Verdi Requiem
After World War II, all the original mural painting and the interior design was painted over, but from 1991-1995, it was totally restored.
Isn't that beautiful...? It's such a pleasure to be on stage there.
In 2001, I took an active part in two great concert events there. We performed Verdi's Requiem with the Choir of the Concert Society Wuppertal and the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra, directed by canadian conductor George Hanson. Our soloists were Rebecca Turner, Soprano, Cornelia Wulkopf,Alto and Yevgeni Nesterenko, Bass. Maybe some opera enthusiasts do know these names...? I can't put in words what it feels like, standing there in front of 1500 listeners and perfoming this great Requiem. It was one of the unforgettable moments in my musical career.
On Christmas Day of the same year, we also performed The Messiah by Georg Friedrich Händel, one of the finest works for choir ever, I think. This piece shows, how expressive the baroque style can be. I will go on about that later on...!
posted by Markus Michel at Samstag, November 26, 2005
2 Comments:
hi markus,
this edifice is absolutely beautiful ... inside and out with all the expensive architectural detailing. it also has the look or feel like the sound system would be sensitive enough to pick-up the most delicate acoustic. true?
Missy, the acoustic inside is brilliant. The Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra made a few recordings there and they received an "Echo"-Award for their record of Anton Rubinstein's work. The Echo is the most important music award here in Germany or even in Europe,,,
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