Jeffrey Ching's A Chamber Requiem to have world premiere at the CCP

April 9, 2016, 7:30 PM

Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater)

Cultural Center of the Philippines

CCP Complex

Pasay, Metro Manila

Featuring:

Andión Fernandez, soprano

Lars Grünwoldt, bass baritone

Modern Art Ensemble

     Klaus Schöpp, flute

     Unolf Wäntig, clarinet

     Theodor Flindell, violin

     Jean-Claude Velin, viola

     Matias de Oliveira Pinto, cello

     Yoriko Ikeya, piano

Programme:

Jeffrey Ching

     A Chamber Requiem

The Cultural Center of the Philippines presents the world premiere performance of Jeffrey Ching’s A Chamber Requiem happening on April 9, 2016, 7:30 PM at the CCP Little Theater.

A Chamber Requiem, Ching’s own completion of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s unfinished Requiem Mass in D minor K. 626, will be performed by soprano Andión Fernandez, bass baritone Lars Grünwoldt and the six member Modern Art Ensemble made up of flutist Klaus Schöpp, clarinetist Unolf Wäntig, violinist Theodor Flindell, violist Jean-Claude Velin, cellist Matias de Oliveira Pinto, and pianist Yoriko Ikeya.

With this configuration, one can just imagine how different Ching’s revision of this work differs than that of the well-known completion by Franz Xaver Süssmayr. And the differences doesn’t end here. The press release states that he has set aside all existing completions by other composers like Süssmayr and examined Mozart’s manuscript sketches and his compositional procedures. With this in mind, he has completed the fragmentary Lacrymosa and Ossana fugues on a broader scale than any previous attempts.

More radical in this Requiem is Ching’s incorporating parts of a Chinese hymn using the Qing dynasty scale (I have no idea how the intervals in this scale are) that will require some string instruments to be re-strung and re-tuned.

The world premiere performance of Jeffrey Ching’s A Chamber Requiem is dedicated to the memory of Celia H. Fernandez. The concert is presented by the Cultural Center of the Philippines in cooperation with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Manila and Makati Diamond Residences.

Ticket prices:

P1000 Orchestra Center

P800 Orchestra Side

For inquiries:

CCP Box Office at 832-3704

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