BurdaForward hits number 1 in the iTunes music charts with "Victoriam
by Sara Kiesler
The first music production from BurdaForward is a complete success. The piece "Victoriam" from the album SINFOGLESIA by the Cologne composer Christoph Siemons fought its way to first place in the iTunes music charts just a few hours after its release on Good Friday afternoon. The work, staged with orchestra and choir, supports Tafeln in Germany during the Corona crisis.
While the corona crisis has a strong impact on our lives and habits, the pandemic also manages to bring out the good in people. "Victoriam" is the music especially composed for the campaign "#CoronaCare" and is meant to give confidence in this time full of uncertainty. Under the motto "Germany helps itself", BurdaForward and FOCUS Online have brought thousands of people together in recent weeks to support each other.
After only a few hours, "Victoriam" is so successful that it storms to number 1 in the iTunes charts on Friday evening. A short time later, the work has also taken first place in the Amazon music charts.
BurdaForward and FOCUS Online use the proceeds from "Victoriam" to support charitable boards in Germany and thus also more than 1.6 million needy people who are supplied by them. The Corona crisis poses a particular challenge for the boards. Due to the economic hardship, food donations have fallen drastically. Many older volunteers also belong to a risk group.
Victoriam should give hope and do good. I am all the more pleased that we have stormed to the top of the charts within just a few hours with this hymn to humanity. It is great that so many people let themselves be touched by the music and want to help the Tafel in Germany. Victoriam shows: Our mutual care is stronger than the virus!“
Komponist Christoph Siemons sagt: „Platz 1 in allen Downloadportalen, und das seit Tagen – unglaublich! Es ist toll zu sehen, wie viele Menschen helfen wollen. Die Solidarität untereinander, der Kern der Aktion #CoronaCare, ist ein wunderbarer Hoffnungsschimmer, der unsere Gesellschaft nachhaltig prägen wird.“
100 begnadete Sänger und Musiker haben die #CoronaCare-Hymne innerhalb von zwei Wochen trotz geltender Ausgangsbeschränkungen und Kontaktverbote eingespielt und -gesungen. Ihre Botschaft lautet: "Victoriam misericordia - victoriam vitae - omnia speramus“. Die Menschlichkeit wird siegen. Gemeinsam werden wir diese Krise überstehen.
Sara Kiesler
BurdaForward Communications
Telling stories with a loving eye for detail - that's something I particularly enjoy. At BurdaForward, I mostly do that around our working world. I spend my free time on horseback, on the SUP or on skis. Anything in nature! Preferably in the beautiful Bavarian Alps and my beloved home, the Black Forest.
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