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Conductor Frieder Bernius / Missa solemnis

In-depth rehearsal process of Missa solemnis performed by Kammerchor and Hofkapelle Stuttgart under the baton of Frieder Bernius filmed by Uli Aumüller.

MISSA SOLEMNIS

Conductor FRIEDER BERNIUS
KAMMERCHOR STUTTGART
HOFKAPELLE STUTTGART

Documentary and Performance
A film by ULI AUMÜLLER

Beethoven’s Missa solemnis is the one work the composer admired above all his compositions. It was written for his great patron and friend Archduke Rudolf of Austria at around the same time that he embarked on his Ninth Symphony and as the writer Donald Tovey noted, “there is no choral and no orchestral writing, earlier or later, that shows a more thrilling sense of the individual colour of every chord.” This insightful documentary follows Frieder Bernius on a journey of discovery as he immerses himself in Beethoven’s monumental masterpiece in preparation for a recording.

DOCUMENTARY
Von Herzen – möge es wieder – zu Herzen gehn!
From the Heart – May It Go – to the Heart!
A film by ULI AUMÜLLER

PERFORMANCE
Ludwig van Beethoven
Missa solemnis in D Major, Op. 123 (1819–23)

JOHANNA WINKEL Soprano
SOPHIE HARMSEN Alto
SEBASTIAN KOHLHEPP Tenor
ARTTU KATAJA Bass

Performance filmed on 16 + 17 October 2018 at Alpirsbach Abbey, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

[2.110669 / NBD0116V]
Total time: 131 minutes (Documentary: 60 min · Performance: 71 min)
Language: German · Subtitles: German, English, Japanese, Korean
DVD: NTSC 16:9 · PCM stereo · DVD 9 · Region: 0 (Worldwide)
BD: HD 16:9 · PCM stereo · BD 50 · Region: A, B, C