Viola

SKU: CA.2300263

Passion oratorio. Composed by Carl Loewe. Edited by Reinhold Kubik, Claudia Seidl. Viola. Sacred vocal music, Oratorios, Passions, Lent and Passiontide, Holy Week. Individual part. Composed presumably 1847. 36 pages. Duration 105 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 23.002/63. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2300263).

ISBN 9790007247942. Language: German.

Carl Loewe is known nowadays almost exclusively as a composer of ballads, but he was close to the spirit of his time and also composed a number of oratorios for the amateur choirs which became so numerous in the Biedermeier period. Das Suhnopfer des neuen Bundes reveals a wealth of expressivity using only a modest scoring. The solo parts can easily be performed by good amateurs, the well-known chorales give audiences the opportunity to join in the singing, and the scoring, mainly for small string group, underlines the emotions expressed by the soloists. In this oratorio we can hear Loewe's admiration for the Bach Passions, yet his characteristic musical language, typical of the time, shows that something new could develop from it. Score and part available separately - see item CA.2300200.