Name: Mendelssohn Chorkonzert
Start: 2022-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Französische Kirche

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Patrick Secchiari

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Letizia Scherrer

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Chamber philharmony Graubünden

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Chor der Chorwoche Chur

Mendelssohn  Chorkonzert

Berne

Switzerland

Französische Kirche

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Mendelssohn  Chorkonzert: Paulus MWV A 14 op. 36 Mendelssohn (+3 More)

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Paulus MWV A 14 op. 36

Hear my prayer

Grant us thy peace

Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser, op. 42

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Als Felix Mendelssohn 1836 sein erstes Oratorium Paulus abschliesst, ist er schon ein international gefeierter Musiker: Er tourt seit Jahren als Klaviervirtuose durch ganz Europa, leitet Chorvereine, Musikgesellschaften und Musikfeste in Deutschland und hat mit der Wiederaufführung von Bachs Matthäuspassion 1829 eine eigentliche Bach-Renaissance eingeleitet. In Düsseldorf wird er 1833 nach einem gelungenen Musikfest umgehend zum Generalmusikdirektor gewählt, und in Leipzig, wo er ab 1835 als Dirigent des Gewandhauses das Publikum begeistert, zum Ehrenbürger ernannt. Auch bei seinen komponierenden Zeitgenossen geniesst er grösstes Ansehen, besonders bei Robert Schumann: «Sein Lob galt mir immer als das höchste, die höchste letzte Instanz war er». Der Erfolg seines Paulus im von Oratorien begeisterten England und anschliessend in Leipzig festigt bis zu seinem verfrühten Tod 1847 seinen Ruf als führender Komponist im Bereich der protestantischen Kirchenmusik. In diesen zehn Jahren entstehen auch die Kantate Wie der Hirsch schreit, die Hymne Hör mein Bitten und sein zweites grosses Oratorium Elias, dessen Erstaufführung in Berlin 1847 er allerdings nicht mehr erlebt.

Deutsch

When Felix Mendelssohn completed his first oratorio Paulus in 1836, he was already an internationally acclaimed musician: he had been touring all over Europe as a piano virtuoso for years, leading choral societies, music societies and music festivals in Germany and had a real Bach renaissance with the revival of Bach's St Matthew Passion in 1829 initiated. In Düsseldorf in 1833, after a successful music festival, he was immediately elected general music director, and in Leipzig, where he delighted the audience as conductor of the Gewandhaus from 1835, he was made an honorary citizen. He also enjoys great respect from his composing contemporaries, especially Robert Schumann: "His praise was always the highest for me, he was the highest final authority". The success of his Paulus in England, which was enthusiastic about oratorios, and then in Leipzig, strengthened his reputation as a leading composer in the field of Protestant church music until his premature death in 1847. During these ten years he also composed the cantata Wie der Hirsch schreit, the hymn Hör mein Bitten and his second major oratorio Elias, although he did not live to see its first performance in Berlin in 1847.

English

Mendelssohn Chorkonzert by Mendelssohn, Sun 16 Oct 2022, From (2022/2022), Conductor Patrick Secchiari, Französische Kirche, Berne, Switzerland

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