In times of division and clashing opposites, it is especially important to build bridges between different cultures and traditions and to seek out that which we share. “The 99 Names” (2022), Jessica’s new large-scale work, combines the Qur’anic names of God, which are of particular importance in the Sufi tradition, with three of the biblical Beatitudes from the Gospel of Matthew. The extraordinarily beautiful musical language is inspired by the great English choral tradition and modern sound worlds alike. In the work, space and time are suspended as constructs of this world, making room for the hereafter.
The 99 Names
for Solo Tenor, Koran Reciter and 16 Ensemble Voices (2022)
World premiere
The Mass of Light
for Choir und Organ with Sufi whirling (2020)
Rolf Romei – Solo Tenor, Kerem Adıgüzel – Koran Recitation, Basler Madrigalists, Sufi whirlers, Matthias Wamser – Organ, Jessica Horsley – Direction
Fri. 28th October 2022 | 7.30 pm
Offene Kirche Elisabethen
Elisabethenstrasse 14, Basel, Switzerland
Photo: Susanna Drescher
Further performances in Bern and St. Gallen