What is the podcast about?
In this engaging podcast episode of Cappella Amsterdam, priest Hildo Bos, along with chief conductor Daniel Reuss and moderator Maartje Stokkers, discusses the spiritual and theological aspects of Schnittke’s Psalms of Repentance.
Why is the composition also called penitential psalms, while Repentance translates better to repentance? What is actually the difference between penance and repentance?
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Hildo Bos is a priest at the Orthodox St. Nicholas of Myra Church in Amsterdam. In addition to priest, he is also a simultaneous Russian-English and Russian-Dutch interpreter.
Maartje Stokkers is a Dutch musicologist and radio host. She studied musicology at the University of Amsterdam. She also took part of the music history component at the University of Perugia. From 2005 to 2018, Maartje Stokkers was a regular presenter on NPO Radio 4. Among other programs, she presented The Friday of Vredenburg, The Sunday Afternoon Concert and the radio broadcast of the Prinsengracht Concert.
Daniel Reuss is chief conductor and artistic director of Cappella Amsterdam.
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Episode 1
Excerpt 1
Psalm X: Christian people, gather together
Cappella Amsterdam conducted by Daniel Reuss
PENTATONE 2023
Excerpt 2
Foxtrot from Tagessterne
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Frank Strobel Schnittke: Film Music, Vol. 5 2021 CapriccioNR
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Frank Strobel Schnittke: Film Music, Vol. 5 2021 CapriccioNR
Excerpt 3
Excerpt from Life with an Idiot
Performers: Romain Bischoff, Robin Leggate, Leonid Zimnenko, Howard Haskin
Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonic Orchestra, Rotterdam Vocal Ensemble
Excerpt 4
Psalm III: That is why I live in poverty
Psalm III: That is why I live in poverty
Fragment 5
Tropaire de Joseph D’Arimathie
La Chorale De L’Eglise Saint-Serge A Paris
Chœurs Monastiques Orthodoxes Russes, Edici 1974
Excerpt 6
Psalm I: Adam sat weeping at the gates of paradise
Psalm I: Adam sat weeping at the gates of paradise
Excerpt 7 & 8
Psalm VIII: If you wish to overcome
Episode 2
Excerpt 1
Psalm XII: (wordless)
Excerpt 2
Vespers or Good Friday
Choir of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral in London – conducted by Michael Fortounatto
Russian Orthodox Church Music, Vol. 7 IKON
Excerpt 3
Psalm IX: I have reflected on my life as a monk
Excerpt 4
Kanon Pokajanen: Ode I
Cappella Amsterdam conducted by Daniel Reuss
Excerpt 5
Psalm XII: (wordless)
Excerpt 6
Kanon Pokajanen: Prayer after the Kanon
Cappella Amsterdam conducted by Daniel Reuss
Excerpt 7
Psalm XII: (wordless)
Psalm XII: (wordless)
