Antonín Dvorák: Mass in D major
op. 86, 1887 for soli (SATB), choir (SATB) and organ
Johannes Brahms: 4 Gesänge
op. 17 for women's choir, winds and harp
Johannes Brahms: Ellen zweiter Gesang
for women's choir, winds and harp
Thomas Hennig: 'Zan, Zendegi, Azadi' / 'Jin, Ziyan, Azadi'
from Geminiden 23 for alto solo, choir and winds (original: piano)
Naji Hakim: Messe solennelle
1999 for choir (SATB) and organ
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Iphigenie Warbes, sopranoGundula Hintz, altoMyungwon Kim, tenorHaakon Schaub, bass
- Berliner Oratorien-Chor
- Daniel Seeger, organChamber Ensemble of the New Prussian Philharmonic
- Conductor Thomas Hennig
For its next concert in the fall, the choir intends to remain true to its intention of bringing together sacred and secular music, newer and better-known older works, in order to offer the audience a varied listening experience with – perhaps surprising – mutual references. The performance on 10/12/2025 will therefore juxtapose two masses: the Mass in D major by Antonín Dvořák from the 19th century (1887) and the Mass Solennelle by Naji Hakim, composed about 100 years later (1999). Both were written for choir and organ. In our concert program we combine these sacred works with secular songs from the 19th and 21st centuries. In his Gesänge für Frauenchor (1860), Johannes Brahms set texts from the “literary romantic” period, and Thomas Hennig chose a worldwide slogan against the threat to women’s freedom (once in Kurdish and once in Persian) as the basis for two pieces for alto and mixed choir in 2024. They are individual titles from the collection “Geminiden 23“.
