Max Bruch
Rorate coeli
O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf op. 29
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Max Bruch
Rorate coeli
O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf op. 29
- Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB) and Orchestra
- Optional Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB), Organ and Orchestra
- Composer Max Bruch
- Editor Minkus Teske
- Lyricist Friedrich von Spee Karl Simrock
- Edition Score (Urtext)
- Publisher Carus-Verlag
- Order no. CV10364-00-SA
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Description:
Max Bruch succeeded in composing an impressive setting of the well known Advent text, 'O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf' (O Saviour, tear open the heavens). Compositionally it is extremely sophisticated in its construction; Bruch combines both the choir and orchestra in a powerfully expressive and moving portrayal of mankind waiting for the coming of the Saviour. Following the premiere of the work in 1869 it was celebrated as Bruch's most important choral work, but later it fell largely into oblivion. Almost 150 years after it was composed, for the first time a critical-scholarly edition is now available to the public.