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For around 50 years, in other words throughout his composing career, Anton Bruckner wrote sacred choral music. In the programme of the Tenebrae Choir, now regarded as one of the leading vocal ensembles in the world, some of his most important a cappella motets, including the famous Ave Maria, are juxtaposed with masterly choral works by Johannes Brahms which show the important role played by sacred music in his own oevre. At the same time the concert offers a chance to get to know the „most beautiful unaccompanied mass of the 19th century“, Josef Gabriel Weinberger's Cantus Missae.
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Fest- und Gedenksprüche for mixed double choir a cappella, Op. 109 (1888–89)
Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
„Virga Jesse floruit“. Gradual in E minor for four-part mixed choir a cappella, WAB 52 (1885)
„Os justi“. Gradual in the Lydian mode for four- to eight-part mixed choir a cappella, WAB 30 (1879)
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839–1901)
Cantus Missae. Mass in Eb major for mixed double choir a cappella, Op. 109 (1878)
– Interval –
Johannes Brahms
„Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen?“. Motet in D minor for six-part mixed choir a cappella, Op. 74, Nr. 1 (1877)
Three sacred choruses for four-part women's choir a cappella, Op. 37 (1859, 1863)
Anton Bruckner
Ave Maria. Offertory in F major for seven-part mixed choir a cappella, WAB 6 (1861)
„Pange lingua“. Hymn in the Phrygian mode for four-part mixed choir a cappella, WAB 33 (1868)
„Christus factus est“ (III). Gradual in D minor for four-part mixed choir a cappella, WAB 11 (1884)
Johannes Brahms
Three Motets for mixed (double) choir a cappella, Op. 110 (1889)
Tenebrae Choir
Nigel Short | Musical director
