Ausgewählte Gregorianische Gesänge
Navid Kermani
Auszüge aus „Ungläubiges Staunen. Über das Christentum“

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Joseph Haydn
„Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze“ für Soli, Chor und Orchester Hob XX:2

Joseph Haydn's “The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross” are dramatically emotional. First performed in 1796, the vocal version is one of the most popular pieces of Passion music. Beforehand, writer Navid Kermani will read from his highly acclaimed, intelligent and poetic book “Unbelieving Amazement. On Christianity”. In it, the winner of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade “immerses himself in the world of Christian imagery and marvels at a religion full of sacrifice and lamentation, love and miracles.”