“Alles was ihr tut, ” also cast in the concerto-aria form, demonstrates a burgeoning Lutheran musical identity. The success of the series drew great attention to his music, necessitating the church's construction of four additional balconies to house more performers and spectators. Buxtehude also gained recognition as the driving force behind the Marienkirche's Abendmusik, a concert series featuring his keyboard, choral, and orchestral compositions. Buxtehude's virtuosity at the keyboard was so well-known that a young Johann Sebastian Bach took leave from his position in Arnstadt and traveled 250 miles in order to hear a 68 year-old Buxtehude perform. Gott / sende dein Licht und deine Warheit /įrom 1668 until his death in 1707, Dietrich Buxtehude held one of the most important musical positions in North Germany as the organist at the Marienkirche in Lübeck. Though “Gott, sende dein Licht” received its North American premiere last March at Northwestern University, it is our pleasure to present the first performance of this work in this timezone. Arias, reserved for the setting of originally composed German poetry, were meant to highlight the syntax of the German text. An Italianate concerto-full of text painting, polyphony, and virtuosic singing-is reserved for the presentation of well-known Biblical texts that would have been familiar to the listener. Gott, sende dein Licht is one of four works by Schelle that I have edited and modernized, all of which are cast in a particular pre-cantata form: the concerto-aria. The bulk of Schelle’s music was unpublished, hand copied on yellowed, Baroque manuscripts, and lying in the basements of Saxon libraries. Schelle served the Thomaskirche for nearly a quarter of a century, providing service music, leading the choirs, and teaching at the associated school. He became, fairly quickly, the thomaskantor (music director) of the famed Thomaskirche, which would later be Johann Sebastian Bach’s final and most significant place of employment. Schelle sang for Schütz in Dresden as a boy until his voice changed, at which point he attended the Thomasschule and sang at the Thomaskirche, Leipzig. Research into Schelle’s life and legacy provides a beautiful and illuminating glimpse at the often overlooked traditions of late 17th-century Lutheran music. William Fuller, the late Lord-Bishop of Lincoln, published in Nahum Tate's collection of moralizing poems for children Miscellanea Sacra.ĭear God, even in Thy Arms, and can there beĪnd singing, praise the Mercy that prolongs thy Days. “Evening Hymn” is the opening work of Henry Playford's 1688 collection Harmonia Sacraand and sets words by Dr. Before his untimely death at the age of 36, Purcell had the honor of composing the music for the coronation of King James II and the funeral music for Queen Mary II. A pivotal figure in the development of the British Baroque, Henry Purcell brought a deft hand for text-setting, and bold use of expressive dissonance.
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