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The cantata 'Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren' BWV 154 was first performed on 9 January 1724, the 1st Sunday after Epiphany. The structure and extent of the work are unusual: it comprises eight, inste...

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Magnificat BWV 243 was composed in its first form in E flat, right at the beginning of Bach’s period in Leipzig, possibly for the Visitation of Mary on July 2, 1723. Its perfor...

The office as a priest and the long years as musical director of the Ospedale della Pietà (a large orphonage in Venice) both occasioned and inspired him to compose church music in large variety. The M...

Soli SATB, Coro SATB/SATB, 2 Orch: 2 Ob, 2 Tr, 2 Vl, Va, Bc, [Timp]

Psalm 147 "Lauda Jerusalem" has an important place in the church year, among other things in vespers on Marian feasts. Antonio Vivaldi's only setting of this Vespers Psalm has some peculiarities: the...

The psalm setting "Credidi, propter quod locutus sum" RV 605 is a curiosity among Antonio Vivaldi’s sacred vocal works, as it is an arrangement of an arrangement. The basis for this contrafactum was t...

The psalm setting "Credidi, propter quod locutus sum" RV 605 is a curiosity among Antonio Vivaldi’s sacred vocal works, as it is an arrangement of an arrangement. The basis for this contrafactum was t...

The psalm setting "Credidi, propter quod locutus sum" RV 605 is a curiosity among Antonio Vivaldi’s sacred vocal works, as it is an arrangement of an arrangement. The basis for this contrafactum was t...

The "Petite Messe solennelle" from 1863 is Rossini's second extensive sacred composition alongside the "Stabat Mater". The mass is an occasional work, written for the inauguration of the private chape...

The composer Joseph Martin Kraus was born in the same year as Mozart, and like Salzburg's famous son, he was highly gifted and died too young. But in recent years he has received more attention. And r...

Scored for SATB choir with additional wind parts by Joseph von Eybler; trombone parts added by Ignaz Xaver Ritter von Seyfried; revised by Otto Nicolai (1843). / Pergolesi’s last major composition, th...

Luminous rays emanated from the 'Messe de sainte Cécile'. First you were dazzled, then enchanted, then overwhelmed. This is how Camille Saint-Saëns describes the impression made on him by Charles Goun...

Luminous rays emanated from the 'Messe de sainte Cécile'. First you were dazzled, then enchanted, then overwhelmed. This is how Camille Saint-Saëns describes the impression made on him by Charles Goun...

Mendelssohn's oratorio Elias (Elijah) was composed at a time when large choral societies were formed and music festivals involving hundreds of singers were all the fashion. 271 singers and 125 orchest...

Schubert's Mass in E flat major is the last of his six settings of the Ordinarium Missae and at the same time his most important work of this genre. The Mass is full of varied drama and confessional e...

With his large-scale setting of Psalm 22, Christoph JK Müller has created a captivating choral work. He translates the vivid imagery of the biblical text into modern, stirring sounds: the result is a...

With his large-scale setting of Psalm 22, Christoph JK Müller has created a captivating choral work. He translates the vivid imagery of the biblical text into modern, stirring sounds: the result is a...

With his large-scale setting of Psalm 22, Christoph JK Müller has created a captivating choral work. He translates the vivid imagery of the biblical text into modern, stirring sounds: the result is a...

With his large-scale setting of Psalm 22, Christoph JK Müller has created a captivating choral work. He translates the vivid imagery of the biblical text into modern, stirring sounds: the result is a...

With his large-scale setting of Psalm 22, Christoph JK Müller has created a captivating choral work. He translates the vivid imagery of the biblical text into modern, stirring sounds: the result is a...

Louis Spohr’s *Des Heilands letzte Stunden* (The Savior’s Last Hours), composed in 1835, is one of the most significant Passion oratorios of the 19th century. The freely adapted libretto by the well-k...

Louis Spohr’s *Des Heilands letzte Stunden* (The Savior’s Last Hours), composed in 1835, is one of the most significant Passion oratorios of the 19th century. The freely adapted text by the well-known...

Bruckner’s mighty "Mass in F minor" is one of his most significant creations and one of the great 19th-century choral works. The composer uniquely succeeds in exploring faith through the lens of music...

Bruckner’s mighty Mass in F minor is one of his most significant creations and one of the great 19th-century choral works. The composer uniquely succeeds in exploring faith through the lens of music....

Bruckner’s mighty "Mass in F" minor is one of his most significant creations and one of the great 19th-century choral works. The composer uniquely succeeds in exploring faith through the lens of music...