Meditations - Chants & Piano Tim Allhoff, Robert Mehlhart, Cantatorium

• 1 Agnus Dei I 03:04
• 2 Salve Regina 03:07
• 3 Sanctus 03:13
• 4 Tollite Portas 04:43
• 5 Agnus Dei II 02:46
• 6 Audi Filia 04:54
• 7 Ave Maria Gratia Plena 04:22
• 8 Kyrie I 04:13
• 9 Conditor Alme Siderum 03:37
• 10 Ave Maris Stella 04:13
• 11 Kyrie II 04:57
• 12 Rorate Caeli Desuper 03:52
• 13 Viderunt Omnes 04:33
• Total Runtime 51:34

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The award-winning pianist, composer and arranger Tim Allhoff and the Dominican monk, church musician and Gregorian expert Father Robert Mehlhart come from very different walks of life. However, in combining Gregorian chants with neo-classical piano sounds, they have developed a common musical language and with their project "Meditations: Chant & Piano" open up a unique musical space of tranquility and inner contemplation.

Together with the ensemble Cantatorium, which specializes in Gregorian chant, the two Munich-based musicians delicately interweave the free-flowing style of Gregorian chant, with all its historical weight, with new piano arrangements. Seemingly casually, a new and yet timeless musical space of tranquility and reflection is created.

It is the search for this special space of inner contemplation that unites these seemingly disparate musicians. Here, the world-touring pianist Tim Allhoff, who accompanies jazz trumpeter Nils Wülker one day, records with Robbie Williams the next night, and arranges classical songs for soprano Fatma Said. There the Dominican monk Father Robert Mehlhart, who joined the Dominican Order after his time with the Regensburger Domspatzen, wrote his doctorate on Gregorian chant, lives in the monastery and directs the vocal chapel and orchestra of the Theatinerkirche in Munich.

Father Robert Mehlhart explains, "This music comes from the depths of history. It gives the soul room to breathe and spread its wings, and I wish that our listeners would experience the same. This music gives you a sense of freedom."

And Tim Allhoff adds, "When you listen to this music, it does something to you. You immediately feel a sense of peace as the music embraces you.

Tim Allhoff, piano
Cantatorium
Robert Mehlhart, musical director

Tim Allhoff
Award-winning pianist/composer Tim Allhoff is a significant constant in the German music scene. He has released seven albums, 2 of them being awarded the prestigious ECHO award. Initially focusing on jazz and working with the Tim Allhoff Trio for over ten years, he meanwhile developed into an artist of many colours, writing and playing jazz, classical and contemporary music. As a composer and arranger, his work runs the gamut from string quartet to an orchestra, music for theatre and International movie scores. His solo piano debut Sixteen Pieces for Piano, was released on Sony Classical in 2019. Recently, he also arranged and recorded parts of the critically acclaimed debut album, El Nour, with soprano Fatma Said.

His new album MORLA will be released in May 2022 and features mainly original music and works from Bach, Schumann, and Sufjan Stevens. Tim Allhoff played/arranged/worked with/for Larry Grenadier, Jeff Ballard, Robbie Williams, Fatma Said, Jules Buckley, the Vision String Quartet, Nils Wülker, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Filmorchester Babelsberg and Philharmonie München.

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