Category: Organ / Sacred Music
The arabic lute “Oud” and the organ as instrument of Christian churches….they unite here to a cross-religious prayer. The work was commissioned for a concert prgramme on the subject of “hell”. But the music does not address this metaphysical-theological site we usually call “hell”… where the lost souls are punished after the death. Rather, they are prayers of mourning for the victims of senseless wars. Such senseless wars became in the meantime part of everyday life. With the sound of the Arabic “Oud” (played at the world premiere by the Syrian refugee Abathar Kmash) it is obviously to remember the horrific war in Syria.
Movements: PRAYERS FROM THE HELLS OF WAR -
1: The mother’s fear
2: The starving child
3: Endless Prayer
Duration: 9-10 Minutes
Publisher of notes/sheet music: Strube Verlag München , 2019
Instrumentation: Arabic Oud (Tuning: C – E – A – d – a – c1 )
Church organ with 2 manuals and pedals
Introduction: The arabic lute “Oud” and the organ as instrument of Christian churches….they unite here to a cross-religious prayer. The work was commissioned for a concert prgramme on the subject of “hell”. But the music does not address this metaphysical-theological site we usually call “hell”… where the lost souls are punished after the death. Rather, they are prayers of mourning for the victims of senseless wars. Such senseless wars became in the meantime part of everyday life. With the sound of the Arabic “Oud” (played at the world premiere by the Syrian refugee Abathar Kmash) it is obviously to remember the horrific war in Syria.
Dedication: FOR ABATHAR KMASH
World premiere: 01.02.2019, München Erlöserkirche Schwabing
Performers at world premiere: Wgorldpremiere at the 1st of February 2019 at 7 p.a. Erlöserkirche Schwabing NACH(T) DER AVANTGARDE (NIGHT OF THE AVANTGARDE) with Abathar Kmash (Oud) und KMD Michael Grill (Organ)
