Beethoven in 1803 |
Did you know ...
... that Beethoven's
Third Cello Sonata,
first performed in 1809, has been described as the first sonata
for piano and cello to treat the instruments as equal partners?
... that when
Johannes Chum,
a tenor in operatic roles from
Nerone to
Lohengrin,
performed in
Harnoncourt's recording of Beethoven's
Missa solemnis,
a reviewer described his singing as "seraphic"?
Did you know ...
... that
Ave Maria, an obscure piece for two
men's choirs
by
Franz Biebl published in 1964,
became a choral standard after
Chanticleer
made it part of their holiday programs?
(1 January 2020 · listen to Chanticleer, 2015)
... that
John Rutter wrote the text and music for
Angels' Carol, a choral piece for Christmas,
using the Latin "
Gloria in excelsis Deo" as a refrain?
( 24 December 2019 · listen to us, 2019)
2019 was another green year
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Did you know ...
... that the German
Advent song "
Tochter Zion, freue dich"
has words by
Friedrich Heinrich Ranke set to music used for
triumphant entrances in two of
Handel's
oratorios?
... that a verse from
Psalm 85 inspired artworks
depicting the kiss of Justice and Peace?
... that
Dixit Maria, a
motet in Latin by
Hans Leo Hassler,
sets to music the narrative of
Mary's consent to the
Annunciation?
... that one of the versions of
Vivaldi's
Magnificat
included five
arias to be performed
by girl soloists from the
Ospedale della Pietà,
who were named in the score?
... that the hymn "
Nun lässest du, o Herr",
written by
Georg Thurmair as a paraphrase of the
Nunc dimittis,
appeared with a 16th-century melody in
the first Gotteslob,
but with a new one in
the second?
... that
Ave Maria, an obscure piece for two
men's choirs
by
Franz Biebl published in 1964, became famous
when the
Chanticleer made it part of their holiday programs?
Did you know ...
... that the
Figuralchor Frankfurt,
founded in 1966 as a youth choir for the state broadcaster
Hessischer Rundfunk,
sang
Mahler's
Symphony of a Thousand
at the opening of the
Alte Oper?
... that the hymn "
Gott, der du warst und bist und bleibst" was composed for
the opening of the
Sankt Georgen seminary church in
Frankfurt?
(
11 January 2020)
... that American
coloratura soprano
Laura Aikin
who began her opera career in Berlin,
appeared as Marie in
Zimmermann's
Die Soldaten at the 2012
Salzburg Festival?
... that "
Wir pflügen und wir streuen" by
Matthias Claudius, began as a song of
a fictional harvest festival, and is now a Protestant hymn for
Erntedankfest?
Did you know ...
... that "
Die Himmel rühmen!"
('The heavens praise'), which begins a song
from an 1803
lieder collection by
Beethoven
setting
Gellert's paraphrase of
Psalm 19,
became the title of
a concert series by a pop singer?
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Did you know ...
... that in his 1831 chorale cantata Verleih uns Frieden, Mendelssohn set Luther's German prayer for peace to a new melody?
... that O salutaris hostia (O saving victim), a setting of a Eucharistic hymn for mixed choir by Vytautas Miškinis, was performed in Brussels when Lithuania held the EU presidency?
... that Three Latin Motets (Beati), Charles Villiers Stanford's only church music not in English, was dedicated to Alan Gray, who succeeded him as organist at Trinity College, Cambridge, and the college's choir?
... that Henry Purcell (pictured) composed basically two settings of Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, a complex one early, and a simple one for the burial of Queen Mary?
good plans but cancelled
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Ubi caritas et amor |
Did you know ...
... that in a motet for
Maundy Thursday,
Tristis est anima mea,
Jesus says in
Gethsemane
"
Sad is my soul even unto death"?
... that in his 1960
Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens,
Maurice Duruflé "shows his
particular genius for invoking
the spiritual element of plainsong
in a polyphonic context"?
Matthäuspassion (cancelled)
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... that
Bach used stanzas
of the 1533 hymn
"
In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr",
a paraphrase of
Psalm 31,
as
chorales in three vocal works,
including
in the St Matthew Passion?
... that the soprano
Jo Vincent appeared
in
Willem Mengelberg's 1939 recording
of Bach's
St Matthew Passion,
and in the world premiere of
Britten's
Spring Symphony in 1949?
