Illuminations

Live Recording from the Ossiach Collegiate Church, July 27 2023

Momentum Vocal Ensemble

Release: Available on Bandcamp!
To be found on all digital platforms after July 21 2024

Architecture transformed into a meditative choral work

'Illuminations' is a choral work based on the architecture of the Minorite Church in Krems, and a movement based on the Ossiach Collegiate Church, both found in Austria.

Nadja Kayali, the Festival Director of 'Imago Dei' in Austria, approached me with a commission to transform the architecture into sound. As I am trained both as an architect and composer, this was a very natural process for me and I was stimulated by the request. I have always had a symbiosis of these in my mind, as I have spent years studying both simultaneously.

This album release of ‘Illuminations’ is taken from a live event in the Ossiach Collegiate Church, with the 12 voices of the Momentum Vocal Music, including the new movement based on the proportions and history of the Marian church. Simon Erasimus conducted the choir and instrumentalists including Thomas Fheodoroff (violin), Sylvie Lacroix (flute), Michael Moser (cello), Hannes Schöggl (percussion), to bring this electric work alive.

Recorded and mastered by Florian Rabl, sponsored by the ÖstMusikFonds and other partners, this work is a testament to the heritage of teamwork - music always inspires to bring us together in a very profound way. I am very thankful for this incredible release.

Tamara Friebel - composition
Momentum Vocal Music - choir
Simon Erasimus - conductor

Thomas Fheodoroff - violin
Sylvie Lacroix - flute
Michael Moser - cello
Hannes Schöggl - percussion

Sound - Florian Rabl
Film - Émérentine Soulcié

Sponsors: Image Dei Festival & Carinthian Summer Festival
Österreichischer Musikfonds, Land Niederösterreich, Private Sponsor: Christoph Grabenwarter (Club Festivalförderung)