Frankfurter Museums-Gesellschaft e.V.

"Omnis spiritus laudet Dominum!" - "All that breathes, praise the Lord!" The 150th Psalm of the Old Testament ends with a call to the whole world. Both Igor Stravinsky and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy set this biblical text to music, each in their own unique style and context. Stravinsky chose the Latin Vulgate text for his Symphony of Psalms, which he based his neoclassical choral work on. For the Protestant Mendelssohn, on the other hand, the German text of the Luther Bible was decisive and he initially developed a hymn-like cantata from it, which he later expanded into a large-scale four-movement choral symphony with preceding instrumental movements. Both composers set further biblical texts alongside the hymn of praise and achieved very different sound effects with their personal compositional styles and instrumentation techniques.

With the juxtaposition of two such contrasting settings of one and the same psalm, Thomas Guggeis continues the established tradition of the great choral symphonic concerts of the Frankfurt Choral Society and the Museum Society, while at the same time setting completely new accents.

The Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester will perform with Magdalena Hinterdobler (soprano), Cecelia Hall (mezzo-soprano) and Magnus Dietrich (tenor) under the direction of Thomas Guggeis.

Photo: Barbara Aumüller

22.6., 11 a.m. & 23.6., 8 p.m. (concert introduction one hour before the start with Andreas Bomba in the Great Hall)

Alte Oper, Großer Saal, Opernplatz 1, Frankfurt

2for1: price category 2 = 62 €, price category 3 = 53 € (category 3 only available on 23.6.!)

18-21.6., advance booking Alte Oper, Mon-Fri 10-18.30 & Sat 10-14 (closed on public holidays)