The Koelner Akademie under the conductor Michael Alexander Willens presents a compelling interpretation of the Christmas Oratorio by Johann Wilhelm Hertel. The former 'Court and Chapel Composer' at the court of Duke Friedrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Hertel composed this cantata between 1777 and 1783 for it's sacred concerts. The oratorio came across well and in the introduction by Franziska Seils to the score published by the ortus musikverlag, we read: 'Along with the harmonically highly expressive opening chorus and the simply set chorales on familiar melodies from Christmas songs, the angelic proclamation radiating in trumpet splendor and the fully dimensioned, eight-part concluding chorus certainly also contributed to the popularity of the work Various areas of influence interact in Hertel's Christmas cantata: The tradition of the popular lyrical pastoral idyll and the dramatic oratorio, the baroque philosophy of the emotions and the will to symphonic design.'
2 Welch Eine Nacht, Von Mehr Als Sonnenglanz Erhellt
3 Wie Der Quelle Sanftes Rieseln
4 Seht Hier, Wie Gott Die Welt Geliebt
5 Siehe Hier, Ich Verkundige Euch Grosse Freude
6 Er Kommt! O Macht Die Tore Weit!
7 Was Hor Ich? Er Geboren, Der Am Anfang War?
8 Ich Staune! Welch Ein Rat Der Liebe
9 Eilt, Ihr Volker, Licht Zu Werden
10 Mit Tief Bewegter Seele Steh Ich Da
11 Da Prangt Der Sieger Ohne Heere
12 Du Kennst, Allsehender, Die Deinen
13 Wie Brunstig Sie Kommen Von Ephratas Auen
14 Des Lasst Uns Alle Frohlich Sein
15 Denn, Menschen, Euer Aller
16 Hieher, Wo Meine Seele Gluher
17 Meine Seele Erhebet Den Herrn - Denn Er Hat Grosse Dinge An Mir Getan
18 Ich Steh An Deiner Krippe Hier
19 Mit Sussem Schaudern Falt Ich Zu Ihm Die Hande
20 So Gehst Du Vor, Und Wir, Die Deinen, Folgen Dir
21 O! Mochten Aller Herzen Brennen
22 Freuet Seiner Euch Mi Beben
23 Die Herzen Himmelwarts
24 Uns Ist Ein Kind Geboren
The Koelner Akademie under the conductor Michael Alexander Willens presents a compelling interpretation of the Christmas Oratorio by Johann Wilhelm Hertel. The former 'Court and Chapel Composer' at the court of Duke Friedrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Hertel composed this cantata between 1777 and 1783 for it's sacred concerts. The oratorio came across well and in the introduction by Franziska Seils to the score published by the ortus musikverlag, we read: 'Along with the harmonically highly expressive opening chorus and the simply set chorales on familiar melodies from Christmas songs, the angelic proclamation radiating in trumpet splendor and the fully dimensioned, eight-part concluding chorus certainly also contributed to the popularity of the work Various areas of influence interact in Hertel's Christmas cantata: The tradition of the popular lyrical pastoral idyll and the dramatic oratorio, the baroque philosophy of the emotions and the will to symphonic design.'
