Werner: Der Gute Hirt Purcell Chor, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

• Gregor Joseph Werner (1693 - 1766): Der Gute Hirt, Act I:
• 1 Der Gute Hirt, Act I: Introductio 04:24
• 2 Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 1: Wohlan laßt uns mit Rosen krönen 01:39
• 3 Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 1: Nun ihr, Blumen auf den Feldern 06:00
• 4 Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 2: Wie? Was höre ich? 07:39
• 5 Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 3: Ach, schiegle dich, mein Geist 06:07
• 6 Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 3: Ach Schäflein, Schäflein, komme doch 01:12
• 7 Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 3: Das Hirschlein nicht so schnell 07:55
• 8 Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 3: Du daurest nicht, mein Kind 03:04
• 9 Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 3: Die Liebe hat kein Ziel 04:55
• 10 Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 4: Auf, auf, ihr wild Syrenen 07:17
• 11 Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 5: Hinweg mit der Melancholie 03:05
• Der Gute Hirt, Act II:
• 12 Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 1: Nun bin ich mied und matt 02:24
• 13 Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 1: Auf, auf, mit hurtig schnellem Lauf 03:07
• 14 Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 2: O, du geheiligter Ort 02:46
• 15 Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 3: Deine froh Wort ich verachte 05:41
• 16 Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 4: Endlich bin ich so weit gekommen 04:34
• 17 Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 5: O ihr alle, die ihr vorbei nun gehet 02:00
• 18 Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 5: Steinhartes Felsenherz 03:57
• 19 Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 6: O du gebenedei, guter Hirt 02:15
• 20 Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 6: So komme dann herbei 01:39
• 21 Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 6: So sei es dann gewagt 01:16
• 22 Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 6: So laßt uns auch dann gehen 01:39
• Total Runtime 01:24:35

Info for Werner: Der Gute Hirt

Gregor Joseph Werner (1693-1766) was Kapellmeister at the Eszterhazy court in Eisenstadt, and on his death he was succeeded by Joseph Haydn. A surviving manuscript score of his oratorio Der gute Hirt (The Good Shepherd) is preserved in the music collection of the National Library of Hungary in Budapest. Werners oratorio is a sepolcro oratorio originating from the Viennese court tradition. This particular musical-dramatic form of the Holy Week oratorio performed around the holy sepulchre of Catholic churches, became fashionable throughout the Habsburg empire during the last third of the 17th century. This genre, a staged musical performance presenting the burial of Jesus Christ, was a part of church music practice in Central Europe as late as the 1730s. On 28 March 1739, the Good Friday service held in the Palace Chapel in Eisenstadt was centred around a musical drama setting of Gregor Werners own text based on the Parable of the Good Shepherd in the Gospel of Luke, thereby commemorating Jesus Christs death on the cross at Golgotha. The single lost sheep is the symbol of man who, having revolted and lost his secure place in Paradise, can be guided back to the path of salvation only through the sacrifice of the all-forgiving Good Shepherd/Jesus, the Fathers only son, who will never leave him.

Agnes Kovacs, soprano
Adriana Kalafszky, soprano
Peter Barany, countertenor
Zoltan Megyesi, tenor
Lorant Najbauer, bass
Purcell Choir
Orfeo Orchestra
György Vashegyi, condcutor

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