew Halls, conductor
www.philharmoniezuidnederland.nl
St. Matthews-Passion – Johann Sebastian Bach
Tobias Hunger, Evangelist
Lisandro Abadie, Jesus
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Christopher Ainslie, countertenor
Charles Daniels, tenor
Drew Santini, bass
Studium Chorale
Schola Cantorum Puerorum
Matthew Halls, conductor
www.philharmoniezuidnederland.nl
Paul Huber – Magnificat
Missa in c – Wolgang Amadeus Mozart
Oratorienchor St. Gallen
conductor: Uwe Münch
Paul Huber – Magnificat
Missa in c – Wolgang Amadeus Mozart
Oratorienchor St. Gallen
Leitung: Uwe Münch
Symphony No. 2 – Gustav Mahler
Remix Ensemble
Peter Rundel, conductor
Recital – Hugo Wolf
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Dominik Wörner, bass
Simon Bucher, piano
more information will follow soon
Recital – Hugo Wolf
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Dominik Wörner, bass
Simon Bucher, piano
more information will follow soon
Gesänge der Nacht
Musikkollegium Winterthur
Pierre-Alain Monot, conductor
“…into the deepest sea” has been nominated for the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik.
I am very happy and feel very honoured!
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Anke Vondung, alto
Bernhard Berchtold, tenor
Benjamin Appl, baritone
Orchester der KlangVerwaltung
Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern
conductor: Enoch zu Guttenberg
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Benno Schachtner, countertenor
Marcus Ullmann, tenor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass
Orchestra La Banda
Württembergischer Kammerchor
Dieter Kurz, conductor
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Götz Payer, piano
Ouverture spirituelle
In summer 2018, Sarah Wegener will give her debut at the Salzburg Festival with Penderecki’s Lukas-Passion under the baton of Maestro Kent Nagano.
Information:
recital
Schubertiade Ettlingen
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Thomas Seyboldt, piano
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, orchestra
Wiener Sängerknaben, choir
Arnold Schoenberg Chor, choir
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Sven-Eric Bechtold, speaker
Cornelius Meister, conductor
Live in Ö1, Uhr
Recording of the recital “Lied vom Glück”
from 30th of July in Schloss Montabaur, Festival RheinVokal
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Cornelis Witthoefft, piano
© Martina Wörz
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Seda Amir-Karayan, alto
Stephan Scherpe, tenor
Krešimir Stražanac, bass
Stuttgarter Kantorei
Stiftsphilharmonie Stuttgart
Kay Johannsen, conductor
Sarah Wegener – soprano
Leon Weisbrod (Knabenchor Hannover) – soprano
Barbara Kozelj – alto
Lothar Odinius – tenor
Matthew Brook – bass
Junges Vokalensemble Hannover
Octopus Kamerchor Antwerpen
conductor: Bart Van Reyn
Sarah Wegener – soprano
Leon Weisbrod (Knabenchor Hannover) – soprano
Barbara Kozelj – alto
Lothar Odinius – tenor
Matthew Brook – bass
Junges Vokalensemble Hannover
Octopus Kamerchor Antwerpen
conductor: Klaus-Jürgen Etzold
Drittes Labyrinth
für Sopran und Orchestergruppen [2013/14] – Jörg Widmann
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Jörg Widmann, clarinet
Gerhard E. Winkler, sound
Symphony Orchestra of the Bayrischer Rundfunk
Jörg Widmen, conductor
Late romantic music by Fauré, Berg, Wolf
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Olivier Thouin, violon
Jean-Sébastien Roy, violon
Natalie Racine, alto
Sylvain Murray, violoncelle
Kent Nagano, chef d’orchestre
