HORIZONS - Der Geist weht wo er will
Horizons - The Spirit blows wherever it will
How we perceive “spirit” is both different and similar for each person and each culture. “Spirit” cannot be taken captive, trapped into dogma or institutionalized: it blows wherever it will. The spirit we perceive, emanating from completely different cultures, often moves us without us understanding the language or knowing much about the civilization that lies behind it. Spirit connects far beyond cultural and religious boundaries. That is why here we seek to link the spirit from different world religions, regions and cultures. Music and texts from different Christian traditions, from Asia, Africa and the Jewish and Arabic cultures are harmoniously juxtaposed.
Since it was founded in 1991, Singer Pur has had the privilege of travelling to almost 60 countries, always finding novelties as well as connections. It is thus with great joy that we pour music from the many different cultures we have had the privilege to get to know into the borderless spirit’s horn of plenty. May the spirit-filled music inspire and move you and waft you through the exotic and the familiar.
Trailer of the Singer Pur programme Horizons - Der Geist weht wo er will
Title list
Pfingst-Communio (~10. Jh.) – Spiritus ubi vult spirat
Salomone Rossi (~1570–1630) – Shir hammaãlot leDavid (Psalm 124)
Pfingst-Hymnus (9. Jh.) – Veni, creator spiritus (1. Vers)
Mohammed Fairouz (*1985) – Du'a for the Closing of the Eyes of the Dead
Nikolai Kedrov (1871–1940) – Otche Nash (Vater unser)
Pfingst-Hymnus – Tu septiformis munere (3. Vers)
Giovanni P. da Palestrina (1525/26–1594) – Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes
Xhosa Traditional, Arr.: Ralf Schmitt – Ndikhokhele Bawo
Georgischer Hymnus (12. Jh.) – Shen khar venakhi
Chen Yi (*1953) – Written on a Rainy Night
Joanne Metcalf (*1958) – It is Enough (2016)
Sephardisches Volkslied, Arr.: Christian Meister / Laura Hassler – Durme, durme
Hans Schanderl (*1960) – Einmal wandelt Läuten durch mich hin (2005)
Pfingst-Communio – Spiritus ubi vult spirat
Sandeep Bhagwati (*1963) – Ash'ar
Péter Louis van Dijk (*1953) – Horizons
Ivan Moody (*1964) – Supplication for Peace (2002)
Pfingst-Hymnus – Accende lumen sensibus (4. Vers)
Laurence Traiger (*1956) – Süß ist das Licht (1998)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1759) – Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
Omerror Dawson, Arr.: Mervyn Warren – Come Unto Me
total: 64:02