Maria Walks amid the Thorn

“The song Maria durch ein Dornwald ging (Maria Walks amid the Thorn) has fascinated me since my childhood. The magical, floating atmosphere of the chorale builds in text and melody a tangible yet reverently distant vision of the action. This fantasia seeks to theatrically interpret and elevate the text – from the bleakness and threatening nature of the bare thorn wood to the sung praises of the ‘blossoming’ miracle.” (Mathias Rehfeldt)