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Did you know ...
... that according to
Luke the Evangelist,
the
last words of Jesus on the cross
came from
Psalm 31?
... that 2019 concerts
in the 19th-century
Bergkirche in
Wiesbaden
included Pärt's
Passio and
Handel's
Messiah?
( more)
Did you know ...
... that on Good Friday 2020,
Benedikt Kristjánsson sang all roles
in a chamber arrangement of Bach's
St John Passion,
broadcast live from
the composer's burial place?
... that three of the 34 stanzas of "
Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod",
a
Passion hymn by
Paul Stockmann,
were included in Bach's
St John Passion?
good plans, but cancelled
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Happy Easter |
Did you know ...
... that
I Will Mention the Loving-kindnesses
is an 1875 Easter
anthem by
Arthur Sullivan
for solo tenor, mixed choir, and organ,
setting a passage from the
Book of Isaiah?
... that Krzysztof Penderecki
inserted at the end of his
Credo,
from
Psalm 118,
"Haec dies, quam fecit Dominus ..."
(This is the day, which the Lord has made:
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.)?
( more)
Did you know ...
... that
Dmitri Smirnov (pictured)
composed the
Triple Concerto No. 2
for the centenary concert
of the
London Symphony Orchestra,
with the principal
violinist,
harpist, and
double bassist
as soloists?
memories |
Did you know ...
... that
Erhard Egidi (23 April 1929 – 8 September 2014)
conducted at the
Neustädter Kirche both
the first performance after more than 300 years
of a funeral music by the church's first organist
and Bach's
Mass in B minor?
(25 May 2013)
... that
Le Concert Spirituel played
Handel's open-air music
at the Proms with an ensemble that comprised
18 oboes, 9 trumpets, 9 trombones, and strings?
( listen if you think uplifting music would be good for you)
good plan, but cancelled 31 Pentecost - Chor von St. Bonifatius + Wiesbadener Knabenchor (60th anniversary) - Schubert: Mass in E-flat major
Did you know ...
... that several
hymns for Pentecost in different languages
are based on the 9th-century
Veni Creator Spiritus?
(31 May 2020, Pentecost)
good plans but cancelled 7 Kirchweih - St. Martin - Colin Mawby: Halleluja / Rheingau Musik Festival, also July and August
I asked my friends to tell me a location where they would like to sing a song with me. Mine is first. For all but two so far, the images are placeholders, more or less similar to what I received, sometimes rather showing the mood than the location. When you read this, feel free to add one ;) - The small dates for the places indicate that I took the image. The small dates for the songs indicate when we actually sang the songs (first). 5 and 12 July are church dates, which covered five of them, be it mind-reading or a look here ;)
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A meadow full of daisies where the
Aar springs (12 Jun) |
Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud (12 Jun)
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St. Michael, Kaubenheim |
Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust (6 Aug) (m 1 Oct) |
music | |
St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden | Mein Gott, wie schön ist deine Welt (12 Jul) | ||
Kreuzkapelle, Bad Camberg (19 Sep) |
Geburtstagsständchen (m 9 Jun) |
Wise Guys, listen | |
St. Martin, Idstein
(1 Jun) |
O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig as in
St Matthew Passion (5 Jul) | ||
Zu den heiligen Engeln, Kirchrode |
Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud (12 Jun) (m 2 Oct) | ||
Gaisbergferner, Obergurgl |
Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud (12 Jun) Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt (15 Aug) | ||
Johannisberg (22 May) |
Ave Maria Handel's Hallelujah (m 10 Jul) | ||
Borgholzhausen |
Das wünsch ich sehr (m 12 Jun) |
2021 | |
St. Johannes Evangelist |
Viel Glück und viel Segen (12 Jun) | ||
Sunset in Thuringia | Wenn Du jetzt aufgibst | listen | |
Caputh, Brandenburg, where Fontane walked and Einstein liked to live | Rote Rosen am Hügel (3 Oct) (m 19 Sep) |
text | |
Lüneburger Heide | Auf der Lüneburger Heide | ||
Schloss Oldenburg | Such, wer da will, ein ander Ziel (15 Aug) | played on trumpet | |
