In jener letzten der Nächte
| In jener letzten der Nächte | |
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| by Anton Bruckner | |
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Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane by Anton Raphael Mengs | |
| Key | F minor |
| Catalogue | WAB 17 |
| Form | Motet |
| Occasion | Celebration of Maundy Thursday |
| Text | Poem |
| Language | German |
| Composed | c. 1848 – Sankt Florian |
| Published | 1931 |
| Vocal |
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In jener letzten der Nächte (In this last of nights), WAB 17, is a motet composed by Anton Bruckner.
History
Bruckner composed the motet in c. 1848 at St. Florian Monastery for the celebration of Maundy Thursday. However, it is not known whether it was performed at that time.[1] It was edited first by Anton Böhm & Sohn, Augsburg & Vienna, 1931.[1]
The two settings of the motet are put in Band XXI/15 of the Gesamtausgabe.[2]
Music
The motet, a 22-bar Passion motet in F minor. There are two settings: one for soloist and organ, and another for SATB choir a cappella. The manuscript of the setting for soloist and organ is stored in the archive of the city museum of Wels. A transcription of the other setting is found in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.
The text is the first strophe of a 13-strophe text coming from the devoutness book Die heilige Passion, gefeiert in Liedern, Betrachtungen und Gebeten.[3]
In jener letzten der Nächte, |
In this last night |
In addition, a transcription using the Latin text In monte oliveti has been published by Theodor Bernhard Rehmann, Edition Peters, Leipzig, 1947.
In monte oliveti |
On the Mount of Olives |
As Crawford Howie writes "Both In jener letzten der Nächte WAB 17 (c. 1848) and Dir, Herr, dir will ich mich ergeben WAB 12 (c. 1845) for a cappella mixed-voice choir are chorale harmonizations, probably the result of [Bruckner's] studies with Zenetti."[4]
Selected discography
The first recording of Bruckner's In jener letzten der Nächte was by Edith Möller, Obernkrichner Kinderchor, LP: Telefunken SLE 14391, 1965
A selection of the about 10 recordings:
First setting
- Wilfried Jochens (tenor), Werner Kaufmann (organ), Music of the St. Florian Period (Jürgen Jürgens) - LP: Jerusalem Records ATD 8503, 1984; transferred to CD BSVD-0109, 2011
- Sigrid Hagmüller (alto), Rupert Gottfried Frieberger (organ), Anton Bruckner – Oberösterreichische Kirchenmusik CD: Fabian Records CD 5112, 1995
- Ludmila Kuznetzova (mezzosoprano), Ludmila Golub (organ), Bruckner: Masses and Songs (Valeri Poliansky) - CD: Chandos CHAN 9863, 1998
Second setting
- Michael Stenov, Cantores Carmeli, Benefizkonzert Karmeliternkirche Linz - CD/DVD issued by the choir, 2006, and on YouTube.[5]
- Rupert Gottfried Frieberger, Cantoria Plagensis, Anton Bruckner – Kirchenmusikalische Werke – Fabian Records CD 5115, 2007
- Thomas Kerbl, Chorvereinigung Bruckner 2011, Anton Bruckner|Lieder Magnificat - CD: Brucknerhaus LIVA 046, 2011
- Philipp von Steinäcker, Vocalensemble Musica Saeculorum, Bruckner: Pange lingua - Motetten - CD: Fra Bernardo FB 1501271, 2015
Note
- Frieberger's and Stenov's recordings contain both three strophes. The score used by Frieberger is coming from Reinthaler's Chorbuch Bruckner,[6] in which strophes 2 and 3 are originating from Brentano's Ausgewählte Gedichte.[7] The score used by Stenov is coming from the religious songbook Unser Kirchenchorbuch für gemischte Stimmen.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 C. van Zwol, p. 703
- ↑ Gesamtausgabe - Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke
- ↑ Die heilige Passion, gefeiert in Liedern, Betrachtungen und Gebeten, Christlicher Verein im nordlichen Deutschland (Ed.), Band 1, Halle, 1840, pp. 63-65
- ↑ C. Howie, Chapter II, p. 26
- ↑ Bruckner, Anton (composer); Stenov, Michael (conductor) (2006-11-26). Anton Bruckner – Motette "In jener letzten der Nächte" à 4 voces a cappella (Online video). YouTube. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
- ↑ Anton Reinthaler, Chorheft Bruckner, 1996
- ↑ Clemens Brentano - Ausgewählte Gedichte
- ↑ Hermann Kronsteiner, Unser Kirchenchorbuch für gemischte Stimmen, Veritas Verlag, Wien-Linz-Passau, 1966 - ISBN 9790012173144
Sources
- Anton Bruckner - Sämtliche Werke, Band XXI: Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke, Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Hans Bauernfeind and Leopold Nowak (Editor), Vienna, 1984/2001
- Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824-1896 - Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012. ISBN 978-90-6868-590-9
- Crawford Howie, Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography, online revised edition
External links
- In jener letzten der Nächte WAB 17 (1848) Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (German)
- In jener letzten der Nächte: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project - Second version
- Free scores for In jener letzten der Nächte in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki) – Latin version In monte Oliveti
- A performance of the Latine version In monte Oliveti can be heard on YouTube: In monte Oliveti, Chor von St. Peter, Mannheim, 2011