Musica Sacra

Tochter Zion, also known as See the Conquering Hero Comes, is the most famous chorus from the oratorio Judas Maccabaeus (1746) by the composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). The heroic epic based...

Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, von Martin Luther 1529 geschrieben, ist einer der bekanntesten protestantischen Choräle. Die Melodie wurde von einigen großen Komponisten verwendet, darunter Johann Seba...

It is interesting to recall that Handel wrote Messiah, his most famous work whilst at the lowest point of his career, suffereing from fianantial hardship and depression. It was only composing that dis...

The chorale Glory to God on High is one of todays most often sung hymns. The words are an expression of praise to God and gratefulness for his mercy. The internationally familiar melody of this choral...

Eins der meist gesungenen Kirchenlieder ist Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr. Der Text des Hymnus ist ein Ausdruck der Ehre Gottes und Dankbarkeit für seine Gnade. Wim Stalman basierte sein Werk Grace a...

Missa Brevis is a major work for choir and brass band for performance in church or in the concert hall. For this mass, there are many performance possibilities depending on the musicians available. In...

This celebrated song is based on a poem by Julie Hausmann (1826-1901), a Latvian teacher who was probably blind. The text draws on her personal experience and unshakeable faith in God, death and etern...

Der Komponist Jacob de Haan hat sich mit dieser Brass Band-Bearbeitung eines bekannten und beliebten Kirchenliedes angenommen. Die Liedthemen - blindes Gottvertrauen, das ewige Leben und ein Leben zu...

Fantasia di Pasqua is a fantasy in which traditional Easter melodies have been used. The work is written for brass band with a separate brass quartet which, since this music is often performed in chur...

Fantasia di Pasqua is a fantasy in which traditional Easter melodies have been used. The work is written for brass band with a separate brass quartet which, since this music is often performed in chur...

I numerosi mottetti, concerti sacri e pezzi religiosi del compositore organista barocco ceco Andreas Hammerschmidt, sono risolutamente sonori, melodiosi e coinvolgenti, caratterizzati da una struttura...

I numerosi mottetti, concerti sacri e pezzi religiosi del compositore organista barocco ceco Andreas Hammerschmidt, sono risolutamente sonori, melodiosi e coinvolgenti, caratterizzati da una struttura...

The French composer Louis Bourgeois lived from c.1510 to 1560. Bourgeois was cantor in Geneva and, commissioned by John Calvin, he composed melodies for metrical (rhyming) versions of the psalms. Afte...

The French composer Louis Bourgeois lived from c.1510 to 1560. Bourgeois was cantor in Geneva and, commissioned by John Calvin, he composed melodies for metrical (rhyming) versions of the psalms. Afte...

The well-known chorale Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Let the Earth Now Praise the Lord) was written by Martin Luther in 1524 and derives from a translation of a hymn from the 4th century before Christ...

The well-known chorale Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Let the Earth Now Praise the Lord) was written by Martin Luther in 1524 and derives from a translation of a hymn from the 4th century before Christ...

Intorno al 1641, Georg Neumark compone il cantico Wer nur den lieben Gott laesst walten, nel quale ogni strofa esprime la fede in Dio e gli dà il sottotitolo di Canto di consolazione. Il cantico ebbe...

Intorno al 1641, Georg Neumark compone il cantico Wer nur den lieben Gott laesst walten, nel quale ogni strofa esprime la fede in Dio e gli dà il sottotitolo di Canto di consolazione. Il cantico ebbe...

Meditation si basa su Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (1887) del compositore e organista Frederick Charles Maker (1844-1927). Un brano calmo e introverso, ma di sicuro effetto. Nella prima sezione l'a...

Meditation si basa su Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (1887) del compositore e organista Frederick Charles Maker (1844-1927). Un brano calmo e introverso, ma di sicuro effetto. Nella prima sezione l'a...

Il titolo di questo brano ci svela come è stato composto: Jan de Haan ha ripreso la struttura del salmo 149 dal 'Geneva Psalter' del 1562, creando da questa semplice e splendida melodia un glorioso e...

Il titolo di questo brano ci svela come è stato composto: Jan de Haan ha ripreso la struttura del salmo 149 dal 'Geneva Psalter' del 1562, creando da questa semplice e splendida melodia un glorioso e...

Song of Praise di Jacob de Haan è uno splendido arrangiamento di un canto olandese tratto dall'inno Psalm 150. L'autore, rispettando l'opera originale, firma un brano contraddistinto da una curata orc...