The commission motto Organ Music in Times of Corona triggered two thoughts in me: On the one hand, a fateful invocation “Hör mein Flehen, lass mich atmen …” (Hear my plea, let me breathe) and on the other, the phrase “Finis coronat opus” (The end crowns the work), the Baroque call for an opulent closing passacaglia. At the beginning, the work quotes the cantus firmus “Welt, ich muss dich lassen” as a still “diffusely distant realization”; the following passacaglia theme is generated from the call “Hör mein Flehen ...” and builds up more and more, growing into a storm that demands the full breath of the organ. At the end, there is the certainty, bathed in glistening C major light: “World, I must leave you go.”
Roland Kunz
Separate edition from the collection Orgelmusik in Zeiten von Corona (Carus 18.220/00)
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Roland Kunz
| 1960Roland Kunz was born in Saarlouis in 1960 and studied musicology, art history and literature in Saarbrücken before completing vocal studies in Holland and Frankfurt / Main. As a countertenor he was a permanent member of numerous ensembles. Since 1983 he has been a radio presenter and programmer for SR 2 KulturRadio, BR, SWR and WDR and is involved in music education. He has composed numerous full-length works, including three oratorios “Der Seele Ruh,” “PAX!” and “Hildegard,” as well as the song cycle “nine-and-fifty-swans,” which was nominated for the German Record Critics’ Award. For his work he was nominated for the “European Radio Award” and received the culture award of the city and district of Saarlouis. Personal details
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