97, is a cantata (Kantate) for eight-part unaccompanied choir by Willy Burkhard, on a German text based on the Biblical story of Noah and the flood, composed in 1954/55.
Burkhard composed the setting of Biblical text from the Book of Genesis, 6:9–9:17, in German in 1954 and 1955 when he lived and taught in Zürich.
[1]: 14 He was drawn to it as a story which fascinated him by both its general statement (überpersönliche Aussage) and language full of imagery but without fixed metre.
[3] He organized the work in five movements:[1]: 7–9 [3] The music uses several means of a cappella singing, such as homophony, imitation, and recitative of the choir (Chorrezitativ).
Internationaler Kongress für Kirchenmusik) in Berne in 2015 programmed Die Sintflut as part of a vespers service, performed by the Berner Kantorei conducted by Johannes Günther.