Prayer & Stillness: From Bruch to Pärt and Gubaidulina
Program:
Max Bruch – Kol Nidrei
Arvo Pärt – Fratres
Djuro Zivkovic – Pslams for Jacob
Kate Moore – Incantation
Sofia Gubaidulina – Repentence
A concert where ancient prayer melodies and contemporary sounds meet
In times of uncertainty, we look for ways to give meaning to loss, hope, and change. Music can play a unique role in this: as a prayer, a ritual, or a moment of reflection.
In Prayer & Stillness, the New European Ensemble presents a program where spiritual traditions and contemporary sounds meet. The concert opens with Max Bruch’s poignant Kol Nidrei, based on an ancient Jewish prayer melody. In Arvo Pärt’s famous Fratres, a musical call for brotherhood unfolds, while Djuro Živković’s intimate Psalms for Jacob features the guitar as an instrument of contemplation.
With Kate Moore’s Incantation, the program takes on a dark and intense character. The highlight of the evening is Sofia Gubaidulina’s impressive Repentance, a work for cello, double bass, and three guitars, in which profound emotional power is combined with a quest for reconciliation and inner transformation.
