Gottfried August Homilius
Uns ist ein Kind geboren HoWV II.13
Kantate zum Weihnachtsfest
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Gottfried August Homilius
Uns ist ein Kind geboren HoWV II.13
Kantate zum Weihnachtsfest
- Instrumentation Soloists, Mixed Choir (SATB) and Chamber Orchestra
- Composer Gottfried August Homilius
- Editor Uwe Wolf
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- Edition Piano Reduction Download
- Publisher Carus-Verlag
- Order no. CV37209-03-DL
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The cantata "A child is born to us" for Christmas Day follows an unusual structure with only one aria but two choral movements. The choral movements frame the work, with the soprano aria, surrounded by two secco recitatives, at the center of the cantata. The very song-like B section of this aria forms the axis of symmetry and only here do the trumpets sound outside the choirs (with a quote from the opening choir).
Both choirs are based on a biblical text: the opening choir is based on a well-known Old Testament prophecy of the Christmas event (Isaiah 9:5) and the final choir on a passage about the mystery of faith from the letter to Timothy (1 Timothy 3:16): "Fathomably great is the mystery of God". The opening chorus and final chorus are largely homophonic, but the second, Christmassy half-movement from the Timothy passage ("God is revealed in the flesh") is developed into a large final fugue.
It is one of Homilius' many cantatas that not only stands out due to its very vocal lines, typical of the time, often accompanied by a lively orchestral accompaniment, but also due to its surprising overall structure.
Both choirs are based on a biblical text: the opening choir is based on a well-known Old Testament prophecy of the Christmas event (Isaiah 9:5) and the final choir on a passage about the mystery of faith from the letter to Timothy (1 Timothy 3:16): "Fathomably great is the mystery of God". The opening chorus and final chorus are largely homophonic, but the second, Christmassy half-movement from the Timothy passage ("God is revealed in the flesh") is developed into a large final fugue.
It is one of Homilius' many cantatas that not only stands out due to its very vocal lines, typical of the time, often accompanied by a lively orchestral accompaniment, but also due to its surprising overall structure.
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