The program includes “Requiem” by Gabriel Faure, cantata “O Jesus Christ, light of my life” by Johann Sebastian Bach and “Adagio” by Samuel Barber.
A concert commemorating the victims of the Homeland War in BiH and the Republic of Croatia will be held on Sunday, November 17, starting at 7 p.m. in the church of St. Peter and Paul in Mostar.
The program includes “Requiem” by Gabriel Faure, cantata “O Jesus Christ, light of my life” by Johann Sebastian Bach and “Adagio” by Samuel Barber, and the soloists at the concert are soprano Patricia Žudetić from Pula and baritone Jurica Jurasić Kapun from Čakovec, it was announced from Symphony Orchestra Mostar.
The guests at the concert are members of the choir Cantores sancti Marci from Zagreb, and in addition to the large ensemble of the Mostar Symphony Orchestra, they will be joined by the mixed choir of the FPMOZ University of Mostar, trained by Prof. Katja Krolo-Šarac.
The orchestra, which consists of musicians from Mostar, Trebižat, Široki Brije, Grud, Sarajevo, Zenica, Banjaluka and Split, the choir and soloists are conducted by maestro Jurica Petar Petrač from Zagreb, who is also the artistic director of the Zagreb choir.
Oratory Choir of the Church of St. The brand “Cantores sancti Marci” was founded in 1988 by renewing the tradition of the famous Oratory Choir of the Church of St. Brand founded in 1920. Through its activities, it nurtures the cultural heritage of Croatian sacred music and enriches the repertoire with performances of foreign works of art that are rarely heard in Croatia.
At the World Exhibition of 1900 in Paris, “Requiem” was performed in front of 5,000 visitors, and also at the funeral of its creator, the French composer, organist and pedagogue Gabriel Faure, exactly 100 years ago.
“Pie Jesu” is the name of one of the movements of the requiem, which the composer wrote with the desire to evoke a conciliatory image of death. In many passages, minor and major parts are gently interwoven, thus hinting at the comfort of the heavenly kingdom.
Barber’s “Adagio” is his most famous and performed work, and the interesting thing is that it was performed at the funeral of American presidents Franklin Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, as well as Albert Einstein.
Source: blesak.info
