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Hans-Christoph Rademann on Schütz’s Psalms of David
Hans-Christoph Rademann explains what he finds so fascinating in Schütz’s Psalms of David and why the music particularly suitable for an intensive exploration of the psalm texts.
Choral works in focus
Discover more about new, exciting aspects of major choral works such as Bach’s St John Passion or Mozart’s C Minor Mass which have come to light during our editorial work. Or discover some less well-known, but extremely worthwhile compositions to enrich your concert programs.
Masaaki Suzuki on Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu nostri
Masaaki Suzuki reflects on how the sweetness and tenderness of Buxtehude’s Membre Jesu nosti comes close to Romanticism in the 17th century.
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.
Simon Carrington on Haydn’s The Creation
Simon Carrington examines how Joseph Haydn brings to life texts from Genesis, Psalms and Milton’s Paradise Lost in his inspired oratorio, The Creation.
Through the Year with Schütz IV: Death – Mourning – Swan Song
November 2022 marks the 350th anniversary of Heinrich Schütz’s death. That’s reason enough to dedicate the last part of our series “With Schütz through the year” to compositions on themes of death and mourning.
Anne Kohler on Franz Schubert’s Mass in A flat major
Anne Kohler explores what makes Franz Schubert’s Mass in A flat major so unusual and surprising in the CARUS Highlights blog.
Ton Koopman on Handel’s Messiah
Ton Koopman describes his personal experiences of performing Handel’s groundbreaking and richly expressive “Messiah” in CARUS Highlights.
Bruckner’s Mass in E minor
María Guinand writes in CARUS Highlights about Anton Bruckner’s “Mass in E minor” – a dramatic but intimate masterpiece.
Simon Halsey about Elgar’s “The Dream of Gerontius”
Simon Halsey writes in CARUS Highlights about Edward Elgar’s “The Dream of Gerontius” – a masterpiece that deserves more attention.
Through the year with Schütz III
On November 16, 1672, the electoral conductor Heinrich Schütz died in Dresden at a very old age. The 350th anniversary of his death in 2022 gives us the opportunity to remember one of the most important and groundbreaking composers in our musical history.
