… unto my soul   The Present

Together with the vocal ensemble The Present – who position themselves at the interface between early and contemporary music – the 2026 Tyrol Easter Festival has commissioned three compositions. With Passion music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods as the point of departure – including works by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Gregorio Allegri, Samuel Scheidt and Giovanni Legrenzi – Catherine Lamb, Günther Zechberger and Hannes Kerschbaumer focus on the themes of loss, grief and hope. Several sound worlds are combined in a dialogue between text – including fragments from Aslı Erdoğan’s At the Foot of a Wall (Zechberger) –, sound and space. The cast: eight voices, viola da gamba, violoncello and positive organ.

The Present
Hanna Herfurtner, Olivia Stahn – Soprano
Amélie Saadia, Bernadette Beckermann – Alto
Tim Karweick, Pedro Matos – Tenor
Florian Hille, Stefan Andelkovic – Bass
Mira Lange – Organ
Mathis Mayr – Viola da Gamba, Cello

Programm:
Catherine LAMB (world premiere), Günther ZECHBERGER (world premiere), Hannes KERSCHBAUMER (world premiere), CESIS, PALESTRINA, SCHEIN et.al.