Paul Hindemith - Sancta Susanna (1921)

Описание: Composer: Paul Hindemith (November 16, 1895 – December 28 1963)
Librettist: August Stramm
Orchestra: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Gerd Albrecht
Susanna: Helen Donath, soprano
Klementia: Gabriele Schnaut, contralto
Old Nun: Gabriele Schreckenbach, contralto
Chorus: RIAS Kammerchor

00:00 Introduction
02:48 Curtain - Susanna and Klementia in front of the altar
04:47 They hear noises from outside. The wind blows a window open and they smell lilacs.
07:18 They hear a young woman's voice; they take her in.
10:31 The woman's lover comes. Klementia escorts them out and the wind blows out the candle.
12:43 Klementia is reminded of a night long before.
14:14 Klementia remembers nun Beata, naked, hugging and kissing Jesus on the crucifix.
15:58 The nuns walled Beata in behind the altar, and lit a candle.
16:52 Susanna relights the candle and they see a spider. They imagine Beata's pleas.
18:19 Susanna extinguishes the candle, goes into ecstasy, and takes her clothes off.
19:39 Klementia tries to stop her. She holds her to the cross; Susanna rips Jesus's loincloth off.
21:08 The spider falls in Susanna's hair. She screams, hits her head on the altar, and comes down.
22:06 Nuns come in and surround Susanna.
23:52 Susanna asks to be walled in like Beata. The nuns demand her to confess.

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