Exploration a-cappella

In summer 2026, Camerata Vocale Freiburg presents an ambitious a-cappella programme that brings together different epochs, sonic languages, and forms of expression. Works by Johannes Brahms and Maurice Ravel meet, among others, with music by Edward Elgar, as well as contemporary pieces. The evening lives from the interplay between sonic density and delicate restraint, between Romantic warmth, Impressionist colour, and modern clarity. Camerata Vocale Freiburg demonstrates what sets it apart: a homogeneous, transparent choral sound, the highest degree of text intelligibility, and an interpretative depth that far transcends mere perfection.

Programme:

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
There is Sweet Music op. 53/1
Serenade op. 73 No. 2 4'

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Fünf Gesänge für gemischten Chor a cappella op. 104

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Trois Chansons

"Deux mélodies hébraïques":
I. Kaddish
II. L'énigme éternelle
Chorfassung von Clytus Gottwald

Jaakko Mäntyjärvi *1963
Aus "Four Shakespeare Songs":
Come away, Death
Lullaby
Double, double, toil and trouble

*Frank Ticheli (1958)
Earth Song

Goffredo Petrassi (1904-2003)
Aus "Nonsense":
Nr. 1 C'era una signora
Nr. 3 C'era un vecchio di Rovigo
Nr. 5 C'era una vecchia di Polla