Uwe Wolf

Monteverdis Selva morale et spirituale von 1641 steht heute ganz im Schatten von Monteverdis berühmter Marienvesper von 1610. Die Drucke von 1610 und 1641 enthalten beide v. a. Musik für Messe und Ves...

Monteverdis Selva morale et spirituale von 1641 steht heute ganz im Schatten von Monteverdis berühmter Marienvesper von 1610. Die Drucke von 1610 und 1641 enthalten beide v. a. Musik für Messe und Ves...

Anyone who is familiar with Bruckner's symphonies and great masses will probably be astonished upon hearing his Missa solemnis of 1854: can the tradition of the Viennese classics still be so clearly e...

The opening chorus of the cantata "Schauet doch und sehet" BWV 46 is one of those movements by Bach that is primarily known in its later guise: its first part became the "Qui tollis" of the Mass in B...

Wie alle Kantaten zum Michaelisfest ist auch die Choralkantate 'Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir' BWV 130 von 1724 eine ausgesprochen prachtvolle Komposition. Nicht nur im Eingangschor und Schlusschoral...

For soli (SATB), choir (SATB) 2 oboes, 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 violins, viola and basso continuo. Bach's chorale cantata 'Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren' BWV 137, has long been, thanks...

Although 'Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz' (What is it troubles thee, my heart) BWV 138 is based on the chorale of the same name, it is nevertheless not regarded as one of Bach's chorale cantatas. I...

'Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe' (I stand with my open grave before me) BWV 156 is one of the few surviving cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach that is based on texts from the so-called Picander cycle....

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...

The Hochzeitskantate (Wedding Cantata) BWV 195 was performed by Bach from around 1730 at various wedding celebrations in different forms, and was evidently also lent out for performances further afiel...

Soli SSATB, Coro SATB, 2 Cor, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Fg, 2 Vl, Va, Bc Die oratorischen Passionen von Homilius gehören zu den letzten Kompositionen dieser Art aus dem 18. Jahrhundert. Die Rolle des Chores ist i...

Homilius' oratorio passions are among the last compositions of this type from the 18th century. The role of the choir in the oratorio passions is largely limited to the chorales and folk choruses; onl...

Die oratorischen Passionen von Homilius gehören zu den letzten Kompositionen dieser Art aus dem 18. Jahrhundert. Die Rolle des Chores ist in den oratorischen Passionen weitgehend auf die Choräle und V...

'Er war ohne Widerrede unser größter Kirchenkomponist', so schrieb der Lexikograph E. L. Gerber wenige Jahre nach Homilius' Tod 1785. Als langjähriger Kreuzkantor hatte der Bach-Schüler Homilius aufgr...

Er war ohne Widerrede unser größter Kirchenkomponist, so schrieb der Lexikograph E. L. Gerber wenige Jahre nach Homilius’ Tod 1785. Als langjähriger Kreuzkantor hatte der Bach-Schüler Homilius aufgrun...

After the Passion cantata "Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld" from 1775, the Christmas Oratorio is the second major vocal work by Homilius to be published in print during his lifetime. With an un...

Gottfried August Homilius was one of the last composers of the 18th century who, in addition to the then more popular Passion oratorio on fully composed texts, continued to compose passions using the...

Gottfried August Homilius' cantatas enjoyed immense popularity in their day. They have survived to this day in sources from all over the German-speaking Protestant world - from Switzerland to the Balt...

Die Kantaten von Gottfried August Homilius sind aus der protestantischen Musikpflege der Zeit nach 1750 nicht weg zudenken. Sie erfreuten sich größter Beliebtheit in weiten Teilen des deutschsprachige...

The cantatas by Gottfried August Homilius are an integral part of Protestant music in the period after 1750. They enjoyed great popularity in large parts of German-speaking Europe and Homilius enjoyed...

The cantata "Auf, auf, ihr Herzen, seid bereit" for the fourth Sunday in Advent was certainly composed during Homilius' time as Dresden Kreuzkantor between 1755 and 1785, but cannot be dated more prec...

The Tantum ergo in A major, WAB 43, is one of Bruckner’s student pieces, preceding the later Tantum ergo settings, WAB 41/1-4. The parallel sixths and the ending evoke memories of late Viennese Classi...

Bruckner’s Tantum ergo in B-flat major was performed on New Year’s Eve 1849 at St. Florian monastery, where the composer was employed as a teacher. This short work captivates with an expressive, beaut...

Bruckner’s Tantum ergo in B-flat major was performed on New Year’s Eve 1849 at St. Florian monastery, where the composer was employed as a teacher. This short work captivates with an expressive, beaut...

The C Minor Mass KV 427 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a fascinating work. But to speak of 'the' Mass is inaccurate, for basically it is no more than a musical torso, full of enigmas and problems, yet...