Tenebrea – Mit jedem Klang verlischt eine Kerze

Program

Works by Jean Gilles, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, François Couperin, Sébastien de Brossard, and François-André Danican Philidor

Rituals have always helped us humans come to terms with uncertainty and loss. With this musical meditation, the Ensemble Lumière noire aims to give its audience space to explore their own feelings. Here, French Baroque music meets the spiritual insights of theologian Simone Wosniok, who guides the audience through a kind of “Leçons de Ténèbres” ceremony: with each piece, the flickering light of a candle goes out. Music, created some 300 years ago for the darkness of monastic life, now responds to our need for light, tranquility, and humanity.

Cast

Lumière noire

Henning Jendritza – Tenor

Concept: Friederike Mauss – Soprano

Cécile Dorchêne – First Violin, Concept

Lorena Padron – Second Violin

Fernando Olivas – theorbo

Ira Givol – Cello

Andreas Gilger – Harpsichord, Organ

Jean-Pierre Dorchêne – Drum

Simone Wosniok – Theologian