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Camilla Tilling, soprano
Klara Ek, soprano (Mater Gloriosa)
Allyson McHardy, mezzo-soprano
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, mezzo-soprano
Michael Schade, ténor
Russell Braun, baryton
David Steffens, basse
Chœur de l’OSM
Andrew Megill, chef de chœur de l’OSM
Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal
Andrew Gray, chef de chœur
Kent Nagano, chef d’orchestre
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Camilla Tilling, soprano
Klara Ek, soprano (Mater Gloriosa)
Allyson McHardy, mezzo-soprano
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, mezzo-soprano
Michael Schade, ténor
Russell Braun, baryton
David Steffens, basse
Chœur de l’OSM
Andrew Megill, chef de chœur de l’OSM
Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal
Andrew Gray, chef de chœur
Recital „Glückes genug“
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Cornelis Witthoefft, piano
Schloss Montabaur
SWR2, Sabine Fallenstein
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN »SEI TAUSENDMAL WILLKOMMEN«
TVWV 13:9A – KANTATA 1730
»HOLDER FRIEDE, HEIL’GER GLAUBE« TVW 13:18 – ORATORIO 1755
BAYERISCHE KAMMERPHILHARMONIE
KAMMERCHOR WERNIGERODE
REINHARD GOEBEL DIRIGENT
SARAH WEGENER SOPRANO | JAN KOBOW TENOR
BENJAMIN APPL BARITONE | RAIMUND NOLTE BASS
Fränkischer Sommer
Johann Sebastian Bach
BWV 235 Missa in g-Moll
BWV 80 Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott
BWV 79 Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild
Sarah Wegener, Sopran
David Allkopp, Altus
Thomas Hobbs, Tenor
Peter Harvey, Bass
Kammerchor Stuttgart
Barockorchester Stuttgart
Leitung: Frieder Bernius
BWV 235 Missa in g-Moll
BWV 80 Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott
BWV 79 Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild
Sarah Wegener, Sopran
David Allsopp, Altus
Thomas Hobbs, Tenor
Peter Harvey, Bass
Kammerchor Stuttgart
Barockorchester Stuttgart
Leitung: Frieder Bernius
Krieg & Frieden (War & Peace)
An evening of transitions!
Best of Baroque meets contemporary acapella music.
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
Psalm 42 „Wie der Hirsch schreit“
Georg Friedrich Händel:
Dixit Dominus
Telemann mit Reinhard Goebel und der Bayrischen Kammerphilharmonie
© Josep Molina
Due to illness, Kent Nagano had to cancel. Eliahu Inbal overtook the thing with two rehearsals. I do hope that Maetro Nagano is feeling better again.
Sarah is so happy and proud that her debut of Mahler 8th has been so successful. Critics wrote that they had had goosebumps all over the place, and that her voice was floating beautifully through the hall. (SZ)
Hamburger Abendblatt wrote that Sarah’s voice thrilled completely and touched with beautiful, pure, powerful and intensive singing.
Online magazine IOCO mentioned the highly pleasant soprano voice of Sarah which was described with soft, beautifully floating and warm of timbre.
NDR-News: http://www.ndr.de
Here comes a personal note from Sarah:
For me it has been an unforgettable experience full of powerful, celestial, fulfilling music.
May I thank everybody:
Maestro Inbal, Staatsorchester Hamburg, Staatsoper Hamburg, Opera Choir Hamburg, State Choir Latvia, Alterspatzen, Rosalie, Daniela Sindram, Heather Engebretson, Dorottya Láng, Burkhard Fritz, Kartal Karagedik, Wilhelm Schwinghammer, and especially my dear and grandiose soprano colleague Jacqueline Wagner for the felt 247 high c’s which we sung together!!
It was such a joy to make music with you all!
Sarah
Apropos: I am a fan of the hall!
