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The 'Ave Maria' by Charles Gounod consists of a melody that he superimposed over an only very slightly changed version of the Prelude No. 1 'from Joh. Seb. Bach's 'The Well-Tempered Clavier', written...

The All-Night Vigil (often mis-translated as simply Vespers) is an a cappella choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninov, his Op. 37, premiered on 23 March 1915 in Moscow. The piece consists of settings...

The All-Night Vigil (often mis-translated as simply Vespers) is an a cappella choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninov, his Op. 37, premiered on 23 March 1915 in Moscow. The piece consists of settings...

The All-Night Vigil (often mis-translated as simply Vespers) is an a cappella choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninov, his Op. 37, premiered on 23 March 1915 in Moscow. The piece consists of settings...

The All-Night Vigil (often mis-translated as simply Vespers) is an a cappella choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninov, his Op. 37, premiered on 23 March 1915 in Moscow. The piece consists of settings...

This is the most popular and often-performed setting by Bruckner. When this work was written, Bruckner had just finished a five year course of contrapuntal study during which he was forbidden to write...

In seiner einfühlsamen Komposition Memento verarbeitet Bernd Classen auch Motive Ottorino Respighis. Es bedeuet soviel wie 'Fürbitte'. In erster Linie ist Memento eine Trauermusik, aber das Werk passt...

Ein schmerzlich-leidenschaftliches Musikstück wird auch als Lamento bezeichnet. Damit ist der Charakter des Stückes auf den Punkt beschrieben. Die einfühlsame Musik ist für jeden kirchlichen Festtag,...

Consolatio ist der lateinische Name für 'Trostgedicht'. Seine Komposition beendet Bernd Classen mit tröstenden, versöhnlichen Tönen in Dur. Sie ist der letzte Teil der Trauermusik-Trilogie.

Melody is the very essence of music. ' -W. A. Mozart (1786) Mozart confirmed this view on melody by writing the Ave Verum Corpus near the end of his short life. Originally written for chorus, strings,...

Das Andante Religioso ist der langsame Teil der vierten von sechs Orgelsonaten, die der Komponist und Pianist Mendelssohn Bartholdy zwei Jahre vor seinem Tod komponierte. Die authentische Blasorcheste...

Missa Tornacum ist eine Messe für Blasorchester und gemischten Chor (SATB) mit den traditionellen Teilen Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei und Ite Missa. Ein Gemeinschaftsprojekt von Kirchenchor und B...

This celebrated song is based on a poem by Julie Hausmann (1826-1901), a Latvian teacher who was probably blind. The text draws on her personal experience and unshakeable faith in God, death and etern...

The song Bist du bei mir, geh' ich mit Freuden zum Sterben und zu meiner Ruh' (BWV 508) was composed by Johann Sebastian Bach for his second wife Anna Magdalena (1701-1760), who he married in 1721. Th...

Hymne an die Nacht is a deeply moving theme by the master composer Ludwig van Beethoven. It is taken from his Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (Appassionata), which he composed between 1804-1806. This...

This composition is about the liberation of Europe at the end of the Second World War. After a solemn introduction, the melody of the song Abide with Me by William Monk, which was widely sung during t...

Eventide (Song of Liberation) has as its theme the European liberation from the Second World War. After a solemn introduction, one hears the melody of the hymn Abide with Me, which was sung frequently...

Die Chormusik des russischen Komponisten Dmitri Bortniansky zeugt von großem technischen Können und reflektiert zugleich ein tiefes spirituelles Verständnis. Die Melodie zu Ich bete an die Macht der L...

Pie Jesu is the famous aria for soprano and orchestra from Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, opus 48. Fauré (1845 - 1924) composed the work in 1887, two years after his father's death and only a short time bef...