Music for the Easter season by four German composers from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach
We start with Thomas Selle, who spent a large part of his life working in Hamburg.
Then a cantata by Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (see image on the right), chapel master at the court of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
Next, we hear a cantata from Georg Philipp Telemann’s collection ‘Harmonischer Gottesdienst’, which is suitable for both church and domestic use due to its small ensemble.
Finally, a cantata by Christoph Graupner, chapel master at the court of Darmstadt, will be played. It is one of the approximately 1400 cantatas that have been preserved.
Thomas Selle (1599-1663)
1. Surrexit Christus spes mea a 12
2. Erstanden ist der Herre Christ a 4
3. Christ ist erstanden a 4
Weser-Renaissance Bremen conducted by Manfred Cordes
(cd: “Die Auferstehung Christi” – CPO 777 396-2, 2009)
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657-1714)
4. “Ich will euch wiedersehen”, cantata for the Second Easter Day
Dorothee Mields, soprano. Alexander Schneider, alto. Andreas Post, tenor. Matthias Vieweg, bass. Les Amis de Philippe conducted by Ludger Rémy
(cd: “Die Liebe Gottes ist ausgegossen” – CPO 777 346-2, 2007)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
5. “Jauchzt, ihr Christen, seid vergnügt” (TWV 1,955), cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Easter
Bergen Barokk
(cd: “Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst, Volume 5” – Toccata Classics TOCC 0102, 2013)
Christoph Graupner (1683-1760)
6. “Der Sieg ist da” (GWV 1128/43), cantata for Easter Sunday
Sebastian Hübner, tenor. Johannes Hill, bass. Knabenchor ‘Capella Vocalis’, Barockorchester Pulchra Musica Worms conducted by Christian Bonath
(cd: “Easter Cantatas” – Capriccio C5411, 2021)
additional:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
7. Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 718)
Arvid Gast, organ
(cd: “Bach in Lübeck” – Querstand VKJK 2007, 2020)
On the featured image: Christoph Graupner.
