Christmas

Gemischter Chor SSATBB Alle Jahre wieder in der Advents- und Weihnachtszeit werden Kompositionen gesucht, die bekannte und beliebte Lieder neu zum Klingen bringen, in kleinen oder großen Besetzungen,...

There are very few composers who have left such a comprehensive oeuvre covering all genres as Camille Saint-Saëns. His vocal music, however, has rather fallen into oblivion - if one leaves aside his '...

There are very few composers who have left such a comprehensive oeuvre covering all genres as Camille Saint-Saëns. His vocal music, however, has rather fallen into oblivion - if one leaves aside his '...

The volumes of this expanding series are devoted to a wide range of sacred renaissance motets with Latin texts, and contain a mixture of well known and unfamiliar pieces, some of which are published f...

A4 sized Organ Score for James Whitbourn's Missa Carolae.

Text: nach Psalmus 96 Oratorio de Noël op. 12 (deutsch: 'Weihnachtsoratorium') ist ein im Jahr 1858 entstandenes Werk des damals 23-jährigen französischen Komponisten Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921).

Volume 19 of the Schütz Complete Edition brings together 21 very different compositions from various phases of Schütz's compositional output. The spectrum ranges from a short, two-part sacred concerto...

Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886) is best known today as an opera composer and as the composition teacher of Giacomo Puccini and Pietro Mascagni. His greatest success came in 1876 at La Scala in Milan w...

The cantata "Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende" BWV 28 for the Sunday after Christmas begins unusually: with an aria instead of the usual opening chorus, characterized by joyful, dance-like rhythms i...

Festive horn sounds open Bach's cantata Darzu ist erscheinen der Sohn Gottes BWV 40, first performed on 26.12.1723. The two inner chorales, which are inserted between the recitative and the correspond...

Bach's second cantata beginning with the text "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" BWV 62 was performed on 1 Advent (the only Advent Sunday with church music in Leipzig at the time) in 1724 and belongs to t...

With its large orchestration, which was used chorally in accordance with older models, the cantata is a festive piece. In terms of its external splendor, it is at best equalled, but not surpassed, by...

The cantata Sehet, welch eine Liebe BWV 64, composed for Christmas Day 1723, is characterized by the opening chorus in the "old style" without obbligato instruments. As with the cantata Darzu ist ersc...

Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung). Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 2 Cor, Timp, 3 Ob, Str, Fg, Org

Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtsfeiertag. Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 3 Tr, Timp, 2 Fl, Ob, Obda, Obca, Str, Org - Tonart D-Dur / h-Moll

The cantus firmus is present in four of the six movements, giving the cantata great unity. In addition to the opening chorus and final chorale, it is heard in one of the rare tercets in Bach's vocal w...

Bach's cantata BWV 151, whose wonderfully intimate opening aria is rightly considered one of Bach's "happiest inspirations" (Alfred Dürr), was composed for Christmas Day 1725. The flute and oboe d'amo...

Bach was not able to use the Weimar Advent cantata 'Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht' BWV 186a in Leipzig, as there was no performance of church music there between the 1st Sunday of Advent and Christmas. B...

The Christmas cantata "Gloria in excelsis Deo", which has always presented researchers with a number of exciting puzzles, is one of the few Latin works written by Johann Sebastian Bach. It consists of...

Carsten Klomp hat für die vorliegende Ausgabe den Orchestersatz der 1. Kantate aus Johann Sebastian Bachs Weihnachtsoratorium auf die Orgel übertragen. Damit ermöglicht er nicht nur eine Aufführung in...

Das Weihnachtsoratorium nur mit Orgel- statt mit Orchesterbegleitung? Kann das funktionieren - ausgerechnet bei diesem so festlichen und farbig orchestrierten Werk? Die vorliegende Bearbeitung zeigt:...