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Program
Johann Sebastian Bach
Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland BWV 659 (Arrangement for Piano: Ferruccio Busoni)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 (Arrangement for Piano: Ferruccio Busoni)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein BWV 734 (Arrangement for Piano: Ferruccio Busoni)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Herzlich thut mich verlangen BWV 727 (Arrangement for Piano: Max Reger)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Nun danket alle Gott BWV 657 (Arrangement for Piano: Max Reger)
Franz Liszt
Prelude after a theme from "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" by J. S. Bach S 179
Franz Liszt
Vexilla regis prodeunt S 185
Franz Liszt
Légende "St. François d'Assise: La Prédication aux Oiseaux" S 175/1
César Franck
Prélude, chorale et fugue M 21
Olivier Messiaen
Regard de l'Étoile (Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus No. 2)
Olivier Messiaen
Regard des Anges (Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus No. 14)
Olivier Messiaen
Première Communion de la Vierge (Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus No. 11)
Olivier Messiaen
Regard de la Croix (Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus No. 7)
Olivier Messiaen
Regard des Hauteurs (Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus No. 8)
Olivier Messiaen
Regard des Prophètes, des Bergers et des Mages (Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus No. 16)
Olivier Messiaen
Regard du Silence (Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus No. 17)
Olivier Messiaen
Le Baiser de L'Enfant-Jésus (Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus No. 15)
Olivier Messiaen
Regard de l'Esprit de Joie (Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus No. 10)

A pianistic perspective on Christian religion is the focus of Martin Helmchen’s solo recital. The program assembles works by four composers in whose lives the spiritual dimension was a central factor: chorale preludes by Bach the Thomaskantor, arranged by Ferruccio Busoni and Max Reger, mark the opening. Compositions by Liszt (who in his later years received the minor orders of priesthood) and César Franck (a church organist for 30 years) precede a selection from the visionary Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus (“Twenty Contemplations on the Infant Jesus”) by Olivier Messiaen, whose entire oeuvre is steeped in his Catholic faith.

Approximate running time: 2h 15m with one intermission
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Season 2018/19,
MARTIN HELMCHEN
BACH, LISZT, MESSIAEN
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