Children's Choir of the Pestalozzi Gymnasium Munich
St. Petersburg Chamber Choir
Thüringen Philharmonie Suhl
Joseph Suder
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Composition History
Joseph Suder's "Dona Nobis Pacem" Festival Mass was conceived from the senselessness and terror of World War II, taking shape in 1946/1947.
Performer Biography
The St. Petersburg Chamber Choir, founded in 1977 by Nikolai Kornev, is one of Russia's leading professional mixed choirs, with a broad repertoire and many international awards.
Compositional Technique
In contrast to most mass compositions, the Agnus Dei - Dona nobis in Suder's mass is a main accent, of uncommon length and telling contrast of design.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Suder's mass combines strict contrapuntal thinking with Romantic tone coloration, aiming for a synthesis of clear construction and expressive power in an intelligible musical language.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Suder believed traditional classical and Romantic forms were strong enough to be a basis for 20th-century music, not as copies, but for independent solutions.
Composer Biography
Joseph Suder (1892-1980), active in Munich from 1911, developed a principle of 'synthesis' in his Chamber Symphony in A major (1925) that became decisive in his later major works.
Performer Biography
The Bavarian Youth Orchestra, founded in 1974, is one of Germany's best ensembles of its kind, with many members being 'Jugend musiziert' competition prize recipients.
