classic.Esterhazy: quartetto plus - Last Words

Capella Paulana
Dominik Hellsberg, Violin
Georg Wimmer, Violin
Robert Bauerstatter, Viola
Benedikt Hellsberg, Cello
Wiener Kammerchor
Michael Grohotolsky, Artistic Director

Joseph Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross, Hob. XX:2

For an Andalusian Good Friday liturgy, Joseph Haydn created one of his boldest, most peculiar, and most magnificent works: "The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross." The performance during Lent as part of classic.Esterhazy has already become a tradition in recent years. While the pure string quartet version has always been on the program until now, it will be enriched for the first time with the vocal parts for soloists and choir that Haydn himself added in a later revision. This transforms the composition from wordless meditative music into a gripping oratorio, where the chamber music forces of Capella Paulana unite with the Wiener Kammerchor and selected solo voices.