for:
5 soloists (STTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Musical Editions:
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.:
235288
Author / Composer:
Editor:
Scope:
12 pages; 23 × 32 cm
Duration:
24 minutes
Release year:
1980
Publisher / Producer:
Producer No.:
CV 40.072/11
ISMN:
9790007060657
Description
Orchestra: 2.2.2.2 - 2.2.3.0 - Timp - Str - Org
The Psalms inspired Mendelssohn throughout his working life, and, aside from a cappella settings, he left behind five great orchestral Psalms. Schumann assesed in 1837 that Psalm 42 was the "highest point that he [Mendelssohn] reached as a composer for the church. Indeed the highest point recent church music has reached at all."
Content
Psalmtexte inspirierten Mendelssohn während seines ganzen Schaffens, und er hinterließ neben A-cappella-Sätzen fünf große Orchesterpsalmen. Schumann bewertet 1837 Psalm 42 als die höchste Stufe, die er [Mendelssohn] als Kirchenkomponist, ja die die neuere Kirchenmusik überhaupt erreicht hat.