Imago Dei Festival 2025
Venue of Concert: Minoritenkirche, Krems, Austria
Concert date: 30/03/2025
The Imago Dei Festival 2025, held in the historic early Gothic Minoritenkirche in Krems, Austria, is a renowned spring music event spanning late March to April, focusing on encounters between epochs, cultures, and religions in its atmospheric acoustic space.[1][2]
## Festival Overview
This 2025 edition, the first under new artistic director Albert Hosp, runs from March 29 to April 21, transforming the secularized 13th-century church into a venue for diverse sounds unbound by genre or confession. The program emphasizes spiritual and sonic dialogues, with preludes featuring talks, readings by young actors from MUK Privatuniversität Wien, and exhibitions like Herwig Zens' "Distler Totentanz."[7][1]
## March 30 Concert Details
The March 30 event kicks off the festival as part of the opening weekend (March 29-30), featuring a grand "Israel In Egypt – From Slavery To Freedom" program blending Handel's oratorio with Jewish and Muslim music traditions, performed by large ensembles including Konzertchor Niederösterreich. This epoch-spanning performance highlights the venue's gothic acoustics, symbolizing openness and stored spirituality. Swedish artist-in-residence Lena Willemark contributes across events, adding folk, jazz, and global poetry elements.[2][1]
## Additional Highlights
Other concerts include Franziska Fleischanderl's baroque salterio on April 4, George Crumb's "Black Angels" by Koehne Quartett on April 5, and a lute-guitar commission by Hopkinson Smith and Wolfgang Muthspiel on April 11. The finale on Easter Monday (April 21) honors founder Jo Aichinger with collaborators like Clemens Wenger. Sound installation "Panoptikon" by Maria W. Horn runs throughout in the chapter hall.[1][7]
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[1] FESTIVAL IMAGO DEI 2025 - mica https://www.musicaustria.at/festival-imago-dei-2025/
[2] Imago Dei https://www.donau.com/de/donau-niederoesterreich/festivals/imago-dei/
[3] Festival Imago Dei: Programmpräsentation https://www.facebook.com/events/801320486238590/
[4] Concerts Austria https://www.concerts-austria.com
[5] Festival Imago Dei: Programmpräsentation https://www.donau.com/de/wachau-nibelungengau-kremstal/vadb/festival-imago-dei-programmpraesentation-219733/
[6] Imago Dei Festival Krems https://www.anikavavic.com/en/video/story/936/imago-dei-festival-krems.html
[7] Press - Klangraum Krems Minoritenkirche https://www.klangraum.at/en/press
[8] Next concert https://nmr.klingt.org/next-concert
[9] Festival Imago Dei https://www.elementofprime.at/en/konzerte/festival-imago-dei/
[10] Minoritenkirche - Space A https://www.musictraveler.com/%EC%B2%B4%EC%BD%94/room/3179/2025/10/10/
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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Excerpts from 'Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54' (1:45:55)
Part 1 [57:36 min.]
Part 2 [48:19 min.]
헨델의 오라토리오 "이집트의 이스라엘인 - 노예에서 자유로"가 2025년 이마고 데이 페스티벌의 개막 공연에서 연주되었습니다. 이번 공연은 헨델의 작품이 유대교 및 이슬람 음악과 어우러지며 시대와 종교가 융합된 독특한 공연입니다. 이 페스티벌의 새로운 예술 감독인 알베르트 호스프는 음향적으로 독특한 고딕 양식의 교회 공간에서 다양한 소리와 장르에 초점을 맞춰 프로그램을 기획했고, 헨델의 "이집트의 이스라엘인"의 각색은 베르너 에어하르트, 야이르 달랄, 클레멘스 비른바움이 맡았습니다.
Performers for whole concert:
The Al Ol Ensemble
Yair Dalal, artistic leader, oud, violin, vocals
Erez Mounk, percussion
Haim Ankri, vocals
Netanel Zalevsky, vocals
Wahab Badarne, qanun
Gilard Harel, clarinet
Yotam Haimovitch, sitar
Lower Austrian Concert Choir
Tobias Grabher, chorus master
L'Arte del Mondo
Werner Ehrhardt, conductor
음반)
Handel / Messiah – part one. Sinfony (3:10)
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor