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

• Gregor Joseph Werner (1693 - 1766): Der Gute Hirt, Act I:
• 1Der Gute Hirt, Act I: Introductio04:24
• 2Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 1: Wohlan laßt uns mit Rosen krönen01:39
• 3Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 1: Nun ihr, Blumen auf den Feldern06:00
• 4Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 2: Wie? Was höre ich?07:39
• 5Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 3: Ach, schiegle dich, mein Geist06:07
• 6Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 3: Ach Schäflein, Schäflein, komme doch01:12
• 7Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 3: Das Hirschlein nicht so schnell07:55
• 8Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 3: Du daurest nicht, mein Kind03:04
• 9Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 3: Die Liebe hat kein Ziel04:55
• 10Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 4: Auf, auf, ihr wild Syrenen07:17
• 11Der Gute Hirt, Act I Scene 5: Hinweg mit der Melancholie03:05
• Der Gute Hirt, Act II:
• 12Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 1: Nun bin ich mied und matt02:24
• 13Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 1: Auf, auf, mit hurtig schnellem Lauf03:07
• 14Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 2: O, du geheiligter Ort02:46
• 15Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 3: Deine froh Wort ich verachte05:41
• 16Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 4: Endlich bin ich so weit gekommen04:34
• 17Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 5: O ihr alle, die ihr vorbei nun gehet02:00
• 18Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 5: Steinhartes Felsenherz03:57
• 19Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 6: O du gebenedei, guter Hirt02:15
• 20Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 6: So komme dann herbei01:39
• 21Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 6: So sei es dann gewagt01:16
• 22Der Gute Hirt, Act II Scene 6: So laßt uns auch dann gehen01:39
• Total Runtime01:24:35

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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