Ad Musicam

Edition de Gerhardt Roth - Helmut Steger Contenu : Anonymus: Taivas on sininen / Blau ist der Himmel C.-B. Agnestig: Vem kan segla für utan vind J. Brahms: Ich hörte ein Sichlein rauschen W. Buchenberg: Goli goggoli (Vocalise) B. Chilcott: Can you hear me M. Detterbeck: Nginesi ponono U. Führe: This calypso: Swing the arms and roll the hips G.F. Händel: Gavotte (Vocalise) G. Helbling: Barabba Ba (Vocalise) R. Heyden: Es flog ein kleins Waldvögelein J. Holdstock: Calypso: Any time you need a calypso (Kanon) W. Keller: Der Mond ist aufgegangen A.E. Kopp: Ihr kleinen Vögelein (Lied) A. Koszewski: Ad musicam: Vivat, vivat, musica (Kanon) H. Langhans: Kommt zum Singen / Come and join us O. Laub: Abendstille überall (Kanon) - Den som ej kan træffe rent / If your intonation's bad (Kanon) K. Nystedt: Velsignet vaere han / Gelobt sei, der da kommt M. Praetorius: Jubilate Deo / Singet dem Herren (Kanon) - Viva, viva la musica (Kanon) G. Roth: Ayelevi P.E. Ruppel: Cantate Domino (Kanon) J.A.P. Schulz: Der Mond ist aufgegangen (Lied) R. Sund: Sana sananina T. Tallis: All praise to thee / Dank sei dir, Gott M. Uherek: Cerné oci dete spát / Schwarze Augen schlaft nun ein F. Werner: Das schöne Wort: Scheiden müssen bringt bittre Pein G. Wolters: O du schöner Rosengarten

Toccata and Lament was composed on commission in 2008 to inaugurate the large new organ in the Christ Church Cathedral Rochester NY USA. This instrument is a detailed reconstruction of a late Baroque organ of 1776 from Vilnius in Lithuania. The point of departure a clash of contrasting eras and musical cultures on two continents already bodes excitement. Martin Herchenröder a composer and professor of music theory has incorporated these contrasts in his roughly eight-minute composition. The result is a musical idiom of rare distinction universal in its musical resources and alternating between tonal triads and extremely dissonant clusters. The heart of the pieceis a dirge which using the Baroque doctrine of the affections relates to Eastern European cultural history in and around Vilnius a history marked by the predations of 20th-Century war.Expressive and effective contemporary organ musicAmalgam of musical traditions from the 18th to 21st CenturyExplanatory foreword by the composer (Ger/Eng)