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.
