SALTO VOCALE

17:00 – 0:00 Galerie
MULTIPLE VOICES: SPEM IN ALIUM

With the aid of nothing more than their own two voices, countertenor Terry Wey and bass Ulfried Staber will successively bring one of the most extreme works of the Renaissance to life, the monumental forty-voice motet “Spem in Alium” by Thomas Tallis who died in 1585. Each of the vocal parts will be sung individually and then utilised by the sound engineering team as a foundation on which additional parts are superimposed. Part by part, the motet will be assembled like a gigantic Renaissance puzzle and successively broadcast through 16 loudspeakers dispersed around the Galerie until the work is finally played in complete form late at night.

19:00 – 20:30 Orangerie
CHRISTIAN ZEHNDER (Vocals)
TOBIAS PREISIG (Violine) /
DAVID MOSS (Vocals)
SAM AUINGER (Electronics) /
SPECIAL GUEST: MÄDCHENCHOR HANNOVER

From American blues to Italian opera, no musical style is safe from the vocal acrobatics of David Moss. He describes his profession as “extreme vocalist” and is not only a composer and percussionist but ultimately also an exceptionally gifted entertainer. The Swiss Christian
Zehnder originates from a complete different field, namely from Alpine yodelling. He has also devoted himself intensively to other folk music
traditions. The periodical Jazz thing reports: “As a major vocal artist of our time, Zehnder creates nothing less than ideology-free folk music
of the future.” Moss’s and Zehnder’s musical partners are the celebrated jazz violinist Tobias Preisig and the renowned sound artist Sam Auinger.
After performing individual sets, the two duos will join together for improvisation in quartet formation. Special guest will be the girls’ choir Mädchenchor Hannover as it has never ever been heard before – as the “Provocalia Chorus” under the direction of David Moss.

MULTIPLE VOICES: SPEM IN ALIUM

COUNTERTENOR, TENOR Terry Wey
BARITONE, BASS Ulfried Staber
SOUND Markus Wallner
RECORDING DIRECTOR Tore Tom Denys
DURATION 7 hours

ZEHNDER, PREISIG, MOSS, AUINGER, MÄDCHENCHOR HANNOVER

VOCALS, OVERTONE SINGING, WIPPKORDEON, LAUDOLA  Christian Zehnder

VIOLIN Tobias Preisig

VOCALS David Moss

ELECTRONICS Sam Auinger

Mädchenchor Hannover

CHOIRMASTER AND REHEARSAL DIRECTOR  David Moss

DURATION ca. 90 minutes / incl. interval

PRICE GROUP C* (40/30/20 | red. 35/25/15)

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* The ticket entitles the holder to multiple entry (general seating) during the seven-hour performance of “Multiple Voices” in the Galerie from 17:00 and singular visit of the concert at 19:00 in the Orangerie (reserved seating). The box office is open until 30 minutes before “Multiple Voices” ends.

A production by the KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen
Supported by Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung, Sparkasse Hannover and VGH Versicherungen