User:Gerda Arendt/2020

vision in 2020

User:Gerda Arendt
Vespro della Beata Vergine in St. Martin, Idstein, 1 September 2019
Born	(2009-08-02) 2 August 2009 (age 15) Idstein, Germany
Nationality	"The only real nation is humanity"
Education	Technische Hochschule Hannover
Occupations	singen, singen singen, singen singen, singen or: This user is or was a proud amateur singer of church choirs Kantorei St. Johannis Rheingauer Kantorei Chor von St. Bonifatius Idsteiner Vokalisten The Master Singers of Westchester Reger-Chor Chor St. Martin, Idstein Idsteiner Kantorei Kammerchor Ehrenbach
Known for	List of Bach cantatas Franz Kafka 2016 Max Reger 2017 Reformation 2018 rejoice, serve 2018 we give thanks 2020 vision
Awards	Precious + Impact (given) blushing
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Did you know ...

• ... that O magnum mysterium, a motet for double choir by Morten Lauridsen, is a setting of a medieval Latin text for Christmas to music described as "ethereal sounds in imperturbable calmness"?
• ... that Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger wrote "Süßer die Glocken nie klingen", a popular 19th-century Christmas carol to the melody of an evening song, evoking the sound of bells as a symbol of peace and joy?
• ... that the Advent song "Kündet allen in der Not", an appeal to tell those in need to take courage, was written by Friedrich Dörr, based on Isaiah's prophecy, in preparation of the 1975 Catholic Gotteslob?
• ... that Beethoven's Third Cello Sonata, first performed in 1809, has been described as the first sonata for piano and cello to treat the instruments as equal partners?
• ... that Robert Hammerstiel wrapped Vienna's Ringturm tower in a painting showing stations of human life in simplified and brightly coloured figures?
• ... that a Magnificat was composed for the 1200th anniversary of Salzburg Cathedral in 1974 by Krzysztof Penderecki for two choirs of at least 24 voices, and conducted by him in the premiere?
• ... that in For the beauty of the earth, a 1978 anthem for choir and orchestra, John Rutter gave a 19th-century hymn text a new melody, marking it to be sung "Happily"?
• (Brian, we miss you and your spirit) ... that on 1 September 1610, Monteverdi dedicated to Pope Paul V his Vespro della Beata Vergine, a complex vespers composition which included the style of the emerging opera?
• ... that Henry Purcell composed basically two settings of Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, a complex one early, and a simple one for the burial of Queen Mary?
• ... that "Meine engen Grenzen" ("My narrow limits"), a new hymn with text by Eugen Eckert and a melody by Winfried Heurich, was recorded with a band?
• ... that Dmitri Smirnov composed the Triple Concerto No. 2 for the centenary concert of the London Symphony Orchestra, with the principal violinist, harpist, and double bassist as soloists?
• ... that Maria, Königin des Friedens, a Brutalist pilgrimage church in Neviges, Germany, has become architect Gottfried Böhm's signature building?
• ... that on Good Friday 2020, Benedikt Kristjánsson sang all roles in a chamber arrangement of Bach's St John Passion, broadcast live from the composer's burial place?
• ... that Haroun and the Sea of Stories, an opera by Charles Wuorinen, is based on a children's novel by Salman Rushdie about free imagination in battle with thought control?
• ... that Le Concert Spirituel played Handel's open-air music at the Proms with an ensemble that comprised 18 oboes, 9 trumpets, 9 trombones, and strings?
• ... that Alte Liebe (Old Love) is a novel about a couple married for 40 years, told by a couple married longer but separated, with chapters written alternately by wife and husband?
• ... that the voice of Jessye Norman was described as a "grand mansion of sound"?
• ... that a verse from Psalm 85 inspired artworks depicting the kiss of Justice and Peace?