From Isis to Mary
A musical journey of peace
A journey inspired by archetypal images from ancient Egyptian and Judeo-Christian as the spiritual background of classical Western music.
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Press comment on the concerts in the Bieler Tagblatt
D'Isis à Marie | Programme du Concert
From Isis to Mary| Booklet
Music Samples
Short music samples from my new album.
Project Description
Looking for a current topic
At the beginning of 2022 I was looking for a topic for a new project. Suddenly it was clear: “From Isis to Mary” that should be the title.
But how does Isis sound? How do I come up with melodies that go back so far and are still musically current? What connection is there to today? I set off to Egypt to the Isis temples on the Nile: I was inspired in Dendera and Philae! From there I brought back melodies and some old words.
And Mary, the one who has so far been sung about devoutly, even rather piously? I was looking for the free Mary, free from patriarchy! In free connection to the divine. Bringing the Divine Feminine into the light and honoring it.
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I love classical vocal music, but as a spiritually oriented person today, I am looking for new horizons - an understanding of larger contexts and connections. In this way, a lot of things make new sense and old and new come together. With string quartet and accordion it should be, enlivening ancient languages and connecting cultures,awakening!
Almost everything we know from Western classical spiritual music has been related to Jesus Christ and Mary: The Messiah, masses, Stabat Mater, oratorios, Ave Maria's. However, what cultural basis and mood lived at theTurning point, that we sing about so often? Where was the reference to Isis, Miriam, early Christianity, Gnostic Christianity, the Celtic initiates and the holy women around Jesus? The name Maria-Mirjam already appears as the sister of Moses, who saved him, a key name in Jewish culture.
The fellow musicians
The encounter with Felicia Birkenmeier and Gotthard Killian turned out to be a coincidence. They understood what I was talking about and had the musical tools to implement it. You have been dealing with these questions for years. The other musicians, Udo Auch and Olivier Vogt and the young musician Viviane Ruoff also brought their musical and inner skills to the success of this work, which none of us could have achieved alone.
The inspiration
To find sounds of the Virgin Mary, I went to Chartres Cathedral and learned that it is Europe's oldest Marian shrine. The Druids worshiped a Madonna “Pariturae”, who was supposed to give birth to “the child”, even before the birth of Christ. In Chartres I again came up with clear melodic inspiration for our work.
But where is the connection to the now?
The name SOPHIA (Greek: wisdom) appeared in me. I found essential suggestions for this in “Pistis Sophia” and R. Steiner. After the wisdom and love powers of Isis and Mary found through suffering, Sophia is on a different level, she is forward-looking and in the last aria our text reads: Man, get up, rise from your sleep! Recognize yourself, recognize me, the earth is calling for you. My heart sings SOPHIA, recognize: it is time.
A new force from five millennia
The result is a work that brings female energy to the fore, a force that lives in every person, whether man or woman. A force that can be groundbreaking and nourishing, clarifying and giving strength for the future. An arc that spans at least five millennia: linguistically from ancient Egyptian to Sanskrit, from Hebrew to Aramaic, from Gaelic to ancient Russian and finally from Latin to the German language. From the simple melodic to greater complexity. From tonal to newer sounds: hopeful, forward-looking.
Opportunities for support
This is how you can help support the project
Besides normal music albums, we also offer signed versions.
Donations for our association Universal Sound are now allowed.
certified and deducted from taxes.
CHF 30
CD “From Isis to Mary”
You will receive a CD by post.
CHF 100
Signed CD
You will receive the CD with the personal signature of all artists.
CHF 30
CD “From Isis to Mary”
You will receive a CD by post.