Komm, süßer Tod – Collegium Vocale 2024

Come, sweet death
Hugo Distler - Dance of Death
and works by A. Bruckner,
K. Nystedt, J. Brahms and others.

"Come, sweet death. Come, blessed peace. Come, lead me to peace." Anyone who asks death to do this is "tired of the world".
So says the hymnal that Schemelli published in 1736 and Bach supervised musically. For the righteous, it is a path to life, "and his steps do not falter" (Bruckner: Os justi).

But for very few, death is a safe bank. And so they stagger, from the emperor to the child, when the
Reaper calls them to their last dance. Many have been touched and artistically inspired by this theme, the great
Johannes Brahms and also the young Hugo Distler. His motet for the Sunday of the Dead is at the centre of this
the centre of this a cappella evening.

Speaker Mathias Gastl (Death), Maskerade Inzing and others
Flute Thomas Mitteregger
Chamber choir Collegium vocale Innsbruck
Conductor Brigitte Wurzer
Advance ticket sales: Innsbruck Information € 22,- (students € 15,-)