Digital booklet (PDF). Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Immortal Bach, arranged by Knut Nystedt (b1915), is essentially a derivative work, based upon.
I was listening to this in the background while I did something else and went, 'wow, that's a lot of voices'. Looking over at the sheet music was a confusing experience. At first I just assumed with all the voices that it had to be a grand stave - all four staves being sung at once - but couldn't figure out which measure they were in. Then I noticed the left-hand side.
That it only had four voices. And only after staring in befuddlement for like a solid minute did I read the video description.
Such a cool idea; it really sounds great. Bach really invented some incredible music.
Martin. Martinis. Kinderchor St. Martin. Orchester St. Martin. Barock-Consort St.
Martin is the name of a parish and church in, Germany. The official name of the church is Katholische Pfarrkirche St. The name of the parish became St. Martin Idsteiner Land on 1 January 2017, when it was merged with five other parishes.
The parish is part of the. Is the of Idstein, to whom a church was dedicated in 1330. The present building, designed by architect, was consecrated in 1965. It replaced a church built in 1888 in and dedicated to. The earlier church was too small for the congregation growing after World War II. After restoration in 2003, a new organ was installed in 2006. Church music in services and concerts, performed by several groups including a children's choir and ensembles playing historic instruments, have received attention in the.
The parish is in long-term ecumenical contact with the main Protestant church of the town, the, which includes two regular ecumenical services and concerts performed by joint groups of both churches. Station of the Cross Professor, who built several churches and early skyscrapers such as the Beehive House in, designed a space recalling elements of an early. In a simple shape, a single long nave is concluded by a semicircle choir around the altar. On the right side the wall opens to a side chapel, reminiscent of a.
The outer walls are, visible both inside and outside. Light flows in from a band of windows under the plain wooden ceiling. The combination of materials has been compared to. The building recalls the austere style of sacred architecture of the 1950s. The floor is of Jura marble, the, and are made of Lahn marble. The wall behind the altar held a neo-gothic crucifixion scene of, and under the cross, from the Magdalenenkirche. Low windows forming the were designed by from Berlin.
The first organ was built by and consecrated in 1974. It was placed on the right side in the opening for the chapel, visible to the congregation. The free-standing bell tower, housing four bells, is 42 m high. Restoration in 2003 The walls of the church were completely restored in 2003. At the same time the altar was moved closer to the congregation, making more room for the choir.
The baptismal font was relocated from the chapel to the front, opposite the ambo. The tabernacle, which had been where the baptismal font is now, and the crucifixion scene were moved to the chapel, creating a chapel for adoration. The restoration works were directed by from.
The new cross above the altar was created by a group of young people in preparation for. During the restoration the organ had to be taken apart. The parish decided not to restore it but to have a new organ built. Mebold organ and concerts.
Mebold organ The organ was built by and consecrated on 22 January 2006. The instrument has 1,888 pipes and 33 stops on two manuals and a pedalboard.
The layout of its great division ( Hauptwerk) reflects the classic organ construction of the period, whilst the swell division (or ) ( Schwellwerk) has the timbre of the, which makes it possible to play a wide range of the organ repertoire from different eras. The first organ concert on the Mebold organ was played by, organist of the. The organ is used mostly in services, but has been played in concerts of artists such as. In 2005 was the soloist in the premiere of his in the chamber version on 5 August 2005. And performed a duo programme on 14 November 2008. Christian Schmitt played in 2007 with the chamber choir of the, conducted by, who returned in 2010 to conduct the Frankfurter Kammerchor. Church music Franz Fink has been the of St.
Martin since 1992, conducting five musical groups, a children's choir Kinderchor St. Martin, the Chor St. Martin, the Martinis (a chamber choir of mostly young people), the Orchester St. Martin, and the Barock-Consort St. Martin on period instruments. The church choir was named Chor St.
Martin in 1973. The Martinis were founded in 1988 by as a youth choir. Chamber choir in a service in 2009 Concerts and services have also been performed by guest ensembles such as the Ukrainian chamber choir. The choirs of St. Martin travelled to England in 2006 to attend services and in,.
They travelled to Leipzig in 2008 to hear the in Motette and services. In 2009 they sang with other choirs of the diocese in the from the Missa primi toni octi vocum of for double chorus, conducted by Joachim Dreher and Franz Fink. In 2016, they performed at the Cathedral the premiere of the oratorio with the choirs of, conducted by the composer Peter Reulein. The performance was repeated at the in 2017.