5 episodes
| Series | Episode | First Broadcast | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20060703 | 1/5.compatriot Schütz - who was born in Saxony in 1585, just 39 years after Luther died. Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, SWV 380; Das ist je gewisslich wahr, SWV 388 Candimino Choir Tauno Satomaa (conductor) Wie wenn der Adler, SWV 434; Vier hirtinnen, SWV ANH 1 Weser Renaissance Manfred Cordes (director) The Christmas Story, SWV 435 The Evangelist....Paul Agnew (tenor) The Angel....Ann Crookes (soprano) Herod....Michael McCarthy Oxford Camerata Jeremy Summerly (conductor). | ||
| 20060704 | Schütz made two visits to Venice - to train with Giovanni Gabrieli, and learn more about the music of Monteverdi and Grandi. Donald Macleod finds out how these visits influenced Schütz's own music. Es Steh Gott auf, SWV 356 Nigel Rogers, Charles Daniels (tenor) With the Purcell Quartet Italian Madrigals, SWV 1, 2, 3, 5, 11 & 15 The Consort of Musicke Anthony Rooley (director) Symphoniae Sacrae 1, SWV 263-266 John Potter, Douglas Nasrawi (tenor) With Concerto Palatino St Matthews Passion, SWV 479 Hilliard Ensemble. | ||
| 20060705 | Schütz was Kapellmeister of the Elector of Saxony for 57 years. Donald Macleod looks at what the 17th Century job entailed and the relationship Schütz had with his employer. Nunc Dimittis, SWV 432 The Sixteen Harry Christopher (director) Psalm 98, 1 and 84 (SWV 35, 28 & 29) Laurence Cummings (organ) Oxford Camerata Jeremy Summerly (conductor) Opus 12 Symphoniae Sacrae 3 - The Lord is My Shepherd, SWV 398; Mein Sohn, warum hast du uns das getan, SWV 401; Come Holy Ghost, SWV 417 Cantus Cölln and Concerto Palatino Konrad Junghanel (conductor) Der 100 Psalm, SWV 493 Tapiola Chamber Choir Paul Hillier (conductor). | ||
| 20060706 | Schütz had the misfortune to live through Europe's Thirty Year War of 1618-1648. Donald Macleod looks at the effect the war had on Schütz's life and music. Dulcissime et Benignissime Christe Cantiones Sacrae, No 15, Op 4 Dreden Kreuzchor Rudolf Mauersberger (conductor) Syncharma Musicum, SWV 49 Weser-Renaissance Bremen Manfred Cordes (director) Da Pacem Domine, in diebus nostris, SWV 465 Dresden Kreuzchor and Capella Fidicinia Rudolf Mauersberger (director) Kleine geistliche Konzerte Eile Mich Gott, SWV 282 Schaffe in mir, SWV 291 O süsser O freundlicher, SWV 285 Wann UNSRE Augen, SWV 316 Agnes Mellon (soprano) Mark Padmore (tenor) Peter Kooy (bass) Collegium Vocale Philippe Herreweghe (director) Geistliche Chor Music Tröstet, tröstet mein Volk, SWV 382 Ein Kind ist uns geboren, SWV 384 Herzlich lieb hab ich dich O Herr, SWV 387. | ||
| COTW | 05 LAST | 20060707 | Featuring part of the extraordinary setting Schütz made of the longest chapter in the Bible, Psalm 119, which constitutes his Swansong; and the beautiful funeral music he wrote for the ruler of Reuss, his Musikalische Exequien. Symphoniae Sacrae 2, Op 10 Ich Danke Dir, SWV 347; Hutet euch, SWV 351; Freut euch des herrn SWV 367 Emma Kirkby (soprano) James Bowman (alto) Nigel Rogers (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (bass) The Purcell Quartet Musikalische Exequien The Sixteen Harry Christophers (director) Der Schwangesang (Dsain und Chet), SWV 485; Deutsches Magnificat, SWV 494 The Tapiola Chamber Choir Paul Hillier (conductor). |