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Christmas Day by Gustav Holst is an artfully crafted fantasia based on traditional English Christmas carols. Composed in 1910, the work weaves together familiar melodies such as "Good Christian Men, R...

“Hail! bright Cecilia, hail to thee. Great patroness of us and harmony!” – this exclamation opens the final chorus of Henry Purcell’s eponymous Ode to St. Cecilia from 1692. A paean to the power of mu...

In einer Mischung aus Kantate und Konzertstück vertont Beethoven in der Chorfantasie eine Hymne auf die Kunst. Das etwa zwanzigminütige Werk wird oft als Vorläufer der 'Ode an die Freude' der 9. Symph...

Gabriel Fauré’s "Pavane" is one of his most popular compositions. What is less known, however, is that the premiere of this stylized dance in April 1888 was actually performed in this present version...

The soft light of the early morning, the song of the cicadas and the beguiling scent of thyme: "Matinée de Provence" describes a morning in Provence, from the first rays of sunshine to the oppressive...

With his composition "L'Aurore" (Dawn) in 1905, Maurice Ravel started his fifth and last attempt to win the coveted "Prix de Rome" of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His renewed elimination in t...

Edward Elgar’s "Spanish Serenade: Stars of the Summer Night" from 1892, for mixed choir and orchestra, paints an enchanting picture of a summer night in Spain. The text is taken from a play by Henry L...

Edward Elgar’s "Spanish Serenade: Stars of the Summer Night" from 1892, for mixed choir and orchestra, paints an enchanting picture of a summer night in Spain. The text is taken from a play by Henry L...

The composer's lively early work, written in 1822, already reveals his own style, but at the same time refers to the work of the same name by his lifelong role model J. S. Bach.

The work is based on a ballad by Paul Heyse, which describes in vivid verse how an army of Moors, while marching through the Pyrenees, is suddenly overcome by nostalgia for their homeland and, at that...

The work is based on a ballad by Paul Heyse, which describes in vivid verse how a Moorish army, while marching through the Pyrenees, is suddenly overcome by nostalgia for its homeland and, at that ver...

If you’re looking for an atmospheric and lyrical work with rewarding parts for your choir, Rheinberger’s "Star of Bethlehem" is the perfect choice. The Christmas story is lyrically set to music in nin...

If you’re looking for an atmospheric and lyrical work that offers rewarding parts for your choir, Rheinberger’s "Star of Bethlehem" is the perfect choice. The Christmas narrative is lyrically set to m...

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In seiner VI. Orgelsymphonie zeigt sich Charles-Marie Widor auf dem Höhepunkt seiner kompositorischen Meisterschaft. In den dicht gearbeiteten, monumentalen Ecksätzen, den expressiven langsamen Sätzen...

As well as 20 organ sonatas and seven collections of stand-alone organ pieces with opus numbers, Rheinberger composed a whole range of smaller works for organ methods or organ collections for his favo...

Text und Melodie: irisches Weihnachtlied

Ottorino Respighi completed the sacred choral work "Lauda per la Natività del Signore" in 1930, which remains unique in his oeuvre. In this hymn of praise to the Christmas miracle, sonorous choral pas...

Edward Elgar’s "Spanish Serenade: Stars of the Summer Night" from 1892, for mixed choir and orchestra, paints an enchanting picture of a summer night in Spain. The text is taken from a play by Henry L...

Edward Elgar’s "Spanish Serenade: Stars of the Summer Night" from 1892, for mixed choir and orchestra, paints an enchanting picture of a summer night in Spain. The text is taken from a play by Henry L...

Edward Elgar’s "Spanish Serenade: Stars of the Summer Night" from 1892, for mixed choir and orchestra, paints an enchanting picture of a summer night in Spain. The text is taken from a play by Henry L...