A German Passion - 17th Century Music For the Time of Lent and Easter

The Hanseatic wealth of North Germany in the 17th century is reflected in its magnificent cathedrals, and the enormous grandeur of its church music was composed to fill the rich acoustics of these spaces. This programme presents a wide range of Easter music that displays the wealth of inventiveness in this period, enhancing the texts and finding different colours and surprising effects through improvisation and adaptation of the manuscripts. This early music is brought vividly to life by the acclaimed Margaretha Consort.

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) , Christoph Demantius (1567-1643) , Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) , Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) , Dietrich Becker (1623-1679) , Johann Michael Bach (1648-1694) , Andreas Hammerschmidt (1612-1675) , Heinrich Scheidemann (1596-1663) , Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654) , Matthias Weckmann (1619-1674) , Jacob Handl (1550-1591) , Johann Crüger (1598-1662)

• Dieterich Buxtehude: Jesu, meines Lebens Leben
  +Christoph Demantius: Weissagung
  +Heinrich Schütz: O süßer, o freundlicher
  +Hans Leo Hassler: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden; Hymnus "Christ lag in Todesbanden"
  +Jacob Handl: Ecce quomodo moritur iustus
  +Dietrich Becker: Traur und Begräbniß Music "Jesu, meine Freude"
  +Sietze de Vries: Improvisation über Jesu, meine Freude
  +Johann Michael Bach: Jesu, meine Freude
  +Andreas Hammerschmidt: Ach, Jesus stirbt
  +Matthias Weckmann: Weine nicht
  +Heinrich Scheidemann: Variatione I über Christ lag in Todesbanden
  +Samuel Scheidt: Motette "Christ lag in Todesbanden"
  +Dieterich Buxtehude / Johann Crüger: Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn