#cantatas

[mikrokosmos]

Johann Sebastian Bach

31 March 1685 - 28 July 1750

Happy Birthday, Herr Kapellmeister

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

Best movement of Orff’s Carmina Burana? (Part One)

1/25. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi—O Fortuna

2. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi—Fortune plango vulnera

3. Primo vere—Veris leta facies

4. Primo vere—Omnia Sol temperat

5. Primo vere—Ecce gratum

6. Uf dem anger—Tanz

7. Uf dem anger—Floret silva nobilis

8. Uf dem anger—Chramer, gip die varwe mir

9. Uf dem anger—Reie/Swaz hie gat umbe

10. Uf dem anger—Were diu werlt alle min

11. In taberna—Estuans interius

12. In taberna—Olim lacus colueram

Voting ended onJan 1, 2024

part two here

[corquestas]

Un Majestuoso Concierto en Cuenca: Carmina Burana en el Teatro Pumapungo

El pasado 13 y 14 de junio, Cuenca fue testigo de una experiencia musical inolvidable con la presentación de "Carmina Burana" en el Teatro Pumapungo. Este evento, que reunió a coros invitados del Municipio de Loja y el Coro Pichincha, y también a la Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca, dejó impactados a todos los asistentes.

Una obra maestra en escena que se trabajó durante 4 meses resonó con una potencia y emotividad que solo una combinación de talentos tan destacados podía lograr, con sus 25 cantatas, siendo la primera y última "O Fortuna".

El Coro del Municipio de Loja y el Coro Pichincha se unieron en una colaboración extraordinaria junto con sus anfitriones, el Coro del Conservatorio Superior José María Rodríguez, y mostraron el poder de la música coral. Cada coro trajo su propia energía y estilo, creando una fusión perfecta que realzó la riqueza y la complejidad de la obra. La coordinación y armonía entre los coros fueron ejemplares, destacando la dedicación y el arduo trabajo de todos los involucrados.

[gasparodasalo]

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Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) - Cantata: Jesu, Meines Lebens Leben, BuxWV 62. Performed by Jos van Immerseel/Anime Eterna & The Royal Consort on period instruments with Collegium Vocale.

                      Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

[lieder-mit-worte]

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Salmo VIII Oh di che lode, di che stupor : Versetto I e II. Allegro

Riccardo Martinini (Director), Simone Bartolini (Sopranist), Paola Franco (Contralto), Claire Brua (Contralto) and The Coro da Camera del CIMA (Centro Italiano di Musica Antica)

Benedetto Marcello, Composer / Librettist

[il-nero-virtuoso]

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Cantata V, Adagio : Pianger lungi dal nume che s'ama

By Composer Tomaso Albinoni

Performed By Barbara Schlick (Soprano), Roderick Shaw (Harpsichord) and Nicholas Selo (Cello)  

“Concert at the time of Mozart” (1853) By Artist Ettore Simonetti

[liszten]

O Beatae Viae, a 2 Voci (To 2 Voices), SV 312

By Composer Claudio Monteverdi  

Performed By Marina Morelli (Soprano), Ilaria Geroldi (Soprano), and Roberto Chiozza (Organ)

[hildegard-von-bingen]

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

performed by: The Concordia Choir

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The lyrics to this carol were written by Charles Wesley, an English Methodist leader, in 1739, but the present-day melody wasn't composed until a century later.  Nor was it originally written as the joyous carol we know today, but as a solemn hymn.

The original Hymn for Christmas-Day was published in his brother's collection Hymns and Sacred Poems, with the opening line, “Hark how all the welkin rings”.  (The word “welkin” refers to heaven.)  George Whitefield's adaptation of 1758 changed it to “Hark! the Herald Angels sing”, along with other minor alterations.

In 1840, Mendelssohn wrote Festgesang, also known as the Gutenberg Cantata, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Johannes Gutenberg's invention of movable type printing.  Fifteen years later, William H. Cummings adapted the melody to fit Wesley's lyrics, and that is the version we sing today.

The original lyrics, including verses not sung today, are here.

Hymns and Sacred Poems (Fourth Edition, 1743).