Hans-Joachim Lustig, the founder and director of I Vocalisti, is also the artistic director of the Chorknaben Uetersen, whose male voices won 1st Prize at the 6th German Choir Competition in 2002.
Performer Biography
The chamber choir I Vocalisti consists of 20 to 60 vocally and musically trained singers from Northern Germany, who perform challenging sacred and secular choral music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Liszt's inclination towards Catholicism stemmed from his childhood and became an 'enduring feeling which controls me', shaping his sacred works.
Compositional Technique
Liszt's sacred choral music often features strong contrasts between richly-scored tutti chords and sparser, one or two-part passages, creating a 'fragile and reflective structure'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Around his 50th birthday, Liszt underwent a significant spiritual transformation, taking minor orders in the Catholic church in 1865 and embracing a 'monastic-artistic ideal'.
Composer Biography
Franz Liszt was considered the first superstar of classical music, with his appearances in the mid-19th century causing widespread hysteria.
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