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Joy, Bright Spark of Divinity

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Venues

  • QPAC
    Sat 27th November

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8pm Saturday 27 November
QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Johannes Fritzsch
Soprano Anke Höppner
Mezzo soprano Deborah Humble
Tenor Jaewoo Kim
Bass David Wakeham
Brisbane Chorale Directed by Emily Cox

Zimmermann Ich wandte mich und sah an alles Unrecht, das geschah unter der sonne (And turning then, I saw the great injustice that is done under the heavens)
Beethoven Symphony No.9 Choral

Zimmermann's provocative ecclesiastical action with music is based on texts from the Old Testament and Dostoevsky's hugely influential The Grand Inquisitor from his The Brothers Karamazov. This parable of Biblical verse in oratorio form has been described as a deeply pessimistic artwork. Yet utter despair juxtaposed with Beethoven's setting of Schiller's Ode to Joy creates the perfect counterbalance. Liberty, equality and the ideals of the Enlightenment for a universal brotherhood of mankind triumph in Beethoven's Choral Symphony.