Lutz's Stabat Mater mixes classical major-minor tonality with a more freely fantasizing tetradic harmony, creating mood-changing tableaux through gradual tonal accumulation of repeated melodic phrases.
Performer Biography
Martin Nagashima Toft, the conductor, made his successful debut at Deutsche Oper Berlin in 2014 and was the chief conductor and artistic director of CAMERATA from 2006-2013.
Compositional Technique
The motet "Hoc est corpus, hokus pokus" uses the Latin words 'Hoc est corpus' from the Catholic Communion, which are the origin of the magic formula 'Hocus Pocus'.
Composition History
The main work on this album, Stabat Mater, is a setting of a 13th-century religious poem attributed to Jacopo di Todi, which describes the Virgin Mary mourning at the cross.
Performer Biography
The Copenhagen Chamber Choir CAMERATA, founded in 1965, is considered one of Denmark's leading chamber choirs and won a Danish Grammy Award in 1999 for their recording of Handel's Messiah.
Composer Biography
Martin Lutz (b. 1974) is a jazz pianist who also composes classical choral works, expressing a romantic and poetic vein.
Composer Biography
Beyond his jazz and classical compositions, Martin Lutz has created music for children and for sport and athletics.
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