repertoire

Ludwig van Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge (Crist en el Mont de les Oliveres), oratori, op. 85 (1803-1804)
Franz Joseph Haydn: Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze (Les set últimes paraules de Crist a la creu), oratori, Hob. XX:2 (1796)

ARTISTS

Elionor Martínez, soprano
Lara Morger, mezzo-soprano
Ilker Arcayürek, tenor
Manuel Walser, baritone

LA CAPELLA NACIONAL DE CATALUNYA
Lluís Vilamajó, preparation of the vocal ensemble

LE CONCERT DES NATIONS
Lina Tur Bonet, concertino
Luca Guglielmi, assistant conductor
Jordi Savall, conductor

Programme

The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane (or the Mount of Olives) is the opening theme of Beethoven’s oratorio, written between 1802 and 1803. It is the first of Beethoven’s three great sacred pieces, before the Mass in C Major and the Misa Solemnis. 

Between 1787 and 1796, Franz Joseph Haydn composed the music for The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross: first in an orchestral version commissioned by the Oratorio de la Santa Cueva in Cadiz, then for string quartet, and finally as an oratorio. An arrangement for piano also exists, conceived by another composer. Jordi Savall once again presents the oratorical version of this piece by Haydn, which sets music to the seven phrases that, according to the Gospels, were spoken by Jesus Christ while nailed to the cross before his death.

This concert is included in the programme of the Festival Ciutat de Clàssica