An oratorio in three parts with text by Gottfried Benn
Annelies Kupper (soprano)
Helmut Krebs (tenor)
Karl Schmitt-Walter (baritone)
Max Proebstl (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerischer Rundfunk
(Chorus-Master, Josef Kugler )
Boys' Choir of Wittelsbacher High School (Chorus-Master. Franz Moser )
Conducted by Jan Koetsier
In the text the poet contrasts all that is transitory (including, in his conception, Science, Progress, Art, and the Gods) with what he calls the unending ' or ' perpetual' — the supreme powers within the eternal flux which alone, in the hearts of ' the lonelv ones, the silent,' are fruitful for the future. The oratorio is in three parts: the first sets forth the idea of transitoriness, the second describes the things that are transitory, and the last hymns the powers of the ' unending.' D.C.