Gott, man lobet dich, school cantata for 5-part chorus, flute, 2 oboes, bassoon, 3 trumpets, 2 horns, strings & continuo, TWV 14:12
Hänssler Classic's Georg Philipp Telemann: Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille (God, thou are praised in the stillness) marks the recording premiere of a very late Telemann work. Its TWV numeration of "TWV 14:12" places it into the genre of "Music for Hamburg and Altona Schools," although less specifically it is a secular oratorio written for a special occasion, namely the "solemn," Hamburg-based observance of the Treaty that called an end to the Seven Years' War in February 1763. In March of that year, Telemann -- who had ...
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Hänssler Classic's Georg Philipp Telemann: Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille (God, thou are praised in the stillness) marks the recording premiere of a very late Telemann work. Its TWV numeration of "TWV 14:12" places it into the genre of "Music for Hamburg and Altona Schools," although less specifically it is a secular oratorio written for a special occasion, namely the "solemn," Hamburg-based observance of the Treaty that called an end to the Seven Years' War in February 1763. In March of that year, Telemann -- who had just turned 80 -- responded to Hamburg's commission with Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, an hour-long "poem" for soloists, chorus, and orchestra written to a text by an anonymous, but very gifted, hand. It was presented as part of a long and rather sober reading of celebratory verse that would have attracted the devout upper classes of the city; the war's end would have been observed in a far less structured manner somewhat closer to the event by the city's ordinary citizens.This...
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