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Recitative: Mein Gott, betrübt ist meine Seele (Op. 42 No. 5) for Flute, Oboe & Strings
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| Composer : | Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix (1809 - 1847) | ||||
| Instrumentation : | Organ and Orchestra5 other versions | ||||
| Style : | Romantic | ||||
| Arranger : Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||||
| Copyright : | Public Domain | ||||
| Added by magataganm, 12 Sep 2023 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 – 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early romantic period. Mendelssohn wrote symphonies, concertos, oratorios, piano music and chamber music. His best-known works include his Overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian Symphony, the Scottish Symphony, the overture The Hebrides, his mature Violin Concerto, and his String Octet. His Songs Without Words are his most famous solo piano compositions. After a long period of relative denigration due to changing musical tastes and antisemitism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, his creative originality has been re-evaluated. He is now among the most popular composers of the romantic era. Mendelssohn enjoyed early success in Germany, and revived interest in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, notably with his performance of the St Matthew Passion in 1829. He became well received in his travels throughout Europe as a composer, conductor and soloist; his ten visits to Britain – during which many of his major works were premiered – form an important part of his adult career. His essentially conservative musical tastes set him apart from more adventurous musical contemporaries such as Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, Charles-Valentin Alkan and Hector Berlioz. The Leipzig Conservatoire, which he founded, became a bastion of this anti-radical outlook. Psalm 42, Op. 42 (MWV A 15) Wie der Hirsch schreit (As pants the hart) is a cantata by Felix Mendelssohn, setting Psalm 42 in German. It was written and published in 1837 (revised 1838) for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra. Mendelssohn set the music to Luther's German translation of Psalm 42. At the work's first performance, in Leipzig on 1 January 1838, Mendelssohn conducted the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, with Clara Novello as soprano. He was the orchestra's musical director from 1835 until his death in 1847. Schumann opined in 1837 that Mendelssohn's setting of Psalm 42 was the "highest point that he [Mendelssohn] reached as a composer for the church. Indeed the highest point recent church music has reached at all." Mendelssohn himself described it as “my best sacred piece… the best thing I have composed in this manner”, a work “I hold in greater regard than most of my other compositions The work consists of 7 movements: 1. Chorus: Wie der Hirsch schreit (As the Hart Longs) 2. Aria (soprano): Meine Seele dürstet nach Gott (For my soul thirsteth for God) 3. Recitative and aria (soprano): Meine Tränen sind meine Speise (My tears have been my meat) – Denn ich wollte gern hingehen (For I had gone forth most gladly) 4. Chorus: Was betrübst du dich, meine Seele (Why, my soul, art thou so vexed?) 5. Recitative (soprano): Mein Gott, betrübt ist meine Seele (My God, within me is my soul cast down) 6. Quintet (soprano with TTBB): Der Herr hat des Tages verheißen (The Lord hath commanded) 7. Final chorus: Was betrübst du dich, meine Seele (Why, my soul, art thou so vexed?) Source: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalm_42_(Mendelssohn)). Although originally composed for Chorus (SATB) & Orchestra, I created this Interpretation of the Recitative: "Mein Gott, betrübt ist meine Seele" (My God, within me is my soul cast down) from "Wie der Hirsch schreit" (As pants the hart Op. 42 No. 5) for Flute, Oboe & Strings (2 Violins, Viola & Cello). Sheet central : | Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser (Psalm 42) (7 sheet music) | | |||
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