Georg Christoph Strattner is best remembered today for some of his hymn tunes. But in the late 1690s, he was a well-respected composer of many forms of sacred music. Strattner spent most of his professional life at the court chapel at Weimar. Like Heinrich Schutz, who was of the previous generation, Strattner blended the ideals […]
Markus Flaig
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Christmas Music at Thomaskirche a fine tradition
Machet die Tore weilt, Weihnachtmusik an der Thomaskirche (Christmas Music at Thomaskirche) is the second such collection of music I’ve reviewed this year. That is seasonal sacred music by the composers who preceded Johann Sebastian Bach at Thomaskirche, Leipzig. I’m not sure if this is some kind of trend, but I’d be happy if it was. […]
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Telemann: Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott
This release features five cantatas that Georg Philipp Telemann wrote for Reformation Sunday (more or less). October 31 wasn’t officially fixed as Reformation Day until the 19th century. Nevertheless, as early as 1617 many German states were using the first Sunday after October 31st to commemorate Luther’s establishment of the protestant church. Whether celebrating Reformation […]