{"id":1528,"date":"2025-05-08T17:16:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T17:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renepape.com\/?p=1528"},"modified":"2025-05-18T17:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T17:24:15","slug":"helbig-requiem-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renepape.com\/en\/2025\/05\/08\/helbig-requiem-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Helbig: Requiem A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sven Helbig \u00b7 Ren\u00e9 Pape<br \/>\nDresdner Kreuzchor<br \/>\nStaatskapelle Dresden<br \/>\nMartin Lehmann<\/p>\n<p>Composer and producer\u00a0<strong>Sven Helbig<\/strong>\u00a0releases his new album\u00a0<em>Requiem A\u00a0<\/em>yesterday, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The album was created to honor the victims of war and send a profound plea for peace.<\/p>\n<p>The title is inspired by Helbig\u2019s daughter, who said the A stands for \u201cbeginning\u201d (Anfang): \u201cI thought that was wonderful, because that\u2019s exactly where the answer lies. After a conflict, or after a painful loss, you have to find your way back to life. I decided not to thematise the war. Every war develops from some kind of smouldering hurt. Forgiveness is a big word, but it is the only key to dealing with it and finding a new beginning. Breath is also an important word in\u00a0<em>Requiem A<\/em>\u00a0because it stands for life and beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With\u00a0<em>Requiem A<\/em>, Helbig has created a moving, timeless Requiem in his reduced, haunting musical language. The album is released digitally, on CD, and on vinyl.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sven Helbig \u00b7 Ren\u00e9 Pape Dresdner Kreuzchor Staatskapelle Dresden Martin Lehmann Composer and producer\u00a0Sven Helbig\u00a0releases his new album\u00a0Requiem A\u00a0yesterday, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The album was created to honor the victims of war and send a profound plea for peace. The title is inspired by Helbig\u2019s daughter, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cd","category-recordings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renepape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renepape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renepape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renepape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renepape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renepape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renepape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renepape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renepape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renepape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}