Church Music for Concert Band

During most of his career in Leipzig Bach composed about one cantata per month. About 200 of the total 300 cantatas he created have been preserved. 'Jesus bleibet meine Freude' (Jesu, Joy of Man's Des...

During most of his career in Leipzig Bach composed about one cantata per month. About 200 of the total 300 cantatas he created have been preserved. Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desir...

Among Charles Gounod's compositions are several hundred sacred solo songs, including his 1852 setting of the Catholic hymn "Ave Maria". Forty years later, Gounod, a devoutly religious albeit also a de...

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) wrote several settings of the 'Gloria'. RV 589 is the most familiar and popular piece of sacred music by Vivaldi. The 'Gloria RV 589' remained in a relatively unknown statu...

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) wrote several settings of the "Gloria". RV 589 is the most familiar and popular piece of sacred music by Vivaldi. The "Gloria RV 589" remained in a relatively unknown statu...

The oratorio 'Mors et Vita' (Death and Life) is the continuation of 'The Redemption' and was the second of a proposed trilogy of oratorios written on commission by Charles Gounod for the Birmingham Fe...

The "Stabat Mater" is the best known work of Giovanni Pergolesi's. It was commissioned by the "Confraternità dei Cavalieri di San Luigi di Palazzo" who presented an annual Good Friday meditation in ho...

The "Stabat Mater" is the best known work of Giovanni Pergolesi's. It was commissioned by the "Confraternità dei Cavalieri di San Luigi di Palazzo" who presented an annual Good Friday meditation in ho...

The "Stabat Mater" is the best known work of Giovanni Pergolesi's. It was commissioned by the "Confraternità dei Cavalieri di San Luigi di Palazzo" who presented an annual Good Friday meditation in ho...

The "Stabat Mater" is the best known work of Giovanni Pergolesi's. It was commissioned by the "Confraternità dei Cavalieri di San Luigi di Palazzo" who presented an annual Good Friday meditation in ho...

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) wrote several settings of the "Gloria". RV 589 is the most familiar and popular piece of sacred music by Vivaldi. The "Gloria RV 589" remained in a relatively unknown statu...

Renowned as the composer of such operas as 'La Boheme', 'Tosca' and 'Madame Butterfly', Giacomo Puccini began his musical career in the composition of church music. 'Messa di Gloria' was written by Pu...

Renowned as the composer of such operas as 'La Boheme', 'Tosca' and 'Madame Butterfly', Giacomo Puccini began his musical career in the composition of church music. 'Messa di Gloria' was written by Pu...

'Vesperae solennes de Confessore', KV 339, is a sacred work composed in 1780 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was composed for liturgical use in the Salzburg Cathedral. 'Laudate Dominum' is the 5th move...

'Vesperae solennes de Confessore', KV 339, is a sacred work composed in 1780 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was composed for liturgical use in the Salzburg Cathedral. 'Laudate Dominum' is the 5th move...

Mozart composed 'The Coronation Mass' (Krönungsmesse KV 317) in 1779. It's one of the most popular of his 17 extant settings of the 'Ordinary of the Mass'. This setting, like the majority of Mozart's...

Mozart composed The Coronation Mass (Krönungsmesse KV 317) in 1779. It's one of the most popular of his 17 extant settings of the "Ordinary of the Mass". This setting, like the majority of Mozart's ma...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) regained great successes as a composer of church music and as an organist soon after graduating at the Paris Conservatory. The 'Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile' dates from...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) regained great successes as a composer of church music and as an organist soon after graduating at the Paris Conservatory. The 'Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile' dates from...

To celebrate the laying of the foundation stone of the new Mariä-Empfängnis-Dom of Linz bishop Franz-Josef Rudigier asked Bruckner for a cantata. Bruckner responded enthusiast with the composition of...

Léo Delibes was a French composer specialized in ballets, operas, and other works for the stage. His most notable works include ballets like 'Coppélia' and 'Sylvia' as well as the operas 'Le roi l'a d...

Léo Delibes was a French composer specialized in ballets, operas, and other works for the stage. His most notable works include ballets like 'Coppélia' and 'Sylvia' as well as the operas 'Le roi l'a d...

Belgian composer César Franck Composed his Mass, Opus 12 in 1872. In the fifth movement of this mass he incorporated the strophe of 'Sacris solemniis' that begins with the words 'Panis Angelicus' ('br...

Belgian composer César Franck (omposed his Mass, Opus 12 in 1872. In the fifth movement of this mass he incorporated the strophe of "Sacris solemniis" that begins with the words "Panis angelicus" (bre...