Look insideFelix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847) Hymn of Praise Op. 52 MWV A 18
Symphony-Cantata – Urtext edited by Wulf Konold [solos,dble mix ch,orch] Duration: 65' Text: Bibel / Bible
solos: SST – choir: SATB(SATB) – 2.2.2.2 – 4.2.3.0 – timp – org – str
The Urtext edition of the “Lobgesang” Symphony is the first to take into account the parts which were written for the first performances in Leipzig and which help clear up a number of discrepant readings.
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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy was commissioned by the city of Leipzig to write the Symphony Cantata Lobgesang for the 400th anniversary of the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg. The work was given its first performance in Leipzigs Thomaskirche on 25 June 1840. Another performance took place at the Birmingham Music Festival on 23 September 1840. The composer created a hybrid genre here, a formal designation that he took quite literally and which he used here for the first and only time: after the three symphonic movements have flowed one into the other attacca, comes the Lobgesang Cantata in several sections Alles, was Odem hat. The present Urtext edition is the first to take into account the parts which were written for the first performances in Leipzig and which help clear up a number of discrepant readings.
| 1. Sinfonia |
| 2.1 Chorus: Alles, was Odem hat, lobe den Herrn |
| 2.2 Soprano solo: Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele |
| 3. Recitativo (Tenor solo): Saget es, die ihr erlöst seid |
| 4. Chorus: Sagt es, die ihr erlöset seid |
| 5.1 Soprano I and II solo: Ich harrete des Herrn |
| 5.2 Chorus: Wohl dem, der seine Hoffnung setzt auf den Herrn |
| 6. Tenor solo: Stricke des Todes hatten uns umfangen |
| 7. Chorus: Die Nacht ist vergangen |
| 8. Chorale: Nun danket alle Gott |
| 9. Soprano solo, Tenor solo: Drum sing ich mit meinem Liede |
| 10. Final Chorus: Ihr Völker! Bringet her dem Herrn |