|: Mendelssohn :| Lobgesang op. 52

In the organizer's words:

Soloists
Stuttgarter Kantorei
Stiftsphilharmonie Stuttgart
Kay Johannsen, conductor

While in the compositions of the youthful Mendelssohn the orientation towards Bach as a role model is noticeable in many respects, from the 1830s onwards the examination of Beethoven and the conception of large forms comes to the fore. As a typical aesthetic problem of Romanticism, the question of a credible combination of poetry and music also plays a role here. Felix finally succeeded in finding an answer in his 31st year (1840) with the composition of the grandiose Lobgesang as a large-scale "symphonic cantata" on various psalm texts, culminating in the praise of the 150th: "All that has breath, praise the Lord!"

Price information:

Numbered seats. Tickets for 48 / 40 / 32 / 24 / 16 euros (concessions for schoolchildren, students, people with severe disabilities 40 / 32 / 24 / 16 / 9 euros) Available at the information desk in the Stiftskirche (Mon-Sat 10 am to 1 pm) and from StuttgartKonzert (www.stuttgart-konzert.de, 0711-52 43 00).