#Bach1723: My Highlight
Personal, anecdotal, informative, and full of conviction: we reveal our Bach highlights for the anniversary year!
Church Music
The following articles on the keyword "church music" have previously appeared in the CARUS blog.Tag Archive for: church music
Gaetano Donizetti’s Messa di Requiem and Italian sacred music in the 19th century
Carus editor Guido Johannes Joerg sheds light on an impressive church music tradition: Italian church music of the 19th century.
(c) Arne Morgner, Oelsnitz/Vogtland, Germany
Denis Rouger on Fauré’s Requiem
Denis Rouger explains why Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem is exceptional in more ways than one.
Bach 300: The year 1723 and its repercussions
Renowned Bach expert Prof. Christoph Wolff explains why 1723 was a turning point in J.S. Bach’s creative and compositional career.
Georg Philipp Telemann’s Donner-Ode and Die Tageszeiten
Find out how Georg Philipp Telemann responded to the Lisbon earthquave of 1756 with his solemn and magnificent Donner-Ode.
Freiburg Choral Collection for mixed choir
Martin Dücker is unable to choose just a single “Favorite piece”, but he looked in the “Freiburger Chorbuch” for inspiration, a book which is dear to him (in the sense of valuable, worthy – the Latin word is carus). It is also suitable for that desert island … Piece no. 95 in the collection, “O Jesu, all mein Leben bist du” by Anton Heiller (1923–1979), lingers on the mind for a long time.
The Te Deum in the History of Music
The Te Deum is an early Christian hymn based on a combination of biblical quotations. Discover how composers including Mozart, Mendelssohn, Bruckner and Verdi have set this timeless hymn.
