Lotus, Offertorium

Festive Mass

Company of Music, Choir
Wolfgang Kogert, organ

Johannes Hiemetsberger, conductor

Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Missa brevis in G major, KV 140

Tamara Friebel

Lotus, Offertorium
 (2026)
World premiere. Commissioned work of the Carinthian Summer Festival.

Event Website

https://carinthischersommer.at/en/event/festmesse/

A Mass, underscored by Mozart's music, is always a celebration. Wolfgang Kogert, the organ curator of the Carinthian Summer Festival, together with the vocal ensemble Company of Music under the direction of Johannes Hiemetsberger, brings this gem to life. For the Offertory, which musically accompanies the preparation of the gifts, the Australian-Austrian composer Tamara Friebel composed a work commissioned by the Carinthian Summer Festival. Friebel, who studied architecture and theology in addition to composition, masterfully understands how to make spaces resonate with sound.

Company of Music

Barbara Achammer, Katharina Linhard, soprano

Anna Kargl, Elisabeth Kirchner, Alt

Sebastian Taschner, Jakob Gerbeth, Tenor

Maximilian Schnabel, Daniel Menczigar, bass

Wolfgang Kogert, organ


Johannes Hiemetsberger, conductor

Photo: Company of Music (c) Andrej Grilc