Andreas Ottensamer II – Wiener Sängerknaben
Choral Concert
Thursday, 30 July 2020
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
For the second chapter of his residency, star clarinettist Andreas Ottensamer – who has also been Menuhin's Heritage Artist since 2017 – has invited one of Vienna's most iconic ensembles to Saanen: the Wiener Sängerknaben. Founded in 1498 by Emperor Maximilian I, this outstanding boys' choir has over the years acquired the status of a true myth, training within its ranks future musical giants such as Michael Haydn and Schubert, and collaborating with Biber, Mozart and Bruckner. Today, comprising some 100 choristers, it gives nearly 300 concerts a year and also runs a school, where some 250 children receive a comprehensive education in the magnificent Baroque setting of the Augarten Palace.
Wiener Sängerknaben
Manolo Cagnin, Direction & Piano
Andreas Ottensamer, Clarinet
Menuhin's Heritage Artist – Artist in Residence 2020
| 9th century | |
| “Ave, maris stella” | |
| Marian Hymns | |
| Antonio Caldara (1670-1736) | |
| “O sacrum convivium” | |
| Medieval Antiphonal | |
| Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) | |
| “La carità” | |
| from: Trois chœurs religieux | |
| (Text: Louise Colet) | |
| Robert Schumann (1810-1856) | |
| “Die Capelle”, Op. 69/6 | |
| (Text: Ludwig Uhland) | |
| Franz Schubert (1797-1828) | |
| * “Der Hirt auf dem Felsen”, D 965 | |
| (Text: Wilhelm Müller, Karl August Varnhagen von Ense) | |
| Adriano Banchieri (ca. 1568-1634) | |
| Capricciata à tre voci | |
| * Contrappunto bestiale alle mente | |
| from: Festino nella sera del Giovedi grasso avanti cena | |
| Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) | |
| “Libertango” | |
| (Arr. Oscar Escalada) | |
| Oscar Peterson (1925-2007) | |
| * “Hymn to Freedom” | |
| (Text: Oscar Peterson, Harriette Hamilton) | |
| – interval – | |
| Josef Strauss (1827-1870) | |
| * Matrosenpolka, Op. 52 | |
| (Text: Tina Breckwoldt) | |
| 6 SONGS FROM MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES | |
| Francisco de Salinas (1513-1590) | |
| * Romance del Conde Claros | |
| (Manuscript: Jordi Savall) | |
| Trad. | |
| * “Kalinifta” | |
| Griko Folksong from Salento | |
| (Text: Vito Domenico Palumbo) | |
| * “Üsküdar'a gider iken” | |
| Folksong from Turkey | |
| (Text: Nuri Halil Poyraz, Muzaffer Sarisozen) | |
| Nurit Hirsh (1942) | |
| * “Oseh Shalom bi-mromav” | |
| Kaddish Prayer from Israel | |
| Trad. | |
| * “Qoum Tara” | |
| Qasida from Algeria | |
| Eduardo Di Capua (1865-1917) / Emanuele Alfredo Mazzucchi (1878-1972) | |
| “O sole mio” | |
| (Text: Giovanni Capurro) | |
| Trad. | |
| * “Es gibt schene Wasserl” | |
| Folksong from Austria | |
| Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) | |
| “Wo die Zitronen blüh’n”, waltz, Op. 364 | |
| (Arr. Uwe Theimer) | |
| * “Tritsch Tratsch”, fast polka, Op. 214 | |
| (Text: Tina Breckwoldt) | |
| * Arr. Gerald Wirth | |
| 100' | |
| CHF 125/105/65/40 |