Durch den Wald StimmGold Vokalensemble & Duo Fallwander

• Max Reger (1873 - 1916), Theresa Zaremba (b. 1991):
• 1 Reger, Zaremba: O Tod, wie bitter bist du - Rework I 03:38
• Georg Simmel (1858 - 1918), Francoise René Chateaubriand (1768 - 1848), Ludwig Böhme (b. 1979):
• 2 Simmel, Chateaubriand, Böhme: Wald Fragment 05:27
• Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), Philipp Claßen (b. 1997):
• 3 Lenau, Claßen: Frühlings Tod 04:18
• Peter Poschlod, Benjamin U. Schwarz, Eva Kuhn:
• 4 Poschlod, Schwarz, Kuhn: Glazialrelikt 03:54
• Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916), Max Reger:
• 5 Falke, Reger: Drei sechsstimmige Chöre, Op. 39: No. 1 Schweigen 03:56
• Petrus Herbert(1533 - 1571), Max Reger, Teresa Allgaier:
• 6 Herbert, Reger, Allgaier: Nachtlied - Rework 05:40
• Gertrud Triepel (1863 - 1920), Owain Park (b. 1993):
• 7 Triepel, Park: Sommernacht 03:11
• Martin Boelitz (1874 - 1918), Richard Dehmel (1863 - 1920), Philippe Kocher (b. 1973):
• 8 Boelitz, Dehmel, Kocher: Der Wald beginnt zu rauschen 05:40
• Augusst H. Plinke (1855 - 1915), Max Reger:
• 9 Plinke, Reger: Drei sechsstimmige Chöre, Op. 39: No. 2 Abendlied 04:04
• Matthias Rehfeldt (b. 1986):
• 10 Rehfeldt: Ferne Erinnerung 04:52
• Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863), Timothy C. Takach (b. 1978):
• 11 Hebbel, Takach: Ein Abgang von Fledermäusen 04:10
• Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), Max Reger:
• 12 Lenau, Reger: Drei sechsstimmige Chöre, Op. 39: No. 3 Frühlingsblick 04:06
• Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916), Lukas Mario Maier:
• 13 Falke, Maier: Trost 06:15
• Nikolaus Lenau, Enjott Schneider (b. 1950):
• 14 Lenau, Schneider: Twilight Peace 04:39
• Ludwig Rafael, Max Reger, Oliver Gies (b. 1973):
• 15 Rafael, Reger, Gies: Die Bienen 03:24
• Anna Ritter (1865 - 1921), Max Reger, Michael Ostrzyga (b. 1975):
• 16 Ritter, Reger, Ostrzyga: Allein 02:09
• Theresa Zaremba:
• 17 Zaremba: O Tod, wie bitter bist du - Rework II 03:52
• Total Runtime 01:13:15

Info for Durch den Wald

On the occasion of his 150th birthday, the StimmGold Vocal Ensemble pays tribute to the composer Max Reger with an exciting interweaving of the music of the Upper Palatinate composer with vocal works newly composed especially for the anniversary, which comment on the effects of man-made climate change in relation to Reger's sound worlds and texts. A forceful, but also hopeful appeal in the most breathtaking vocal art.

150 years in which our environment has changed enormously. These changes are not always clearly visible, which is why it is all the more important to bring the more inconspicuous and silent changes to the attention of the public.

The six-part a cappella work "Frühlingsblick" by Max Reger (No. 3 from op. 39 "Drei sechsstimmige Chöre") begins with the words "Durch den Wald" ("Through the forest") whose 150th anniversary we celebrate in March 2023. In addition to numerous compositions for organ, he also made significant contributions to song and choral composition. If one considers the quotation at the beginning, however, it becomes clear that that spring-like view through the forest, which Reger set to music with his own compositional means in the romantic style, must have been a clearly different one than we experience today.

With its project, the Regensburg vocal ensemble StimmGold brings concrete consequences of man-made climate change in the Upper Palatinate/Bavaria region into connection with vocal works by the Upper Palatinate composer Max Reger with the help of 15 commissioned compositions. The composers used text fragments and compositions on nature and habitat by Max Reger (in cooperation with the Max Reger Institute Karlsruhe) as well as pictures and descriptions of individual plants, animals or entire landscapes from the Upper Palatinate that have fallen victim to climate change in the course of the last 150 years as a basis for their compositions. The basis for this was the Red Lists of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, which concretely show the decline of species (plants & animals) and thus document the endangerment of Bavaria's biological diversity over the last 150 years.

The compositions were written either for six-part ensemble a cappella or in an extension with technical music by the Fallwander Duo. The duo's synthesizer sounds are intended to serve as a contemporary progression of Max Reger's famous organ music, bringing another important aspect to the project.

On the one hand, the project promotes and strengthens people's awareness of climate change and classical vocal music. On the other hand, the integration of new technical means such as synthesizers and electronic music builds a bridge from classical vocal music to technical progress and contemporary listening habits.

StimmGold Vocal Ensemble
Duo Fallwander:
Theresa Zaremba, synthesizer, electronics
Teresa Allgaier, violin, piano, synthesizer, electronics

Vokalensemble StimmGold
was founded in early 2014 by students at Regensburg’s University of Catholic Church Music and Music Pedagogy, as well as the Faculty of Music Pedagogy at the University of Regensburg. The six classically trained singers making up the group all have many years of ensemble and choral experience and share a common passion for performing challenging works. They focus above all on German vocal music from the Romantic Era as well as a capella literature from more recent times. They have given highly effective premieres of contemporary works and modern arrangements, performing them with great expressive force and harmonic transparency. After having commissioned a number of composers (including Rihards Dubra, Bernhard Hofmann and others) in recent years, StimmGold decided in 2018 to start their own international competition for new compositions.

Duo Fallwander
In the duo project Fallwander, composer Theresa Zaremba and violinist Teresa Allgaier create artistic freedom for themselves. They develop abstract contexts and song forms in interaction with their instruments, always remaining chamber-music minded. The result is an aesthetic on the edge of pop, moving in acoustic and electronic sound worlds. At once subtle and abrasive, aloof and emotional. Their first program documents the duo's development in the pursuit of authenticity in person and music: "Their introversion seems raw, the intimate facets abysmal. In search of authenticity she stands there. Warm sounds redeem her from the barrenness of the north and give her a voice."

This album contains no booklet.