Choir singing

Maria oratoriekör Sankta Maria Church Helsingborg, Sweden

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Johan Sebastian Bach

Henry Purcell

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Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine,
November 2014

For eight soloists, two choirs and orchestra. Venice 1610.

Maria Oratororio Choir Accompanied by Die Buxtehunde Conducted by Mats Hultqvist Sankta Maria Church, Helsingborg

A recurring feature of the work is a plainchant theme as a background to ornamentation by other parts. Here are two examples:

The introductory responsory, doxology and Alleluia:

Psalm 113 (Laudate pueri)

Psalm 127 (Nisi Dominus)

Psalm 147: 12-20 (Lauda Jerusalem)

The closing Gloria of the Magnificat

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G. F. Händel: Messiah, December 2013

The choir organ at Sankta Maria church, recently built in the baroque style, based on several local organ designs from the period, including the organ that formerly stood here when the composer Diedrick Buxtehude succeeded his father as organist at Sankta Maria in 1658.

33. Lift up your heads

39. Their sound is gone out

44. Hallelujah

46. Since by man came death

The final seconds

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Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, November 2011

Sankta Maria Oratorio Choir, Malmö Academic Choir, Malmö Academic Orchestra. Organ: Hans Fagius. Conductor: Mats Hultkvist.

This requiem starts fairly quietly. Set your volume so the loud parts aren’t distorted.

Selig sind, die da Leid tragen, denn sie sollen getröstet werden.
Die mit Tränen säen, werden mit Freuden ernten

Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras
und alle Herrlichkeit des Menschen wie des Grases blumen.
Das Gras ist verdorret und die Blume abgefallen

Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth

… zu der Zeit der letzten Posaune.
Denn es wird die Posaune schallen,
und die Toten werden auferstehen unverweslich,
und wir werden verwandelt, verwandelt werden

Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herren sterben

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