Missa ad maiorem Dei gloriam
This absolutely thrilling mass setting for large chorus, big band, and baritone is influenced by Latin jazz. The work addresses people's deep-seated fears and how they can be overcome by faith. Suitable for both concert or liturgical performance.
Audio recordings:
Recording: 11.8.2013 Landesakademie Ochsenhausen
Michiel Haspeslagh, Bariton
Festivalchor C.H.O.I.R.
Bigband Brassport (Direction:: Michael Porter)
Conductor: Klaus Brecht
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Composer
Wolfram Buchenberg
| 1962Wolfram Buchenberg, born 1962 in Engelbolz (Oberallgäu), studied school music and composition with Prof. Dieter Acker at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich; he also attended Prof. Acker’s master class. Since 1988, Wolfram Buchenberg has taught piano playing for school use at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich.
Wolfram Buchenberg is a very sought-after contemporary composer. His compositional oeuvre includes works of various genres and styles from solo to orchestral pieces, from musicals to masses. A large number of commissioned compositions for churches as well as for renowned festivals, orchestras and ensembles such as the Bavarian Radio Choir document the high quality of his artistic work.
He feels a particularly strong affinity to choral music, as is evident in the substantial number of his arrangements and compositions, among others for mixed choir. His music has become omnipresent in the international choral scene. Buchenberg’s modern and at the same time tonal sound language is characterized by colorful harmonies, soloistic elements, the inclusion of spoken texts and the breaking open of traditional rhythmic structures.
Portrait of Buchenberg: https://youtu.be/H-HfNOhx1F8?feature=shared
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