LA PASSION SELON MARIE
70′ – 2011
for choir
La Passion selon Marie / Hachô dyôldat Alôhô
Hachô dyôldat Alôhô literally means the Passion according to the mother of God in Syriac. Zad Moultaka chose to treat the sublime theme of the Passion of Christ. The story takes shape through the look of a mother who remembers. This prism makes it possible to restore the experience of Mary where emotion, suffering and dignity mingle.
The Lebanese composer goes back here along his Eastern Christian memory. He explores Baroque instruments through this central theme, magnified from East to West, and its exceptionally dramatic dimension.
Here the story is that of the mother, Mary, where emotion, suffering and dignity are mixed.
The texts are sung in Syriac, borrowed from the Gospels, more recent poems and some anonymous writings of the Tradition.
From the chorus of turba emerged some soloists: those of Mary Magdalene, Judas, Peter, John …
The combination of a Baroque instrumental ensemble and a choir broken with the contemporary repertoire serves as a showcase for the deep, warm and suave voice of María Cristina Kiehr incarnating here the mother of Christ in her sorrow and splendor.
Hachô dyôldat Alôhô
Contemporary Syriac oratorio
Text: mixtures by Zad Moultaka
Singing language: Syriac
Premiere: September 23, 2011
Venue: Festival de musique d’Ambronay
Maria Cristina Kiehr soprano
Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes harpsichord and conductor
Freddy Eichelberger organ, Matthias Spaeter theorbo
Sylvie Moquet and Christine Plubeau, violas da gamba
Jean-Noël Gamet and Stefan Legée sacqueboutes
Emmanuel Mure mute horn, Claudio Bettinelli percussion
Les éléments (mixed choir 18 singers), Joël Suhubiette direction
September 26, 2011 – La Passion selon Marie for soliste, mixed choir and instrumental baroque ensemble by Concerto Soave, les éléments, direction Joël Suhubiette, Toulouse (Odyssud, vocal presence)
February 4, 2012 présentation – Marseille (L’Alcazar)
March 29, 2012 Marseille (Abbaye Saint-Victor, mars en Baroque) by the Concerto Soave, les éléments, direction Joël Suhubiette
September 27, 2012 extracts of Rennes, Festival Ebracez with the vocal ensembles Chorea and Sussistinako
December 18, 2012 National Scene of Besançon, by the Concerto Soave, les éléments, direction Joël Suhubiette
June 20, 2015 La Passion selon Marie, Concerto Soave, les éléments, direction Joël Suhubiette, Festival Les Traversées de Noirlac
Coproduction: Ambronay Festival, les éléments, Concerto Soave & Mezwej (Modern Art)
Commissioned by the Ambronay Festival
© ŠamaŠ editions musicales 2011
La Passion selon Marie de Zad Moultaka with Maria Cristina Kiehr, Le Concerto Soave, les éléments, direction Joël Suhubiette.
Enregistrement Radio France, 29 mars 2012, Marseille.
