Edle Dissonanzen im Advent: VOCES8 beim Chor-Festival Live from London

By Michael Vieth, 02 December 2020

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“alle Stimmen strahlten wie himmlisches Licht aus Dichtungen von St. Ambrosius”

Reviewed at Voces8 Centre, London on 1 December 2020

Programme to include:

Praetorius, Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

Claas, Maria durch ein Dornwald ging

Mendelssohn, Elijah, Op.70: Denn er hat seinen Englein befohlen

Roth, Men and Angels

Bach, Partita in A minor for flute, BWV1013

Britten, Hymn to the Virgin

Dove, The Three Kings

Park, Antiphon for the Angels

Rachel Podger, Violin

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Michael Vieth

Michael Vieth ist Physiker und hat viele Jahre in der Zentralen Forschung der Siemens AG in Erlangen und München an magnetischen Speichern und Sensoren gearbeitet. Auch von klassischer Musik magnetisiert, singt er seit seinem Studium in Göttingen in großen Kantoreien und Chorprojekten; eine besondere Vorliebe hat sich zu Motetten der Renaissance und der Moderne entwickelt. Daneben faszinieren ihn Auftritte und Programme kleiner Vokal-Ensembles.