Mocnik - St John Passion
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Label: BR Klassik
Cat No: 900343
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 3rd March 2023
Contents
Artists
Siobhan Stagg (soprano)Lydia Teuscher (soprano)
Attilio Glaser (tenor)
Rok Ferencak (tenor)
Gabriel Rollinson (bass-baritone)
Tadej Osvald (bass)
Max Hanft (organ)
Slovenian Philharmonic Choir
Munchner Rundfunkorchester
Conductor
Ivan RepusicWorks
St John PassionArtists
Siobhan Stagg (soprano)Lydia Teuscher (soprano)
Attilio Glaser (tenor)
Rok Ferencak (tenor)
Gabriel Rollinson (bass-baritone)
Tadej Osvald (bass)
Max Hanft (organ)
Slovenian Philharmonic Choir
Munchner Rundfunkorchester
Conductor
Ivan RepusicAbout
The time and place chosen for the premiere of Damijan Močnik's St John Passion – Maundy Thursday 2011 in the largest hall in Ljubljana – make it clear what universal aspirations the work wishes to fulfil for believers and music lovers alike. This also includes the use of the Latin language and the decision to dispense with folkloristic local colour, both of which have undoubtedly enhanced the work’s broader reception. In addition, this St John Passion seeks a connection to much older traditions, such as Gregorian chant, early polyphony and old movement techniques including falsobordone and organum. The composer focuses on the words from St John’s Gospel that Jesus gives to his disciples at the Last Supper: "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." These words to his listeners turn out to be the decisive message of the Passion story.
In Slovenia, the name Damijan Močnik is associated with a lively and young choral music scene, in which he has made a reputation for himself as a teacher, conductor and composer – for example, with the system of a "choir pyramid", with which, over 25 years, he has been able to inspire more than 1,700 singers to sing together at the traditional St Stanislaus Diocesan Grammar School in Ljubljana. Močnik wants to create "a triangle between composer, performer and listener. A composer who also performs his works can have much more authentic contact with his audience." In general, contact with young people is very important to him; his youth opera from 2018, for example, gained him a lot of attention. In addition, he often composes choral works such as masses, hymns and motets, which have become known far beyond the borders of his homeland. During his musical education, Močnik also sought contact with the greats of the choral music scene, for example during a study visit with Eric Ericson in Sweden. In his own country, as early as 1995, he gained public attention when he won a composition competition on the occasion of the papal visit of John Paul II, with the choral movement One thousand years have already passed.
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