Flowers |
Das Weizenkorn muss sterben Viens, Esprit Créateur |
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their home | Take the "A" Train | sung by Ella Fitzgerald, listen | |
Glen Nevis |
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listen 3 Moop Mama | |
Rheinsteig above Rüdesheim, overlooking Nahe | Segne, Vater, diese Gaben (12 Jun) | ||
Labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral | listen 1 2 | ||
Berger Kirche |
Petite messe solennelle (m 11 Jul) | ||
Nerotalanlagen (19 May) |
Mögen sich die Wege (
Irish blessing) (m 11 Jul) |
listen | |
Rhine at
Rheindürkheim (27 May) |
Mein Gott, wie schön ist deine Welt (12 Jul) | ||
Organ loft of St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden, where the choir often performed, including Bach's Christmas Oratorio |
Gabriel's Oboe (m 13 Sep) |
listen to Henrik Chaim Goldschmidt | |
Handkerchief tree, Rombergpark | Freuet euch der schönen Erde (11 Jul) | Text listen | |
Georgengarten, Hannover | The Times They Are a-Changin' | listen | |
Yellow flowers and wall |
Le Laudi
(m 18 Sep) |
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Bright Angel Trail |
Sweet Bird Bach Cello Suites |
listen 1 2 Yo-Yo Ma | |
White and red roses in
Eltville, framing the view of the Rhine (8 Jun) |
Die güldne Sonne voll Freud und Wonne (18 Jun) Nun danket alle Gott (5 Jul) (m 3 Oct) | ||
Autobahnkirche Siegerland Lörmecke-Turm |
Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen, from
Elias (m 11 Jul) | ||
Herzogstand | Hebe deine Augen auf, from Elias | ||
Münster Botanical Garden (11 Jul 2018) |
La Partida | listen | |
Bedford Presbyterian Church |
Vespro della Beata Vergine
Dona nobis pacem, from Mass in B minor |
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Teatown Lake Reservation | Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 (13 Aug) | ||
From Werl to Teresina |
Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre Ave verum corpus | ||
Fondation Monet in Giverny |
Seele, vergiss sie nicht
Von Gott kömmt mir ein Freudenschein, from Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172 (m 27 Jul) | ||
Flight over Berchtesgaden | Kommt ein Vogel geflogen (13 Oct) | ||
Castle Tower in Eltville |
Die Schöpfung (m 18 Sep) | ||
Pocantico River at Rockefeller State Park Preserve |
Here I Am, Lord For the beauty of the earth (13 Jun) |
listen 1 listen 2 | |
St. Jacobi, Werther, decorated for Thanksgiving |
Wir pflügen und wir streuen Stern über Bethlehem (m 3 Oct) | ||
Ronneburg | What the World Needs Now Is Love | song at wedding, listen to Dionne Warwick | |
Tuscany |
Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud (12 Jun) (m 12 Jun) | ||
Winery near Leesburg, Virginia | Virginia, The Home Of My Heart | listen to Susan Greenbaum | |
Schloss Freudenberg in Wiesbaden-Dotzheim | Der Lindenbaum, from Schubert's
Winterreise Libiamo ne' lieti calici |
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Entree salle capitulaire of Abbaye de Fontevraud | Dona nobis pacem (round) (18 Jul) | listen | |
Torneträsk | Vi gå över daggstänkta berg (6 Aug) | ||
Spitzingsee |
O Täler weit, o Höhen (17 Sep) Sail away (17 Sep) |
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Cima Valdritta ( Monte Baldo) | Kein schöner Land in dieser Zeit (2 Oct) |
Did you know ...
... that the
art photographers
Anna and Bernhard Blume
created Kitchen Frenzy and Pure Reason?
... that in 1968, the German artist
Bazon Brock created
a sign in the style of a high voltage warning saying
that "death must be abolished ..."?
back to singing in church at St. Martin, Idstein
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Did you know ...
... that
Rhythm Is It!
is a 2004 documentary film
about 250 public school students
trained by
Royston Maldoom
to dance Stravinsky's
Le Sacre du printemps
with the
Berlin Philharmonic?
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Did you know ...
... that
Franz Leuninger, a Catholic trade unionist in
Silesia
who ran against the Nazis for election to the
Reichstag in 1933,
was executed in March 1945?
(16 September 2020)
... that
Felix Mendelssohn subtitled
Sechs Lieder, Op. 59,
six songs for four voices
setting poems by
Eichendorff and others,
"Im Freien zu singen"?