Symphony No. 8 „Sinfonie der Tausend“ – Gustav Mahler
© Maxim Schulz (April 2016)
© Benjamin Ealovega
Symphony No. 8 „Sinfonie der Tausend“ – Gustav Mahler
© Maxim Schulz (April 2016)
© Benjamin Ealovega
Symphony No. 8 „Sinfonie der Tausend“ – Gustav Mahler
© Maxim Schulz (April 2016)
© Benjamin Ealovega
Sarah Wegener is going to perform Gutav Mahler’s
8th Symphony – Symphony of a Thousand
on 28th & 30th of April and 1st of May as 1st Soprano
conductor: Kent Nagano
soprano: Sarah Wegener
soprano: Jacquelyn Wagner
soprano: Heather Engebretson
alto: Daniela Sindram
alto: Dorottya Láng
tenor: Burkhard Fritz
baritone: Kartal Karagedik
Bass: Wilhelm Schwinghammer
Hamburger Alsterspatzen
Staatschor Latvija
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
choir: Eberhard Friedrich
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
lightshow: rosalie
Stabat Mater in g-Moll HOB. XXA:1 – Joseph Haydn
Bleib bei uns denn es will Abend werden BWV 6 – Johann Sebastian Bach
Stabat Mater in g-Moll HOB. XXA:1 – Joseph Haydn
Bleib bei uns denn es will Abend werden BWV 6 – Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang A. Mozart – Maurerische Trauermusik
Wolfgang A. Mozart – Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento, KV 243
Franz Schubert – Mis nr. 5, D. 678
Friday, 24th of March 8:15 pm – TivoliVredenburg Utrecht
on NPO Radio 4
Elias – Felix Mendelssohn
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Renée Morloc, alto
Roman Payer, tenor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass
Kurrende Tübingen
Ensemble hiemis aetatis
conductor: Benedikt Brändle
Lieder an die Geliebte op. 18 – Wilhelm Grosz (transcription: Uli Fussenegger)
Graupner & Bach
This year has already started with absolutely wonderful music and projects!
There is so much more to come. I love the variety my work is offering me: Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, Grieg, Mahler, Berg, Schönberg, Ligeti, Henze, Hosokawa and Holliger.
I feel blessed.
This year I will be a lot in Asia. For the first time I will perform in Tokyo Suntory Hall, at Tongyeong International Music Festival, at Taipeh Concert Hall, and in Nagoya Aichi Arts Center.
Further, I will visit Spain, Russia, the Netherlands, Italy and Switzerland. Of course, I will also sing in Germany – and for example come back to Elbphilharmonie Hamburg! ✨
For information about upcoming concerts, please click here:
https://www.sarah-wegener.de/en/category/concerts-en/
Ein deutsches Requiem – Johannes Brahms
Voix d’espoir – Voices of hope
Charity Concert for 25 years of Maison du Parc Montréal, assisting people living with HIV/AIDS
Øresund – Ivan Eröd
Die sieben letzten Worte…in anderen Worten – Richard van Schoor
Four last Songs – Richard Strauss
Orchestral songs – Joseph Marx
4th Symphony – Gustav Mahler
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz
conductor: Michael Hofstetter
Four last Songs – Richard Strauss
Orchestral Songs – Joseph Marx
4th Symphony – Gustav Mahler
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz
conductor: Michael Hofstetter
Vier letzte Lieder – Richard Strauss
Orchestral Songs – Joseph Marx
4th Symphony – Gustav Mahler
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz
conductor: Michael Hofstetter
Four last Songs – Richard Strauss
Orchestral Songs – Joseph Marx
4th Symphony – Gustav Mahler
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz
conductor: Michael Hofstetter
Gudrun Bublitz www.angelika-luz.de
Concert hall of Musikhochschule Stuttgart
Hat dich die Liebe berührt, Joseph Marx
Ohne Dich, Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Morgen, Richard Strauss
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Prof. Andrea Darzins, viola
Prof. Cornelis Witthoefft, piano
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Emanuela Piemonti, piano
Songs by Ravel, Korngold, Mendelssohn, Wolf, Schumann, Brahms
These have been really eventful weeks:
My trip to Canada and the Moritzburg Festival.
It has been my very first oversea trip westwards, my debut
with Maestro Kent Nagano, with the Orchestre
Symphonique de Montréal, in Maison Symphonique and
at Festival Lanaudière. This means several debuts at one time!
I also had the pleasure to do a chamber music recital with
members of the OSM. Amonst others we did the
transcriptions by Aribert Reimann of Schumann and
Brahms songs.
Here is a photo taken during the rehearsal at Piano Nobile:
I gained a lot from my work in Canada, and the concerts – I have to admit freely – were fantastic! We could reach out to the people and touch them. With the „little“ chamber music as with the „big“ Mozart Requiem open air in front of 5000 people or Beethoven 9 in festive Maison Symphonique (which by the way has great acoustics!).
In my spare time I listened to other concerts – like the concert for the 40th anniversary of Parc d‘Olympique – and saw as much of Montréal as possible, partly with my dear collegues Michèle Losier, Michael Schade and Alexander Tsymbalyuk. I experienced Montréal as very colourful and open. A lot of nationalities, ways of living, but also the cityscape is colourful: historical churches or other buildings between and next to modern skyscrapers.
