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PASSION
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| World premiere |
St John's Passion (in Russian and Church Slavonic) |
| September
1, 2000 8.15 p.m. |
Liederhalle
Stuttgart, Beethoven-Saal Performed by chorus and orchestra of Mariinsky Theater of St. Peterburg, conducted by Valery Gergiev |
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Sofia
Gubaidulina is the leading name in contemporary Russian music. She
is one of those composers whose works were forbidden performance in
her own country for many years, and who was subjected to the severest
repression. Although she has lived in Germany for some years now,
Sofia Gubaidulina has remained very close to her homeland which plays
such a role in her personal and musical identity. This Russian composer
repeatedly emphasizes the importance of her religious beliefs in her
life, as is reflected in many of her pieces: faith and religion build
the basis of her compositional work. For Sofia Gubaidulina, the purpose
of religion is to reunite the oneness that is lost in the "staccato
of living". Ms, Gubaidulina says that the St. John Passion will
reflect the "core of her life".