Maria von Wedemeyer

Maria von Wedemeyer

 

Bonhoeffer
a choral-theater work

Seminarians at Finkenwalde

Seminarians at Finkenwalde

"an important work….a breakthrough for all concerned"  Philadelphia Inquirer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Bonhoeffer  
a choral-theater work (2012) - 70'
trio of women soloists, men's chamber choir,
piano trio (pno, vln, vc), and percussion (vibes, tom-toms)
optional 2 solo dancers (1 male, 1 female)
for program notes click here
- to request a perusal score click here

NEW: German setting of Scene VIII (Beatitudes) - 7’
- to request a perusal score click here

NEW: Concert arrangement: Six Meditations from Bonhoeffer - 25'
         concert suite for large men's choir, violin, cello, piano, vibraphone
         - to request a perusal score click here

first performance - February 22, 2020, University of San Diego
USD Choral Leadership Collaboratory & Sacra/Profana
Emilie Amrein, conductor

- 2020 Muziek & Liturgie article (Netherlands)
- 2020 Verder op het spoor van Bonhoeffer - presentation on Bonhoeffer using video excerpts from my Bonhoeffer - Ekklesia Leiden, Holland, 12/20/2020
- 2017 AAM Journal review of the recording
- 2017 Voice of Chorus America article on choral theater
- 2016 News story on Philadelphia's NBC-10 by Monique Braxton
- 2015 interview with Bonhoeffer scholar Victoria Barnett
2013 Philadelphia Inquirer review click here
2013 Broad Street Review review

Bonhoeffer performance by Donald Nally and The Crossing at James Memorial Chapel, Union Theological Seminary, New York, September 12, 2015.

Bonhoeffer performance by Donald Nally and The Crossing at James Memorial Chapel, Union Theological Seminary, New York, September 12, 2015.

first performance
          March 10, 2013 - Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral
                                  by The Crossing, Donald Nally, conductor

additional performances by The Crossing 
          September 12, 2015 - Union Theological Seminary, NYC
          September 13, 2015 (2 perf.)Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral

additional performances
March 17, 2019 at 4pm - Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
Chamber Choir, Jeffrey Brillhart, conductor
recording:
              August 2015 by The Crossing, Donald Nally, conductor
                with a grant from New Music USA (Albany Records)
             - CD booklet with complete text and musical references

 

TL with recording engineer Paul Vazquez, producer Adrian Peacock, conductor Donald Nally at recording sessions for Bonhoeffer, St. Peter's in the Great Valley, September 5, 2015.

TL with recording engineer Paul Vazquez, producer Adrian Peacock, conductor Donald Nally at recording sessions for Bonhoeffer, St. Peter's in the Great Valley, September 5, 2015.


Short video excerpts (scroll down for videos of complete work):

The Beatitudes from Bonhoeffer (2017 recording by The Crossing); video montage assembled by Thomas Lloyd.

Meditation: "Night Voices in Tegel" 

Meditation "Sometimes we are reminded" and Scene "Finkenwalde" (Beatitudes and confession) 

Final Scene and Meditation (This excerpt begins in the middle of an imagined conversation between Bonhoeffer and his fiancé, Maria von Wedemeyer)

Complete video of 2013 run-through rehearsal:

Part 1 of complete archival recording of 2013 dress rehearsal and performance; not for public viewing or distribution.  (with dancers Tim Early and Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch)

Part 2 of complete 2013 rehearsal recording.

Part 3 of complete 2013 rehearsal recording.

Part 4 of complete 2013 rehearsal recording.