Uwe Wolf

Im Jahr 1729 übernahm Bach in Leipzig die Leitung des einst von Telemann gegründeten 'Collegium musicum' und konzertierte daraufhin mindestens einmal wöchentlich mit diesem Ensemble im Zimmermannschen...

Im Jahr 1729 übernahm Bach in Leipzig die Leitung des einst von Telemann gegründeten 'Collegium musicum' und konzertierte daraufhin mindestens einmal wöchentlich mit diesem Ensemble im Zimmermannschen...

In 1729, Bach took over the direction of the "Collegium musicum" in Leipzig, which had once been founded by Telemann, and subsequently gave concerts with this ensemble at least once a week in Zimmerma...

What does Bach's "Christmas Oratorio" have to do with Hercules? More than you might think at first glance. In the summer of 1733, the eleventh birthday of the Saxon Elector Friedrich Christian on 5 Se...

What does Bach's "Christmas Oratorio" have to do with Hercules? More than you might think at first glance. In the summer of 1733, the eleventh birthday of the Saxon Elector Friedrich Christian on 5 Se...

The cantata 'Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht' (Fret thee not, thou mortal soul) BWV 186 is in a sense the companion work to the much better-known cantata 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' BWV 147. Both wer...

Gesamtausgabe der Motetten für gemischten Chor a cappella - Neue und erweiterte Ausgabe 2014. In der neuen Ausgaben wurden die 67 Motetten der Sammlung (Carus 4.100) um zwei dreichörige Motetten sowie...

Between 1835 and 1837, the young Bruckner wrote one of his first sacred works, a Pange lingua in C major (WAB 31/1). In 1891, as a mature composer living in Vienna, he reworked this short piece from h...

'Machet die Tore weit' is perhaps Andreas Hammerschmidt's best-known composition. But it is mainly performed in a form which does not originate from the composer - considerably shortened, with altered...

The "Missa in c" K. 427 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a fascinating work: as it was never completed by Mozart, attempts have been made time and again since the 19th century to complete it and make it...

The Missa in c KV 427 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a fascinating work. To speak of "the" mass alone is inaccurate, as it is basically nothing more than a musical torso, full of riddles and problems -...

The Missa in c KV 427 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a fascinating work. To speak of "the" mass alone is inaccurate, as it is basically nothing more than a musical torso, full of riddles and problems -...

The Missa in c KV 427 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a fascinating work. To speak of "the" mass alone is inaccurate, as it is basically nothing more than a musical torso, full of riddles and problems -...

The Missa in c KV 427 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a fascinating work. To speak of "the" mass alone is inaccurate, as it is basically nothing more than a musical torso, full of riddles and problems -...

The Missa in c KV 427 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a fascinating work. To speak of "the" mass alone is inaccurate, as it is basically nothing more than a musical torso, full of riddles and problems -...

The Missa in c KV 427 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a fascinating work. To speak of "the" mass alone is inaccurate, as it is basically nothing more than a musical torso, full of riddles and problems -...

The Missa in c KV 427 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a fascinating work. To speak of "the" mass alone is inaccurate, as it is basically nothing more than a musical torso, full of riddles and problems -...

This late work by Michael Praetorius is characterized by a combination of the new Italian style with the Protestant chorale. The Puericinium, which appeared in 1621, the year of Praetorius' death, has...

The collection Polyhymnia Caduceatrix & Panegyrica of 1619 is rightly regarded as the high point in Michael Praetorius's output. It combines 'Solennische Friedt- und Frewden-Concert:' which Praetorius...

Gottfried August Homilius gilt als der Meister der Motette der 2. Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts. In seinen Motetten verbinden sich eingängige Melodien mit einem überwiegend homophonen Chorstil, der mehr...

Die Sammlung 'Polyhymnia Caduceatrix & Panegyrica' (Polyhymnia [die Muse der Hymnendichtung] als Unterhändlerin und Festrednerin) von 1619 gilt zu Recht als Höhepunkt im Schaffen von Michael Praetoriu...