Festive Music for the Reformation Celebration 1617

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an interesting spotlight on largely unexplored territory. — Early Music Review, December 2012

Release Date: 28th Aug 2012
Catalogue No: CHR77363
Label: Christophorus
Length: 67 minutes

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Altenburg, M: Gaudium Christianum

Work length8:43

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Simone Schwark (soprano), Johanna Krell (soprano), Dominik Worner (bass), Raimund Furst (tenor), Georg Poplutz (tenor), Markus Flaig (bass)
Johann Rosenmuller Ensemble, Redeemer Church Bad Homburg Choir
Susanne Rohn

I. Das Lutherusche Jubelgeschrey

Track length3:34

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II. Die Prophezeiung von Luthero

Track length5:09

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Sweelinck: Echo Fantasia

Work length4:11

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Susanne Rohn (organ)

Gaudium Christianum

Work length12:42

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Gaudium Christianum: III. Das Lutherische Schloss oder Feste Burgk

Track length12:42

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Tunder: In dich hab ich gehoffet Herr

Work length5:30

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Susanne Rohn (organ)

Gaudium Christianum

Work length7:25

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IV. Die Engelische Schlacht

Track length4:57

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V. Das Amen. Item Von Nun an bis in Ewigkeit - VI. Das Amen Gott Vater und Sohne

Track length2:28

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Scheidt: Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir a 3

Work length4:06

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Simone Schwark (soprano), Raimund Furst (tenor), Georg Poplutz (tenor), Markus Flaig (bass), Susanne Rohn (organ), Johanna Krell (soprano), Dominik Worner (bass)
Redeemer Church Bad Homburg Choir, Johann Rosenmuller Ensemble

Schütz: Es erhub sich ein Streit a 18

Work length7:53

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Markus Flaig (bass), Simone Schwark (soprano), Johanna Krell (soprano), Georg Poplutz (tenor), Raimund Furst (tenor), Dominik Worner (bass)
Redeemer Church Bad Homburg Choir, Johann Rosenmuller Ensemble
Susanne Rohn

Franck, Melchior: Und ich horte eine grosse Stimme a 4

Work length2:44

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Simone Schwark (soprano), Markus Flaig (bass), Dominik Worner (bass), Raimund Furst (tenor), Johanna Krell (soprano), Georg Poplutz (tenor)
Johann Rosenmuller Ensemble, Redeemer Church Bad Homburg Choir
Susanne Rohn

Christoph Demantius: Und es ward eine Stille a 6

Work length5:00

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Markus Flaig (bass), Dominik Worner (bass-baritone), Georg Poplutz (tenor), Simone Schwark (soprano), Johanna Krell (soprano), Raimund Furst (tenor)
Redeemer Church Bad Homburg Choir, Johann Rosenmuller Ensemble
Susanne Rohn

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Cantata BWV19 'Es erhub sich ein Streit'

Work length8:58

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Simone Schwark (soprano), Johanna Krell (soprano), Markus Flaig (bass), Dominik Worner (bass), Raimund Furst (tenor), Georg Poplutz (tenor)
Redeemer Church Bad Homburg Choir, Johann Rosenmuller Ensemble
Susanne Rohn

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The hundredth anniversary of the Reformation in 1617 was taken as an opportunity to show the strength of the new Protestant churches, and for them to position themselves against the revived strengthening of the Catholic League. So it was also in part for politically motivated reasons, that the Protestant Union called upon all Protestant churches to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the attack of Luther's theses in Wittenberg. Electoral Saxony, the heartland of the Reformation, did not belong to the Union, and saw its claims to leadership challenged by these plans, issuing its own binding instruction for the celebration of the Reformation anniversary.

The only self-contained and completely preserved composition for the Reformation jubilee in 1617 is the six-part 'Gaudium Christianum' by the cantor and pastor Michael Altenburg (1584-1640), which is recorded on this CD for the first time. This sumptuous work, with up to 19 voices, adapts the multiple choir tradition of Northern Italy, and is set for three choirs with voices and various instruments, including trumpets and timpani, which was a novelty for liturgical polyphonic music at the time. This opulence allows the festival music for the Reformation anniversary to appear as a splendid demonstration of the power of the Lutheran Church, which wished to distance itself in this way not only from the Catholic competition but also from the Calvinist reforming tendencies.

The Chamber Choir Bad Homburg, accompanied by the large Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble, has added to the thirty minute work by Michael Altenburg selected Michaelmas motets by Schütz, Scheidt, Franck, Demantius and Johann Christoph Bach.

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Early Music Review December 2012

an interesting spotlight on largely unexplored territory.

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