10th ecumenical mass
The first ecumenical mass took place at Pohoda in 2010, partly as a response to the collapse of the tent. We were actually planning on doing it a long time before, and Anton Srholec helped us make it true. The tenth ecumenical mass at Pohoda will be dedicated to all those who were impacted by the misfortune in 2009, it will be a remembrance of both Martin Kašák and Nikolka Kapková, and also a reflection of people who have been part of Pohoda: António, Juraj Kušnierik, and Marián Varga. The meditations will be presented by Anna Polcková, Daniel Pastirčák, and Róbert Bezák. The theme will be the liberation of a woman, the story of Mary and Martha. Mary sits among the disciples (where she “is not supposed to”), she takes on the male disciple role, while Martha serves disciples and performs the “traditional” role of a woman.
07. July 2019
Before the service, Rabbi Zev Stiefel will sing the song that he sang before the first service, “The whole world is a narrow bridge, but the essence – is not to be afraid.” Karolína Kopačková and Teuta Llapjani will do the theatrical part, and Ingrid Ištóková will perform reading. Jakub Kudláš and Jonatán Pastirčák have composed a composition for Marian Varga: it is based on Marianʼs motifs in the pieces Insomnia and Tower Music and on the motifs of the second part of Goreckiʼs Third Symphony—Symphony of Sorrowful Songs. The latter was played at the last farewell to Marian Varga. Eva Šušková will accompany the piece with her voice. The song is dedicated to those who died in the collapse of the tent and in the memory of Juraj Kušnierik, Antón Srholec, and Marián Varga, who passed away in recent years. Eva Šušková will sing the songs of Hildegard of Bingen. Hildegard is a symbol of a free woman. She developed her free creativity in the 11th century, at a time when the patriarchal superiority of a man ruled over a woman. In the end, we will hear improvisations delivered by Jozef Lupták and Eva Šušková will sing a shortened version of the last part of Goreckiʼs symphony.