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Composers throughout the history of music have been inspired by Passiontide- a time of calm and expectation. The new album by the Zurich Chamber Singers is dedicated to this beautiful repertoire, combining Passiontide and funeral music of the English and German Renaissance and Baroque with the newly commissioned piece 'De profundis' by the American composer Kevin Hartnett. Henry Purcell composed 'Funeral Sentences' in 1694 as three burial anthems from earlier drafts. These were performed as part of the royal funeral of Queen Mary II in the same year. All three are settings of texts from the funeral rites of the Book of Common Prayer. Not enough information survives about Bach's 'Jesu, meine Freude' to know whether it was indeed a particular funeral for which this motet was written; yet it has many features of German funeral music of that time. It's eleven sections are organized by choral settings of the hymn "Jesu, meine Freude" over a sacred poem by Johann Cruger. Kevin Hartnett's piece 'De profundis' was written as a commission from the Zurich Chamber Singers and was first performed in 2016 in the chapel adjoining the Grossmunster church in Zurich. The text is taken from the seven penitential psalms, which are featured prominently in the liturgy of Holy Week.
Tracklist:
- Salvator Mundi
- Music For The Funeral Of Queen Mary, Z. 860i: Man That Is Born Of A Woman
- Music For The Funeral Of Queen Mary, Z. 860i: In The Midst Of Life We Are In Death
- Music For The Funeral Of Queen Mary, Z. 860i: Thou Knowest, Lord
- De Profundis
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: I. Jesu, Meine Freude
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: II. Es Ist Nun Nichts Verdammliches An Denen
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: III. Unter Deinen Schirmen
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: IV. Denn Das Gesetz Des Geistes
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: V. Trotz Dem Alten Drachen
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: VI. Ihr Aber Seid Nicht Fleischlich
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: VII. Weg Mit Allen Schätzen!
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: VIII. So Aber Christus In Euch Ist
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: IX. Gute Nacht, O Wesen
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: X. So Nun Der Geist
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: XI. Weicht, Ihr Trauergeister
- If Ye Love Me
Composers throughout the history of music have been inspired by Passiontide- a time of calm and expectation. The new album by the Zurich Chamber Singers is dedicated to this beautiful repertoire, combining Passiontide and funeral music of the English and German Renaissance and Baroque with the newly commissioned piece 'De profundis' by the American composer Kevin Hartnett. Henry Purcell composed 'Funeral Sentences' in 1694 as three burial anthems from earlier drafts. These were performed as part of the royal funeral of Queen Mary II in the same year. All three are settings of texts from the funeral rites of the Book of Common Prayer. Not enough information survives about Bach's 'Jesu, meine Freude' to know whether it was indeed a particular funeral for which this motet was written; yet it has many features of German funeral music of that time. It's eleven sections are organized by choral settings of the hymn "Jesu, meine Freude" over a sacred poem by Johann Cruger. Kevin Hartnett's piece 'De profundis' was written as a commission from the Zurich Chamber Singers and was first performed in 2016 in the chapel adjoining the Grossmunster church in Zurich. The text is taken from the seven penitential psalms, which are featured prominently in the liturgy of Holy Week.
Tracklist:
- Salvator Mundi
- Music For The Funeral Of Queen Mary, Z. 860i: Man That Is Born Of A Woman
- Music For The Funeral Of Queen Mary, Z. 860i: In The Midst Of Life We Are In Death
- Music For The Funeral Of Queen Mary, Z. 860i: Thou Knowest, Lord
- De Profundis
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: I. Jesu, Meine Freude
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: II. Es Ist Nun Nichts Verdammliches An Denen
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: III. Unter Deinen Schirmen
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: IV. Denn Das Gesetz Des Geistes
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: V. Trotz Dem Alten Drachen
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: VI. Ihr Aber Seid Nicht Fleischlich
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: VII. Weg Mit Allen Schätzen!
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: VIII. So Aber Christus In Euch Ist
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: IX. Gute Nacht, O Wesen
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: X. So Nun Der Geist
- Jesu, Meine Freude, Bwv 227: XI. Weicht, Ihr Trauergeister
- If Ye Love Me