The Lübecker Abendmusik named in the title of this disc was a concert series, held in the Marienkirche, backed by the merchants of the prosperous north German city of Lübeck in the late seventeenth century, and furnished with music by Buxtehude, and before him Franz Tunder. Buxtehude apparently also wrote some full-scale oratorios for these events, but they have been lost. The music, particularly associated with Advent, thus was extraliturgical and has an interesting, crowd-pleasing dimension. The seven pieces here could be ...
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The Lübecker Abendmusik named in the title of this disc was a concert series, held in the Marienkirche, backed by the merchants of the prosperous north German city of Lübeck in the late seventeenth century, and furnished with music by Buxtehude, and before him Franz Tunder. Buxtehude apparently also wrote some full-scale oratorios for these events, but they have been lost. The music, particularly associated with Advent, thus was extraliturgical and has an interesting, crowd-pleasing dimension. The seven pieces here could be called sacred cantatas like those of Bach; they are multisectional works, between seven and 14 minutes long, for chorus, soloists, and instrumental ensemble. Yet they have a festive atmosphere unlike that of most of Bach's cantatas, and they are not based on chorales. Most striking is the variety of instruments: in some of the cantatas (such as Wie wird erneuet, wie wird erfreuet, BuxWV 110, track 3) a large brass section of cornetts, trumpets, and trombones is augmented by the...
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