Luther cantata
The Luther cantata with the title of the Luther song " Preserve us, Lord, by your word " is a cantata for solos, choir and orchestra. It was premiered in 2017 under the direction of its composer Rudolf Lutz . Martin Luther's work gave the composition its name and content.
The text of the cantata, commissioned by “ Deutschlandradio Kultur ”, was created by the Swiss theologian Karl Graf (* 1934). It describes the fictional creation of a Reformation cantata on the occasion of a fictitious anniversary celebration for the 200th anniversary of the Reformation by the poet Salomon Franck and the composer Johann Sebastian Bach in Weimar in 1717 .
The premiere on May 6, 2017 at the Wartburg took place as part of the events for the Reformation anniversary in 2017 . The performers were Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Markus Forster ( alto ), Daniel Johannsen (tenor), Matthias Helm (bass), Plamena Nikitassova ( violin ), Andreas Helm ( oboe d'amore ) and the orchestra of the JS Bach Foundation St Gallen / Switzerland under the direction of Rudolf Lutz .
construction
- Sinfonia
- Recitative (bass): In the year seventeen-seventeen
- Aria (tenor): Have a party
- Recitative (bass): The suggestion came
- Chorale: Oh God from heaven
- Recitative (soprano, alto, tenor, bass): The need was great
- Overture, Chaconne, Choral: Our Father in the Kingdom of Heaven
- Chorale (all!): Hallowed be your name
- Recitative (alto): With penance
- Arioso (soprano): She alone teaches right faith
- Recitative (tenor): On the badly abused indulgence
- Choral motets: Nothing counts for you
- Arioso (bass): Well, my God
- Recitative (soprano): Now I want such a father
- Chorfuga: A Christian is a free lord
- Chorale and tropics: keep us, Lord, by your word
- Resolution: Nothing is done with our power
Web links
- Martin Preisser: “I am marinated with Bach.” The St. Gallen musician Rudolf Lutz has received a commission from Deutschlandradio Kultur to compose a cantata about Luther. In: St. Galler Tagblatt , April 11, 2017, accessed on August 6, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 384th Wartburg Concert. From the Wartburg website, accessed on August 6, 2017.
- ↑ Program of the premiere concert , deutschlandfunkkultur.de (PDF file)
- ^ Karl Graf on the JS Bach Foundation website, accessed on August 6, 2017.