This is me on my excursion to Mont-Royal which Montréal
is named after. There are wonderful views from there!
Country and people gave me a warm welcome. One funny thing I found out is the accent: Québecois.
Ca dzure dziis minuites (Ca dure dix minutes) – something like that. Very charming. At the beginning I coudn‘t understand anything, despite speaking nearly fluent French, but fortunately got used to it very quickly.
In December I will be back already. This time for winter (for St Matthews Passion and Brahm‘s Requiem). Looking forward to that very much!!
***
Afterwards, I travelled to Moritzburg (experiencing a huge jetlag, oh dear), being guest for concerts of chamber music – following the invitation of Jan Vogler, the artistic director of the festival.
It has been a wonderful time of working and living together with different artists in a very open and warm atmosphere. We had breakfast, lunch and dinner together, and hopped from from rehearsal to another – everybody being part of different music groups.
My personal highlight was my portrait concert and “Maiblumen blühten überall with string sextet by Alexander Zemlinsky. My highlight as a listener was Mendelssohn’s string octet in E flat major. Fireworks!
These were the artists of the festival 2016:
VIOLIN
Benjamin Beilman
Ye-Eun Choi
Chad Hoopes
Paul Huang
Annabelle Meare
Valeriy Sokolov
Kai Vogler
Mira Wang
VIOLA
Kim Kashkashian
Richard O’Neill
Lawrence Power
Pauline Sachse
VIOLONCELLO
Narek Hakhnazaryan
Li-Wei Qin
Jan Vogler
PIANO
Boris Giltburg
Juho Pohjonen
Antti Siirala
FLUTE
Adam Walker
HARP
Anneleen Lenaerts
SOPRANO
Sarah Wegener
COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE
Erkki-Sven Tüür
CONDUCTOR
Josep Caballée Domenech
ASSISTENT
Roman Baltag
For all CINDERELLA-FANS (like me): Parts of the movie “Drei Nüsse für Aschenbrödel (Cinderella – one of THE movies of my childhood) were filmed at castle Moritzburg.
On these stairs Cinderella lost her shoe…
…but on this photo it is mine. I couldn’t resist.
***
SW
Evangelische Kirche Moritzburg
Evangelische Kirche Moritzburg
Schloss Proschwitz
C. Saint-Saëns: Fantaisie für Violine und Harfe op. 124
M. Ravel: Chansons madécasses für Sopran, Flöte, Violoncello und Klavier
M. Ravel: Streichquartett F-Dur op. 35
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Olivier Thouin, violin
Jean-Sébastien Roy, violin
Natalie Racine, viola
Sylvain Murray, cello
Kent NAGANO, conductor
ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTRÉAL
Sarah WEGENER, soprano
Michèle LOSIER, mezzo-soprano
Michael SCHADE, tenor
Alexander TSYMBALYUK, bass
Andrew MEGILL, chorus master of l’OSM
Kent NAGANO, conductor
ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTRÉAL
Sarah WEGENER, soprano
Michèle LOSIER, mezzo-soprano
Michael SCHADE, tenor
Alexander TSYMBALYUK, bass
Andrew MEGILL, chorus master of l’OSM
Franz Schubert – Sinfonie „Unvollendete“
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem
Kent NAGANO, conductor
ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTRÉAL
Sarah WEGENER, soprano
Michèle LOSIER, mezzo-soprano
Michael SCHADE, tenor
Alexander TSYMBALYUK, bass
FESTIVAL CHORUS
Andrew MEGILL, chorus master
Große Messe c-moll KV 427
Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento KV 243
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Sophie Harmsen, mezzosoprano
Andreas Weller, tenor
Felix Rathgeber, bass
Kammerchor Stuttgart
Hofkapelle Stuttgart
conductor: Frieder Bernius
Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele
Great c-Minor Mass KV 427
Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento KV 243
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Sophie Harmsen, mezzosoprano
Andreas Weller, tenor
Felix Rathgeber, bass
Kammerchor Stuttgart
Hofkapelle Stuttgart
conductor: Frieder Bernius
Europäisches Kirchenmusikfestival
