Rupert Huber: rūḥ-i-gulāb · My Venice

rūḥ-i-gulāb “The Soul of the Rose” (2006) 45:36
Modem for five-part mixed choir, Egyptian Madīḥ Ensemble and ten bowl-bells, based on a poem by Ğalāl-ad-Din Rūmī (translated by Friedrich Rückert) and part of the “Poem of the Mantle” by Sharaf al-Din al -Būsīrī
Commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk

[01] A 04:49
[02] B: “The day is here” 02:26
[03] B: “Love was the gardener of the rose bed” 02:56
[04] B: “The customer shouted: the rose is approaching!” 02:12
[05] B: “The tulip was silent” 02:27
[06] B: "To the ivy Cypress whispered" 02:29
[07] B: “The nightingale, she shrills in a thousand nights” 02:16
[08] B: “The sky cannot contain the rose picture” 02:16
[09] C:I 06:47
[10] C:II 07:46
[11] C:III 03:10
[12] D: “The Ros' a messenger comes from the soul garden” 04:00
[13] E 02:02

Madīḥ Ensemble
Sheikh Arabi Farag, singing · Ahmad Arnab, kawala · Roman Bunka, ūd
Fikri El-Qināwī, rabābā · Issam El-Mallah, frame drums
Doris Huber bowl bells
Bavarian Radio Choir
Rupert Huber conductor

[14] My Venice (2009) 14: 40
Modem for mixed choir, bowl-bells, ocarinas and pipes, based on the poem of the same title by Rose Auslander
Commissioned by Bayerischer Rundfunk

Bavarian Radio Choir
Rupert Huber conductor

Total playing time: 60:15

In the November 2018 issue, Manfred Karallus deals with four new editions of NEOS under the title “What does peculiar mean?”

“Until well into the twentieth century, the distribution of intellectual property, even a simple fairy tale, was heavily punished in Turkey. A person could even lose his head, completely, for dealing with information too freely.

Rupert Huber, man of action, restless musical traveling salesman and expedition entrepreneur between the Far East and nearby, still has his head firmly on his shoulders, is pictured on the inside of the CD, well-fed with a large pike in his arms and does not look like someone who is over has too many scruples about his actions.” (…)

Read the full article by Manfred Karallus here.