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Symphony 16 'St. Bartholom​ä​'

by Dafydd Bullock

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Symphony 16 'St. Bartholomä' 1 Nachtaufstieg – Sonnenaufgang – Bergmesse 08:44
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Symphony 16 'St. Bartholomä' 2 Über das steinerne Meer 06:20
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Symphony 16 'St. Bartholomä' 3 Kärlingerhaus 04:54
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Symphony 16 'St. Bartholomä' 4 Aufbruch - Saugasse – Königssee 08:57
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Symphony 16 ‘St. Bartholomä’ Opus 219

Every year on the Saturday after 24 August (St. Bartholomew's Day), up to 3,000 pilgrims travel over the mountains known as the Steinernes Meer (sea of rocks) from Maria Alm in Austria's Salzburger Land to St. Bartholomew peninsula on Lake Königssee in Germany's Berchtesgadener Land. The pilgrimage is thought to date back to 1635, when citizens of Salzburg first crossed the mountains to reach St. Bartholomew's Church as a symbol of thanksgiving to the Lord for having saved them from the plague.

1: Nachtaufstieg – Sonnenaufgang – Bergmesse

From around 0300 we climb from Maria Alm to the Riemannhaus, the Sommerstein ahead to the right, the sunrise ever nearer ..... the pressure of hundreds of people following on the narrow track ensures a good and constant pace. At the top the Trachtenkapelle from Maria Alm waits, encouraging us with short fanfares. Eventually the mountaintop mass begins …..

2: Über das steinerne Meer

Crossing the desolate and occasionally grotesque ‘Stone Ocean’ ….. a very long column, exposed to whatever the weather decides to do, no rest, no shelter. The brass fanfares encourage us further .…. and further …. and further …..

3: Kärlingerhaus

Vegetation reappears; we lose height and approach the Funtensee, crossing into Germany. At Kärlingerhaus a chance to relax, hear the band and have a beer or two ….. relief, that the most strenuous part of the day is behind us!

4: Aufbruch - Saugasse – Königssee

The march goes on, descending the vertiginous and breathtaking Saugasse on the way to the Königsee, where we meet Bavarian friends, have a beer and relax to the sounds of the Mass in the beautiful church of St. Bartholomä. This part of the pilgrimage is over ….. for another year …..

Canach, Luxembourg, September 2013

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released October 11, 2023

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Dafydd Bullock was born in Llanberis, Wales. In 1995 he was admitted to the highest Order of the Gorsedd of Bards. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2005.
Works include 36 Symphonies, 19 Symphonic Poems, 2 Operas, 2 Requiems, 2 Mass settings, a Missa Brevis, an Oratorio, 35 String Quartets, 9 Trios and other chamber music and many songs and pieces for piano, and 41 CDs. ... more

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