Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847) Leipzig Edition of the Works of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy – SON 419
edited by the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften
304 pages | 25 x 32 cm | 1,479 g | ISMN: 979-0-004-80305-9 | Linen
The year 1828 was a Dürer Year (300th anniversary of death), and the Berlin Dürer Festival was looking for a suitable composer to write the festival cantata. The renowned Carl Friedrich Zelter turned down the offer and recommended his pupil instead, the 18-year-old Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. He accepted, and, within a few weeks, the Festmusik MWV D1, was finished, his first full-scored sacred vocal work. Mendelssohns Festmusik subsequently fell into oblivion despite its much-applauded world premiere. The specific context and the rather wooden libretto most likely proved too prohibitive even though the young composer had given his best. This can now be confirmed for the first time by consulting the new printed edition.
Introduction | ||
1. Oeffne dich, des Tempels Pforte | ||
2. Recitative: Ihr kennt die Stadt im alten Frankenlande | ||
3. Choir: Albrecht Dürer, Albrecht Dürer ward er genannt | ||
4a. Aria: Heil! der Mutter großer Soehne! | ||
4b. Recitative (and Accompagnato): Nicht hat er sich den Kranz errungen | ||
5. Aria: O wie herrlich, o wie milde | ||
6. Recitative: Auch des Glaubens heil’ge Staerke | ||
7. Choir: Hoffnung laesst nicht zu Schanden werden | ||
8. Choir (and Recitative): Nehmt uns auf im Geist, ehrwuerd’ge Hallen! | ||
9. Quartetto: Wie der Herr der Welt geboren | ||
10. Aria with Choir: Manche Traene sah ich fallen | ||
11. Choir: O du herrlicher, du großer, gottbegabter Mann! | ||
12. Recitative: Lob und Ehre deinem großen Sohn | ||
13. Aria: Hohe Roma, reich die Sternenkrone | ||
14. Recitative: Strahle hoch im Sternenkranze | ||
15. Finale: Goettin mit dem Farbenbogen |