Composer and recorder player Helge Burggrabe was
born near Stuttgart in 1973. He spent his earliest
childhood years in Myanmar, beginning with the
recorder after returning to Germany. He debuted in
the Stuttgart Liederhalle in 1993, going on to study
recorder and composition in Hamburg, where he lives
today.
A frequent subject of his works is the harmony
between music and architecture, which has led him to
compose such musical works as “RESONATUS – an
oratorio of silence” (UA: 2004), “STELLA MARIS – a
concertante total art work for music, space, language,
water and light” with over 60 participants (UA: 2006)
and “ZEITEN DER STILLE” (with Anselm Grün
and Iris Berben).
JEHOSCHUA is an oratorio about becoming
human. The name of Jesus is made to sound in its
Hebrew form, with the vowels I-E-O-U-A as the
basis of the work. Bible passages in the work are
read by renowned actor Christoph Bantzer. JEHOSCHUA
was performed on May 21, 2009 in the St.
Petri cathedral in Bremen during the 32nd Protestant
Church Congress. This recording was made during a
performance on November 21, 2009 in the Protestant
Kirche am Markt in Hamburg-Blankenese.