Passages: German Ritual Music 1600-1800

Alice Foccroulle, Griet De Geyter, InAlto and Lambert Colson, Alice Foccroulle (soloist), Griet De Geyter (soloist), Geoffroy Buffière, InAlto and Lambert Colson, Geoffroy Buffière (soloist), Alice Foccroulle, InAlto and Lambert Colson, Griet De Geyter, InAlto and Lambert Colson

InAlto, Lambert Colson

Ceremonies, both festive and solemn, lie at the heart of all the works in this programme devoted to German music of the 17th century, beginning with music by Heinrich Schütz and ending with Johann Sebastian Bach. These occasional works make frequent use of brass instruments, whose sound is both the foundation and the identity of the InAlto ensemble. This 17th century tradition is reflected in Beethoven’s Aequales for trombone quartet; these are presented here together with their sung texts.

 Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672), Johann Rudolf Ahle (1626-1673), Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707), Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654), Orlando di Lasso (Lassus) (1532-1594), Martin Mayer (1650-1712), Johann Philipp Krieger (1649-1725), Christoph Strauß (1575-1631), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Dietrich Becker (1623-1679), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

• Ludwig van Beethoven / Ignaz Xaver Ritter von Seyfried: Equales Nr. 1 & 3 WoO 30; Du, dem nie im Leben Ruhstatt ward
  +Heinrich Schütz: O meine Seele, warum bist du betrübet SWV 419; Fili mi Absalon SWV 269; Freue dich des Weibes deiner Jugend SWV 453
  +Johann Georg Ahle: Freudenlied
  +Samuel Scheidt: Paduana dolorosa
  +Dieterich Buxtehude: Klage-Lied BuxWV 76 / 2
  +Martin Mayer: Da der Tag ein Ende nahm
  +Orlando di Lasso: Aurora lucis rutilat
  +Johann Philipp Krieger: Ich bin eine Blume zu Saron
  +Christoph Strauß: Hae dies
  +Johann Sebastian Bach: O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht BWV 118; Herzlich tut mich verlangen BWV 727
  +Johann Hermann Schein: O Jesulein, mein Jesulein
  +Dietrich Becker: Trauer- und Begräbniß-Music des Herrn Johann Helms