Tenebrea – Mit jedem Klang verlischt eine Kerze
From 30 October to 30 October Germany / Cologne
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
Programme
Programme
Works by Jean Gilles, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, François Couperin, Sébastien de Brossard and François-André Danican Philidor
Rituals have always helped human beings to overcome uncertainty and grief. Through this musical meditation, the Lumière noire ensemble aims to offer its audience a space conducive to the expression of their own feelings. French Baroque music meets the spiritual inspirations of the theologian Simone Wosniok, who guides listeners through a kind of ‘Leçons de Ténèbres’ ceremony: with each piece, the flickering flame of a candle is extinguished. The music, composed some 300 years ago for monastic darkness, now responds to a need for light, calm and humanity.
