Carl Orff - Sunt Lacrimae Rerum - Singphoniker Münchner - July 10, 1995

Performance of a selection from Carl Orff's "Sunt Lacrimae Rerum", men's choir (TTTBBB) and soloists (TBarB), by the Singphoniker Münchner on July 10, 1995 - Carl Orff's 100th birthday, at the composer's gravesite in the Klosterkirche Andechs, near the composer's home in Dießen am Ammersee.
The inscription on the memorial plaque reads, "Summus Finis", "The Highest Goal"
The title of the music is from the Aeneid, line 462 of Book I - "sunt lacrimae rerum" - "There are tears for things"
The lyrics are from The Book of Ecclesiastes 8:15-
Omnium deliciarum et pomparum saeculi brevis finis.
Mors, dolor, luctus et paror invadit omnes.
In hora ultima peribunt omnia: tuba, tibia et cythera, jocus, visus, saltus, cantus et discantus.
Of all delights and pomps of the world the time is short
Death, pain and mourning invadeth all.
At the last hour perisheth all things: the trumpet, the flute and the lyre, joy, laughter, dancing, singing, and harmony.
Die Singphoniker are (thanks to Daniel Schreiber for this information):
Alfons Brandl, Hubert Nettinger, Ludwig Thomas- tenors. Berno Scharpf, Gunnar Mühling- baritones. Christian Schmidt, bass.
Music Publisher: Schott C39534 ISMN: 979-0-001-00875-4
available here:
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[@colforestal]

Bello lugar, feliz de haber estado allá con mi hijo y esposa en junio de 2015. Summus Finis: Carl Orff.

[@jevalles]

@MrSchreibaer Excellent infromation, Daniel! And as you are/were a member of Die Singphoniker, let me say that this is such a fantastic performance of this work, that it has stayed with me for 16 years, and I return to listen to it often. I cannot imagine how it must have felt to sing the work in such circumstances, as it was the 100th anniversary of Carl Orff's birth, and there are obviously devotees, friends and family in attendance at the gravesite. Very moving.

[@edwinbaumgartner5045]

The words do not come from Ecclesiastes, I think, but from Thomas A Kempis "Soliloquium animae". Orlando di Lasso used the words for a motet, and Orff thought that the words are Lasso's. That's why in the score they are attributed to Lasso.

[@jevalles]

I did indeed find parts of the text in Thomas A Kempis' Soliloquium animae' in Caput XXV, as you mentioned...

[@zaskija]

Gunnar Mühling ist jetzt unser Musiklehrer.
Der wird voll lang gezeigt.
Gunnar Mühling is now our musicteacher.

[@jevalles]

@chrimaschmi Ja, hab'ich es. Sie sind richtig, daß dieses Werk aus drei Teilen besteht, doch leider
nur wurde dieser Abschnitt in dem Video.