Percussionist

Anyone who associates the lute only with early music isn't familiar with David Bergmüller. The Austrian brings his instrument into a wide variety of contexts, genres, and eras. His latest solo project, "Know Thyself," which premiered in Vienna in early 2025, combines lute sounds in an atmospheric and poetic way with synthesizer sounds, loops, and effects.

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David Bergmüller

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Typical characteristics of popular music are the ability to sing along, dance and be recognisable. In this sense, the English composer John Dowland was already writing pop songs in the 16th century: Come again, sweet Love for example, Flow my Tears or Come, heavy Sleep – the beauty and emotionality of these songs still overwhelm us today. So what could be better than dreaming your way into the night with Ayres and instrumental music by John Dowland and his contemporaries Thomas Morley, Orlando Gibbons and John Bull? The three musicians of the Vienna Vivid Consort are both singers and recorder players, alternating between singing and instruments, and for this programme with Ayres from the height of the English Renaissance they have teamed up with the lutenist David Bergmüller. The spectrum ranges from quiet, intimate solo works to songs and complex, full-voiced consort movements. And in keeping with the English word “vivid” in the trio’s title, the evening becomes a lively journey into the richness of sound and expression of the Elizabethan era.

Vivid Consort & David Bergmüller

Hall Schwetzingen Castle

It is the first murder in human history, yet, as we know, not the last. For according to biblical tradition, we are all descended from a murderer: Cain, the first human to be born on earth. Together with his younger brother Abel, he is raised by his parents Adam and Eve in reverence for God. But when Abel’s ritual offerings are favored one day, dark impulses break through: Cain kills Abel, thereby incurring the wrath of God.

Percussionist

David Bergmüller

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 1 - Dec 30, 2026

Cain and Abel · Oper Köln

Past events

Oct 24, 2025

David Bergmüller · Elbphilharmonie

May 6, 2025

Vivid Consort & David Bergmüller · SWR Symphonieorchester

Future and recently performed repertoire

Lute / Theorbo II in Il primo omicidio by Scarlatti

Oper Köln

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