To mark the new publication “Swiss Choral Music” we interviewed the two editors, Johannes Meister and Patrick Secchiari. Which piece is particularly funny? And do they have a favourite piece? Johannes Meister and Patrick Secchiari answer these questions and many more in the interview.
New arrangements of the “Te Deum” and the “Mass in D minor” by Sebastian Bartmann for the Bruckner anniversary in 2024: Both were premiered under the baton of Arndt Martin Henzelmann. Henzelmann now answers five questions about the new versions from the conductor’s perspective.
Denis Rouger explains why Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem is exceptional in more ways than one.
Marcus Creed explores Haydn’s inventive genius in Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons): full of élan, humour and colour.
Renowned Bach expert Prof. Christoph Wolff explains why 1723 was a turning point in J.S. Bach’s creative and compositional career.
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.
Masaaki Suzuki reflects on how the sweetness and tenderness of Buxtehude’s Membre Jesu nosti comes close to Romanticism in the 17th century.
Find out how Georg Philipp Telemann responded to the Lisbon earthquave of 1756 with his solemn and magnificent Donner-Ode.
Simon Carrington examines how Joseph Haydn brings to life texts from Genesis, Psalms and Milton’s Paradise Lost in his inspired oratorio, The Creation.
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.
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