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Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her: Christmas Concertos from Leipzig | Christophorus CHR77448

Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her: Christmas Concertos from Leipzig

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Label: Christophorus

Cat No: CHR77448

Barcode: 4010072774484

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Christmas

Release Date: 30th October 2020

Contents

Artists

Monika Mauch (soprano)
Hanna Zumsande (soprano)
Franz Vitzthum (countertenor)
Sebastain Hubner (tenor)
Ekkehard Abele (bass)
Kammerchor der Christuskirche Karlruhe
L’arpa festante

Conductor

Peter Gortner

Works

Knupfer, Sebastian

Ach, mein herzliebes Jesulein

Kuhnau, Johann

Magnificat in C major

Schelle, Johann

Actus Musicus auf Weyh-Nachten
Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar

Artists

Monika Mauch (soprano)
Hanna Zumsande (soprano)
Franz Vitzthum (countertenor)
Sebastain Hubner (tenor)
Ekkehard Abele (bass)
Kammerchor der Christuskirche Karlruhe
L’arpa festante

Conductor

Peter Gortner

About

In Leipzig at the Thomaskirche, great music was already being played in the time before Johann Sebastian Bach. Especially for Christmas, exceptionally festive music was written, magnificently staged with a large wind and string instrumentation.

The link through the programme with works by Johann Schelle, Sebastian Knupfer and Johann Kuhnau is formed by the chorale “Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her”, which is heard in all pieces.

In the centre is Johann Schelle’s Actus Musicus auff Weyh-Nachten, a 25-minute “Christmas Oratorio” and a model for Bach’s later work.

The musical climax at the end of the CD is Johann Kuhnau’s great Magnificat, which celebrates the arrival of Christ on earth with kettledrums and trumpets.

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