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Haydn's composition is characterized by a dramatic, extremely moving emotionality that is hard to resist. The work was originally conceived as a purely instrumental composition - as meditation music i...

The "Da pacem" by Polish composer and arranger Zuzanna Koziej is a calm prayer for peace, which at times escalates into a passionate plea. In the midst of the storm, we ask for silence and comfort - a...

The main theme of "Benedictus Dominus" by Dariusz Zimnicki (composer and professor of conducting and choral singing in Warsaw) is simple and yet captivates with its melodic appeal. It develops continu...

What happens when you combine Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" with the liturgical Kyrie? Composer and conductor Gottlob Benedict Bierey (1772-1840) dared to undertake this experiment—with a result that...

Of Eberlin's 56 known masses to date, this "Missa in C" is the shortest. Characterized by its ornate setting and ease of performance, the work is characterized as a mass for everyday use, which was in...

In a mixture of cantata and concert piece, Beethoven sets a hymn to art in the "Choral Fantasy". The work, which lasts around twenty minutes, is often seen as a precursor to the "Ode to Joy" from the...

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.

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...

Ursprünglich 1996 geschrieben für Chor SSAA und oft gesungen vom Andrej Vavken Frauenchor meiner Heimatgemeinde, bildet das Werk in der Mitte einen Spiegel, indem musikalische Motive des ersten Teils...

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...

aus: Harmonia caelestis

… one of the most beautiful things I have ever written, said Max Reger in 1915 about his last completed choral work, "Requiem." A distinctive feature: It is based not on the liturgical text, but on Fr...

It is one of the most frequently performed operas worldwide: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s *The Magic Flute* was composed in 1791 for Emanuel Schikaneder’s Freihaustheater in Vienna and combines fairy-tal...