Giger - ars moriendi | ECM New Series 4857765

Giger - ars moriendi

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Label: ECM New Series

Cat No: 4857765

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 9th September 2022

Contents

Artists

Paul Giger (violin, violino d’amore)
Marie-Louise Dahler (harpsichord, positive organ)
Pudi Lehmann (gongs, singing bowls, frame drum, conch shell)
Franz Vitzthum (countertenor)
Jurg Surber (double bass)
Carmina Quartett

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Chorale Prelude BWV639 'Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ' (arr. for violin and harpsichord)
St Matthew Passion, BWV244
» Erbarme dich (Have Mercy, Lord)
Violin Sonata no.4 in C minor, BWV1017
» Largo

Giger, Paul

Agony I (Atmosphere)
Agony II (Sechzigplus)
Agony III (Die bosen Mutter)
Pert-em-Hru
» Altus solo II
Zauerli mit Migrationshintergrund

Traditional

Guggisberg Lied

Artists

Paul Giger (violin, violino d’amore)
Marie-Louise Dahler (harpsichord, positive organ)
Pudi Lehmann (gongs, singing bowls, frame drum, conch shell)
Franz Vitzthum (countertenor)
Jurg Surber (double bass)
Carmina Quartett

About

On ars moriendi Paul Giger looks at life's flowing patterns, at death and renewal, as he brings together compositions by Bach and new music drawing inspiration from the work of painter Giovanni Segantini and Swiss folk traditions.

The album was recorded in Maloja, where Segantini spent the last years of his life.

"Becoming - Being - Passing" - this is the name of the tryptichon by the Tyrolean painter Giovanni Segantini, which served violinist and composer Paul Giger as an important source of inspiration for the music on ars moriendi.

The theme of transience runs through this programme like a thread and combines Bach compositions with original pieces and music influenced by traditional Swiss folk in equal parts.

Much of the programme was written in connection with the film about the painter, Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts, and was recorded in the Chiesa Bianca, Maloja, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

On the album, Giger is joined by Marie-Louise Dähler on harpsichord, Pudi Lehmann on gongs and percussion, and countertenor Franz Vizthum as well as the Carmina Quartett to form a chamber ensemble.

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