Did you know ...
... that
Nerotalanlagen,
a park along a creek in
Wiesbaden,
was built in the late 19th century
to enhance the town's spa quality?
good plans but cancelled:
26 - Concert - Chor St. Martin + Idsteiner Kantorei + Zwijndrecht Korale - St. Martin - Martín Palmeri: Misatango + Peter Reulein: Te Deum
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Did you know ...
... that
Louis Vierne (pictured) completed his
Third Organ Symphony
during a summer vacation with the family of
Marcel Dupré,
who played the world premiere
in Paris in 1912?
... that "
Einer ist unser Leben",
a hymn with text written by
Lothar Zenetti in 1973,
was recommended for a regional ecumenical service in 2020?
Did you know ...
... that conductor
Eugen Szenkar,
who promoted works by
Béla Bartók and
Gustav Mahler
in Germany, Russia, and Brazil,
caused a "near riot" with the world premiere of
The Miraculous Mandarin?
Did you know ...
... that
Katrin Lea Tag,
named the 2020
Scenic Designer of the Year,
created sets and costumes,
for
Die Schutzbefohlenen at the
Burgtheater (pictured),
and for
Barrie Kosky's
Salome at
Oper Frankfurt?
good plans, but cancelled
3 - Concert - St. Bonifatius - Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied · Joachim Raff: De profundis [2]
24 - Concert - Reger-Chor - St. Bonifatius - Bach: O ewiges Feuer, BWV 34/1 · Duruflé: Requiem · Van Nuffel: In Convertendo + Bach: Bleib bei uns, BWV 6/1
31 - Brugge Cathedral - same
Did you know ...
... that
Variations for Cello Solo,
premiered by the composer
Graham Waterhouse
in Vienna in 2020,
depicts characteristics of members of his family?
( 7 November 2020 · #1500 · memories)
... that "All Praise and Glad Thanksgiving"
is sung to the hymn tune
of "
Gott Vater, sei gepriesen"?
unite what is divided ... give wisdom to our leaders ... give peace to our world
Did you know ...
... that
Benjamin Britten (pictured) composed
Children's Crusade,
with text by
Bertolt Brecht,
as a piece to be performed by children
about a group of children
in
wartime Poland?
Did you know ...
... that the
Advent song "
Kündet allen in der Not",
an appeal to those in need to take courage,
was written by
Friedrich Dörr, based on
Isaiah's prophecy?
... that in
For the beauty of the earth,
a 1978
anthem for choir and orchestra,
John Rutter gave
a 19th-century hymn text a new melody,
marking it to be sung "Happily"?
good plans but cancelled
13 Abendlob for Advent - St. Martin
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... did you know? |
Did you know ...
... that Beethoven's
Third Cello Sonata, first performed in 1809, has been described
as the first sonata for piano and cello to treat the instruments as equal partners?
... that
Gustav Classens, music director in
Bonn from 1933, performed
Beethoven's
Choral Fantasy,
Missa solemnis, and
Ninth Symphony
during his first two seasons, offering the Ninth in both?
... that
Christian Schreiber, a church administrator, philosopher and poet,
wrote a German version of the
Latin Mass
for the publication of Beethoven's
Mass in C major?
... that when
Johannes Chum, a tenor in operatic roles from
Nerone to
Lohengrin,
performed in
Harnoncourt's recording of Beethoven's
Missa solemnis,
a reviewer described his singing as "seraphic"?
Advent 2020 · take courage
Did you know ...
... that in
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, a cantata in eleven movements for
Advent,
Georg Böhm set all eight stanzas of
Luther's hymn, and all differently?
( 20 December 2020 · #1530)
... that "
Mit Ernst, o Menschenkinder", a 1642
Advent hymn,
includes a call to penitence that
John the Baptist took from the prophet
Isaiah?
... that the
Advent song "
Kündet allen in der Not",
an appeal to those in need to take courage,
was written by
Friedrich Dörr, based on
Isaiah's prophecy?
... that "
Macht weit die Pforten in der Welt", written for the
Basel Mission,
was included with a new melody in
Kirchenlied
to proclaim
Christ the King in opposition to the Nazi regime?
good plans but cancelled
24 Christmas Eve - St. Martin
25 Christmas Day - St. Bonifatius