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Dialogus. Kantate zum Sonntag nach Neujahr. Soli SB, 2 Ob, Taille (Eh), Vl solo, Str, Org

Es liegt nahe, die Entstehung des Werkes mit einem Bußgottesdienst in Verbindung zu bringen, der in der Marienkirche in Mühlhausen abgehalten wurde, um des verheerenden Feuers zu gedenken, das am 29....

Für seine Kantate BWV 152 hat Bach eine außergewöhnlich kammermusikalische Besetzung gewählt, die auch heute noch sehr farbig und lebendig wirkt: Die beiden solistischen Singstimmen werden von Blockfl...

nach Johann Zach - Der Mozartforscher Robert Münster stellte 1965 fest, dass in einer Stimmenabschrift von 13 'Tantum-ergo'-Vertonungen des Mainzer Domkapellmeisters Johann Zach (1699-1773) das letzte...

Weihnachtskantate - Der Klavierauszug enthält zugleich eine Bearbeitung für Coro SATB. Soli SS[B] (Coro SS[B]), 2 Vl, Bc

Oper in 3 Akten - Soli SSATBB, Orch

In Rheinbergers Streichquartetten verbinden sich Klangdichte und Variationskunst, die in der Nachfolge Schumanns und Mendelssohns gesehen werden können, mit Rheinbergers Sinn für Formgebung, melodisch...

Die vom Sturm und Drang inspirierte Abwechslung kantabel-melodischer und wuchtig-temperamentvoller Passagen mit kunstvoller kontrapunktischer Schreibart und einem glänzenden Orgelsolo machen das Werk...

Ignaz Holzbauer, Kapellmeister at the Electoral Palatinate Court in Mannheim, was one of the most renowned opera composers of his time in the second half of the 18th century. He went down in music his...

Bach's arrangement of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater is of great interest and value: although we are familiar with Bach's performance practice of older works and his reworkings of contemporary compositions,...

The "Harvest Celebration" is the third of the church oratorios by Brahms' friend Heinrich von Herzogenberg, which he himself considered to be his most important. The texts, compiled in three parts by...

Mozart wrote his one-act opera "Der Schauspieldirektor" in the spring of 1786, commissioned by Emperor Joseph II on the occasion of a visit to Vienna by the Governor General of the Netherlands. The gu...

Since its first complete performance in 1869 at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Brahms' A German Requiem has been indisputably one of the key works in oratorio history. The rank of the work results not onl...

The original occasion for the composition of cantata BWV 51 is unknown. The unusual, festive scoring with trumpet and solo soprano and the virtuoso demands of these parts seem to point to a special oc...

Soli ST, 2 Ob, 2 Fg, 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb

Christoph Schönherr's "Hodie Christus" natus est, which lasts around six minutes, provides the right groove for the Christmas season. Based on the Magnificat antiphon of the same name, this beautiful,...

Christoph Schönherr's "Hodie Christus" natus est, which lasts around six minutes, provides the right groove for the Christmas season. Based on the Magnificat antiphon of the same name, this beautiful,...

For his composition "Die mit Schiffen auf dem Meer", Christoph Schönherr chose the dramatic depiction of a sea storm from the extensive Psalm 107. God saves the sailors in distress and finally leads t...

A "Motetto pastorale" replaced the offertory of the Christmas masses between Credo and Sanctus in the Dresden court services. "O admirabile mysterium" is characterized by an unusual scoring for two so...

Immediately after his first opera, Rheinberger composed a short dramatic cantata for children's voices in 1863. It is based on a story from the Gospel of Mark. The highlights of the cantata, including...

Evening-length oratorio, compiled for the Bach Festival 1950 by Hans Grischkat using particularly valuable movements from Bach's lesser-known cantatas.

Version Koch - Bei der Aufführung der Markuspassion besteht die Schwierigkeit im Fehlen des Evangelienberichts. Johannes H. E. Koch hat diesen in seiner Tonsprache ergänzt. Bislang lag allerdings nur...

Since its Berlin premiere in 1755, Carl Heinrich Graun's "sensitive" passion cantata "Der Tod Jesu", based on a libretto by Karl Wilhelm Ramler, was one of the most frequently performed works of this...

At the center of Hartmut Hein's cantata is the question "Why are we on earth?". Man's search for the meaning of his life is presented in a "question and answer game" in which both biblical demands (e....