(SW 1012)
In his Choralpartita for mixed choir “Werde licht” from the year 2000 Christian Ridil gives an example of himself as an outstanding specialist in the development of polyphonic structures. The prediction of the Jesaia “The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light” in free recitation builds one of the two musical basics. The other one comes into shape of the well-known choral “Werde licht, du Stadt der Heiden” by Johann Schop and Johann Rist - quoted in completely opposite sentence ways - emerge quasi as Ritornell several times again and which whole one formally holds together. On the climax of the musical development both of this topics be combined in counterpoint masterfully . The modal-harsh character ties on the one hand to the traditional sound aesthetics of advently church music, is however in its linear consequence nevertheless an absolutely up-to-date conversion of the "Per-Aspera-ad-Astram-atmosphere" of pre Christmas time..