Lobgesang was written for the 400th anniversary of the invention of moveable typeby Johannes Gutenberg, an event celebrated inLeizig in the Summer of 1840. The work unitesdome of Mendlessohn's most pr...
Soli (ATBar), gem. Chor und Orchester
Seine musikalische Ausbildung erhielt Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy vor allem bei Carl Friedrich Zelter, dem Direktor der Berliner Singakademie. Hier wurde Mendelssohn mit Kirchenmusik konfrontiert, die...
Mendelssohn’s contemporaries frequently mentioned his 'Hymn of Praise' in the same breath as Beethoven’s Ninth - and often enough viewed it as an imitation. Mendelssohn authority John Michael Cooper,...
Mendelssohn composed his first oratorio Paulus under the impression of his own revival of J. S. Bachs St. Matthew Passion in 1829. He integrated chorale settings into St. Paul, for which he was accuse...
Elijah is regarded as a milestone in Mendelssohns compositional output and as a high point in the oratorio literature of the 19th century. Mendelssohn composed his second great oratorio just a year be...