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Les Mains Nues by David Chaillou played by Moises Fernandez Via

Georg Streuber-Chraniuk, baritone
Markus Syperek, piano

The 'Kaddish' prayer is one of the central and best-known texts within Judaism. It is considered as a Jewish Prayer for the Dead and for Mourners and is recited at Jewish funerals as well as at the anniversaries of a death or at memorial events. Death and Mourning do not as such appear in the text; the Aramaic and Hebrew words speak more of a glorification of God and God's forthcoming Kingdom - words which should traditionally provide comfort for the mourners and strengthen them for their continuing lives.

The Kaddish has however also  a further function and is recited more frequently in traditional Jewish services; here it serves always as a division between different sections of the service text, as the conclusion of a reflection or meditation, and also as a form of transition and division between different themes. Special about the Kaddish is that it may only be used in a liturgical context when there is a 'Minyan' present, a quorum of at least ten Jewish adult males. 

Max Doehleman has now set this multi-layered traditional mourning song with the methodology of a Lied. The basic mood is melancholy, as is appropriate to the main theme - the setting should however not illustrate total hopelessness; the listener should instead experience a communication direct to the soul despite all the sense of loss and sorrow. A Kaddish that (as the prayer text itself indicates) reflects also the continuity of life and the cycle of arrival and departure. As well as the moment of grief the music can also beas an expression of transition or change.

Max Doehlemann: Kaddisch

Radmila Bocev, violina / violin
Božo Banović, klavir / piano

Recorded in 2007

Sheet music available at https://www.universaledition.com/en/Works/Robots/P0213639

Roboti / Robots

Excerpts of essential KAIROS releases
released on 0012832KAI

Mauricio Sotelo - Como Llora el Agua

For Flute, Clarinet in Bb, piano, violin, cello

Unknown album (7/4/2016 2:41:3

Reverie(2014) Op.7  Mohammadreza Azin

Composed by Juan Arroyo and played by Omar Nicho.
Live at Quipu 2019, Paris

1. Evil Man

Création mondiale de « L’Angelo necessario » du compositeur Mauricio Sotelo par l’Orchestre symphonique de la Monnaie et Antonio Capolupo (clarinette) sous la direction musicale d’Alain Altinoglu. 
Enregistrement réalisé en live le 6 janvier 2019 au Palais des Beaux-Arts à Bruxelles.
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Wereldcreatie van ‘L’Angelo necessario’ van componist Mauricio Sotelo uitgevoerd door het Symfonieorkest van de Munt en Antonio Capolupo (klarinet) onder muzikale leiding van Alain Altinoglu. 
Live opgenomen op 6 januari 2019 in het Paleis voor Schone Kunsten te Brussel.

L’Angelo necessario, per clarinetto e orchestra - Mauricio Sotelo

La « Quatrième symphonie » n’est certes pas la plus connue de Beethoven, mais c’est de loin la préférée de Mauricio Sotelo. Ce compositeur espagnol s’en est inspiré pour son concerto pour clarinette « L’angelo necessario ». Dans ce podcast, nous nous attardons sur la création de cette œuvre pour orchestre avec son compositeur, le chef d’orchestre Alain Altinoglu et notre clarinettiste Antonio Capolupo.

Présentation : Reinder Pols
Production : Jo Nicolaï & Geert De Deken

Épisode 2

Trilok Gurtu- tabla and percussion
musikFabrik . Stefan Asbury- conductor
© 2008 KAIROS Production

Wall of Light - Music for Sean Scully

Chalan

Chalan (2003)

Ancora un segreto - Brendel . Liszt . Sotelo

Ancora un segreto (2014)

El Público (2014) . Cuadro Quinto, Escena Segunda
© Copyright 2014 by Proyecto Sotelo Sotelo S. L., Madrid-Berlin

Teatro Real – Madrid | 03/2015
Gun-Brit Barkmin- Señora Enlutada 
Klangforum Wien, Pablo Heras-Casado- conductor

Recording- BelAir Classiques

El Público (2014)

El Público (2014) - La señora enlutada (Marcha fúnebre)

El Público (2014) - La señora enlutada. (Marcha fúnebre)

Mauricio Sotelo (1961) is today one of Spain’s most prominent and internationally recognized composers. The première of his opera El Público, a work commissioned by Gerard Mortier for Madrid’s Teatro Real, at the Teatro Real itself in February 2015, was met with critical acclaim by the international press and an enthusiastic reception by the audience.
Sotelo studied composition with Francis Burt at the university of music in Vienna, graduating with distinction as winner of the “extraordinary prize” in 1987. He also studied electroacoustic music with Dieter Kaufmann and conducting with Karl Österreicher. He was further coached by Luigi Nono, a composer whose thinking continues to be an important source of inspiration for his work.
He was composer in residence at the Berlin institute of advanced studies (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin) from 2011 to 2012 and has received numerous awards for his music including the Spanish national music prize in 2001, the Reina Sofía international prize for composition in 2000, the Ernst von Siemens Foundation’s composers prize in 1997 and composition awards from the cities of Hamburg, Cologne and Vienna.

El Público (2014) - La señora enlutada. (Marcha fúnebre)

Mauricio Sotelo

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