Musica sacra: Miserere - one space, one sound, one plea

These reflections unfold in the architecture of the church building - in the light, in the silence, in the reverberation of the space - and are transformed into a gesture in sound, an invitation to lose oneself and perhaps to encounter oneself anew. This work was once heard in only one place: the Sistine Chapel - a closely guarded musical secret for more than a century. The story of Mozart, who supposedly wrote it down from memory, became a legend and condensed the discourse on exclusivity, sacred power and the ruling knowledge of the elites. Today, however, we no longer encounter the Miserere as a closed revelation, but as an open projection surface - as a sonic pillar of the sublime. What happens when transcendence is not thought of as dogma, but as experience? When sound not only resounds, but permeates space and body - as an architecture of the invisible, as an audible trace of a presence that we cannot name, but can perhaps sense? The Chorus sine nomine and the young director Benedikt Arnold are now working on their second joint project, "WARUM", which was named Choir Project of the Year 2024 by Chorforum Wien, and have a long-standing confidant at their side in soprano saxophonist Michael Krenn.