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Johann Sebastian Bach's cantata "Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret" BWV 31 was composed in Weimar for the Sunday of April 21, 1715. The text by Salomon Franck is closely linked to the Easter Gospe...

Bach's cantata for the 1st Sunday after Trinity, first performed in 1726, is one of the Thomas cantor's most musically appealing compositions. The opulent opening chorus programmatically illustrates t...

Cantata 56, also known as the "Kreuzstab Cantata", was composed in 1726 for the 21st Sunday after Trinity and is scored relatively lightly for oboes, English horn, strings and continuo. As its text al...

The cantata Jesu, der du meine Seele belongs to the famous series of choral cantatas that Bach composed in his second year in Leipzig. It was probably performed for the first time in one of Leipzig's...

Kantate zum Reformationsfest (deutsch/englisch), nach der Neuen Bach-Ausgabe. Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Oboe (3)/ Oboe d'amore/ Oboe-dacc, Streicher, Basso continuo - Klavierauszug

No original sources have survived for Bach's great Reformation cantata "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott". It is possible that the original version of the cantata was composed in Weimar in 1715, which Ba...

Kantate zu einer Trauerfeier (deutsch/englisch), nach der Neuen Bach-Ausgabe. Alt solo, Bass solo, Gemischter Chor-SATB, Alt-Blockflöte in f,g (2), Viola da gamba (2), Basso continuo

As neither original sources nor documents relating to the first performance of the present funeral cantata Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV 106 have survived, we cannot prove the year of compos...

Bach's cantata, "Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir", composed on September 29, 1724, belongs to the group of choral cantatas which, like perhaps the respective preacher, interpret the ideas of the readin...

The origins of the cantata Lobe den Herrn meine Seele BWV 143 are largely unknown. For a long time, a copy from the 19th century was considered the only source. This was also the basis for the musical...

The anthem "How beautiful are the feet", also known as "Anthem on the Peace", was premiered in 1749 by the Chapel Royal in London at a thanksgiving service on the occasion of the Peace of Aachen, whic...

The anthem "How beautiful are the feet", also known as "Anthem on the Peace", was premiered in 1749 by the Chapel Royal in London at a thanksgiving service on the occasion of the Peace of Aachen, whic...

George Frideric Handel's anthem "Blessed are they that considereth the poor" was first performed in 1749 at a benefit concert for the Foundling Hospital orphanage and is known by this name. The vocal...

George Frideric Handel's anthem "Blessed are they that considereth the poor" was first performed in 1749 at a benefit concert for the Foundling Hospital orphanage and is known by this name. The vocal...

To celebrate the Peace Treaty of Utrecht, which ended the War of the Spanish Succession in 1713, the "Utrecht Jubilate" was composed in the same year, shortly after Handel had composed the "Te Deum"....

To celebrate the Peace Treaty of Utrecht, which ended the War of the Spanish Succession in 1713, the "Utrecht Jubilate" was composed in the same year, shortly after Handel had composed the "Te Deum"....

Dvorák composed the 'Mass in D major' in 1887 at the suggestion of his patron Josef Hlávka for the inauguration of the Lužany castle chapel. It is written for choir and organ with sporadic passages fo...

Dvorák composed the 'Mass in D major' in 1887 at the suggestion of his patron Josef Hlávka for the inauguration of the Lužany castle chapel. It is written for choir and organ with sporadic passages fo...

The "Petite Messe solennelle" is a very late work by Rossini. He composed it between 1863 and 1864 at the age of 71 as a commission for Countess Louise Pillet-Will for the inauguration of her private...

George Frideric Handel's Dixit Dominus was published as early as 1960 as part of the then still young Hallische Händel-Ausgabe. A critical report was not presented, so that in cases of doubt the basis...

Bereits 1960 erschien das Dixit Dominus von Georg Friedrich Händel im Rahmen der damals noch jungen Hallischen Händel-Ausgabe. Ein Kritischer Bericht wurde dabei nicht vorgelegt, sodass in Zweifelsfäl...

Handel composed the "Te Deum" in B flat major HWV 281 in 1718 for the later Duke of Chandos. The work therefore became known as the "Chandos Te Deum", but is referred to here as the "Te Deum" for Cann...

Das Oratorium 'Solomon' über den weisen und gerechten König Salomon entstand 1748. Es gehört musikalisch zu den reichsten Kompositionen, die Händel für diese Gattung geschaffen hat. Dabei nimmt der Ch...

The oratorio "Solomon" about the wise and righteous King Solomon was composed in 1748 and is musically one of the richest compositions Handel created for this genre. The chorus plays a special role he...