Hans Gál believed that vocal music, especially a cappella singing, was crucial for reconnecting audiences with the direct experience of practical music-making.
Recording & Production
This album is the first in a series by Borealis, a professional chamber choir, aiming to bring to light music and composers who have not received due recognition, such as Hans Gál.
Composer Biography
Hans Gál was interned in 1940, along with other Austrian and German refugees in Edinburgh, which interrupted his musical activities.
Cultural Impact
Hans Gál's choice of the title 'Satirikon' for his work is a nod to Gaius Petronius's ancient Roman novel 'Satyricon', a bawdy satire of life under Emperor Nero.
Composition History
Hans Gál founded a madrigal choir in Vienna in 1925, which was the city's only mixed choir at the time.
Composer Biography
Hans Gál, born near Vienna in 1890, was appointed Director of the conservatoire in Mainz in 1929, but was dismissed in 1933 due to the Nazi accession to power.
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