{"id":399335,"date":"2026-09-29T07:10:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T05:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schmidt-hartmann.de\/requiem-auream\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T14:29:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:29:21","slug":"requiem-auream","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schmidt-hartmann.de\/en\/requiem-auream\/","title":{"rendered":"Requiem Auream"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"399335\" class=\"elementor elementor-399335 elementor-399058\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18ad3416 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18ad3416\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-681878a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"681878a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Requiem Auream<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ee67d1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ee67d1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>How do life and death serve each other?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-165d824e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"165d824e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07424b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"07424b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/schmidt-hartmann.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Requiem-Auream.jpeg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-399313\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/schmidt-hartmann.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Requiem-Auream.jpeg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/schmidt-hartmann.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Requiem-Auream.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3641c470 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3641c470\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Music on Transformation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c078254 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c078254\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Requiem Auream emerged from the question, \u201cHow do life and death serve each other?\u201d It is music about letting go of old self-images, about the transformation of fear into trust, and of confinement into luminous expanse.<\/p><p>The work understands death not as an end, but as a passage: as a movement from darkness into the golden, from fragment to whole. The music follows the inner dynamic of spiritual transformation \u2013 a path that begins in silence, leads through pain, and opens into a new radiance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a285e9f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4a285e9f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cf394cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1cf394cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Cathedral of Sound<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-136dc4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"136dc4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The work is built like a cathedral of sound. Its structure forms a cross of horizontal and vertical time:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a00431f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a00431f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Horizontal Axis<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4238abee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4238abee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The horizontal axis \u2013 the seven Latin choral movements of the Requiem \u2013 carries the liturgical arc from Introitus to Libera me. It represents earthly time, history, the movement through life and dying.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d68221 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"69d68221\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Vertical Axis<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19063919 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19063919\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The vertical axis consists of the six Intermezzi with texts from the Sermon on the Mount, as well as the two meditations at the beginning and end. It opens the space upwards and downwards: as a descent into the depths of the soul and an ascent into the light.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e69b7e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e69b7e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1872d66b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1872d66b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lacrimosa \u2013 The Golden Heart<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43055761 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43055761\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At its center is the Lacrimosa \u2013 the golden heart of the cross. Here, pain and transfiguration, human and divine, earth and heaven touch.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31832381 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31832381\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21b2b8a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21b2b8a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Audience Voices<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59174fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59174fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cThank you for the incredible emotions you gave me. This is a high and demanding art. The memory of this day will stay with me my whole life.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f196503 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6f196503\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d287365 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d287365\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cMy utmost respect to Mr. Schmidt-Hartmann for the composition (&#8230;) I was so captivated by the work, as well as the professional performance, that I listened to the second performance too. It testifies to great skill to compose such a work, and the theoretical aspects described in the program booklet also impressed me greatly.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6567d794 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6567d794\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1228d54e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1228d54e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Audio Recordings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67e4aaa4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67e4aaa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Listen to the Requiem Auream in the YouTube playlist.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abb0981 elementor-align-left elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"abb0981\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLjwMa8sSVSQHSJz8zmePxVCalLwJCJPbP\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Listen to audio recordings on YouTube<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfcd0c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"cfcd0c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?si=Ni0toH_RbmbJWDK4&list=PLjwMa8sSVSQHSJz8zmePxVCalLwJCJPbP\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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