Landesjugendchor / Yuval Weinberg

Gioachino Rossini Petite Messe solennelle Katerina Gimon Elements

Carlotta Lipski soprano
Jasmin Hofmann alto
Theo Rohde tenor
Josua Bernbeck bass
Jan-Hendrik Linßen piano
Hannes von Bargen harmonium

In the Baden-Württemberg State Youth Choir, talented young singers discover the world of sophisticated choral music under the direction of renowned conductors. Rossini's Petite Messe solennelle was written by a master of early Romanticism ("I was born for opera buffa!", Rossini wrote in his dedication "to God"), but its harmonies also reveal influences from the Italian Baroque. The choir is accompanied only by piano and harmonium in this simultaneously solemn and rousing "little" mass. This is accompanied by Elements (2013), a cycle by the Canadian composer Gimon, in which earth, air, fire and water are explored in a fascinating way using the human voice.