The Protestant chorale played an important role for Mendelssohn, even in his early years. Inspired by Bach’s works, he too composed cantatas on chorales, including one on the Lutheran Christmas hymn Vom Himmel hoch which is still well-known and popular today. If the voices enter confidently and in rapid succession in the opening chorus and the phrasing has a heavenly lightness through secure intonation, then we can really celebrate Christmas.
The Carus Choir Coach offers choir singers the unique opportunity to study and learn their own, individual choral parts within the context of the sound of the entire choir and orchestra. For every vocal range a mp3 CD or download containing each choir part is available. The Carus Choir Coach is based on recorded interpretations by renowned artists who have performed the work from carefully prepared Carus Urtext editions. Each choir part is presented in three different versions:
- Original recording
- Coach: each part is accompanied by the piano, with the original recording sounding in the background
- Coach in slow mode: the tempo of the coach slows down to 70% of the original version – through this reduction passages can be learned more effectively.
Performers: Krisztina Laki (Soprano), Berthold Possemeyer (Baritono) – Kammerchor Stuttgart, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn – Frieder Bernius
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- Coro: Vom Himmel hoch
- Aria: Es ist der Herr Christ
- Choral: Er bringt euch alle Seligkeit
- Aria: Sei willekomm'
- Arioso: Das also hat gefallen dir
- Schlusschor: Lob, Ehr sei Gott
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Practice aids voice part soprano
- Coro: Vom Himmel hoch (Choir Coach, soprano 1)
- Coro: Vom Himmel hoch (Choir Coach, Slow mode, soprano 1)
- Coro: Vom Himmel hoch (Choir Coach, soprano 2)
- Coro: Vom Himmel hoch (Choir Coach, Slow mode, soprano 2)
- Choral: Er bringt euch alle Seligkeit (Choir Coach)
- Choral: Er bringt euch alle Seligkeit (Choir Coach, Slow mode)
- Schlusschor: Lob, Ehr sei Gott (Choir Coach, soprano 1)
- Schlusschor: Lob, Ehr sei Gott (Choir Coach, Slow mode, soprano 1)
- Schlusschor: Lob, Ehr sei Gott (Choir Coach, soprano 2)
- Schlusschor: Lob, Ehr sei Gott (Choir Coach, Slow mode, soprano 2)
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Practice aids voice part alto
- Coro: Vom Himmel hoch (Choir Coach)
- Coro: Vom Himmel hoch (Choir Coach, Slow mode)
- Choral: Er bringt euch alle Seligkeit (Choir Coach)
- Choral: Er bringt euch alle Seligkeit (Choir Coach, Slow mode)
- Schlusschor: Lob, Ehr sei Gott (Choir Coach)
- Schlusschor: Lob, Ehr sei Gott (Choir Coach, Slow mode)
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Practice aids voice part tenore
- Coro: Vom Himmel hoch (Choir Coach)
- Coro: Vom Himmel hoch (Choir Coach, Slow mode)
- Choral: Er bringt euch alle Seligkeit (Choir Coach)
- Choral: Er bringt euch alle Seligkeit (Choir Coach, Slow mode)
- Schlusschor: Lob, Ehr sei Gott (Choir Coach)
- Schlusschor: Lob, Ehr sei Gott (Choir Coach, Slow mode)
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Practice aids voice part basso
- Coro: Vom Himmel hoch (Choir Coach)
- Coro: Vom Himmel hoch (Choir Coach, Slow mode)
- Choral: Er bringt euch alle Seligkeit (Choir Coach)
- Choral: Er bringt euch alle Seligkeit (Choir Coach, Slow mode)
- Schlusschor: Lob, Ehr sei Gott (Choir Coach)
- Schlusschor: Lob, Ehr sei Gott (Choir Coach, Slow mode)
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, english translationhtml file, singing text, english translation (Sample)1. CoroFrom heav’n on high I come to you:
I bring you joyful news and true.
The joyful news I bring this day
I now shall sing and I shall say.For you this day a child is born,
2. Aria (Baritone)
Born of a virgin pure and fine.
This beautiful and winsome boy
Shall be your gladness and your joy.He is the Christ, our blessed Lord,
3. Choral
And he will keep you from all want.
Your King and Saviour he shall be,
And from transgression make you free.
He brings you all the blessedness,
That God will give you in his grace.He brings you all the blessedness,
That God will give you in his grace,
That you in heav’n eternally
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, originalhtml file, singing text, original (Sample)
1. Coro Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her,
ich bring euch gute neue Mär.
Der guten Mär bring ich so viel,
davon ich singn und sagen will.
Euch ist ein Kindlein heut geborn,
von einer Jungfrau auserkorn,
ein Kindelein so zart und fein,
das soll euer Freud und Wonne sein.2. Aria (Bariton) Es ist der Herr Christ, unser Gott,
der will euch führn aus aller Not.
Er will euer Heiland selber sein,
von allen Sünden machen rein.
Er bringt euch alle Seligkeit,
die Gott, der Vater, hat bereit.3. Choral Er bringt euch alle Seligkeit,
die Gott, der Vater, hat bereit,
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Contents
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Composer
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
| 1809-1847
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Melody composed by
Martin Luther
| 1483-1546
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Songwriter / Librettist
Martin Luther
| 1483-1546
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Choir
Kammerchor Stuttgart
The Kammerchor Stuttgart is regarded as one of the best ensembles of its kind. Over its fifty-year existence, Frieder Bernius has developed the choir into an exceptional ensemble acclaimed by audiences and press alike. This has led to invitations for the choir to perform at all the important European festivals. In Germany the chamber choir performs at festivals and in concert halls in repertoire ranging from the 17th to the 21st century. Frieder Bernius and his ensemble have received numerous accolades for their contribution to new music. The Kammerchor Stuttgart has made over 80 CDs and LPs, numerous of which have been awarded international recording prizes (including the Edison award, Diapason d’or, Gramophone Choice, Classical Internet Award, International Classical Music Award, and German Record Critics’ Award prizes). The International Federation for Choral Music has invited the ensemble to sing at the 1st, 4th and 10th World Symposia on Choral Music in Vienna, Sydney and Seoul. Regular tours of North America and Asia since 1988 and a South America tour reflect the Kammerchor Stuttgart’s international reputation. Since 1984 the top ensemble has also been invited to Israel biennially. Personal details
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Orchestra
Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
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Conductor
Frieder Bernius
| 1947Frieder Bernius’s work has earned great worldwide recognition. He is in demand internationally as a conductor and as a teacher. His principal artistic collaborators are the ensembles he founded himself, the Kammerchor Stuttgart, the Barockorchester Stuttgart, the Hofkapelle Stuttgart and the Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart. As a guest conductor, he has collaborated repeatedly with, for example, the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester and the Streicherakademie Bozen. Great stylistic versatility is Frieder Bernius’s hallmark. Whether he conducts vocal works by Monteverdi, Bach, Händel, Mozart, Beethoven, Fauré and Ligeti, stage music by Mendelssohn or symphonies by Haydn, Burgmüller and Schubert, his work always aims for a sound that is at once unmistakably personal and at the same time oriented towards the original period sound ideal. He devotes himself equally to the rediscovery of 18th century operas and to first performances of contemporary compositions. He is particularly interested in the musical history of southwestern Germany. Carus-Verlag has awarded Frieder Bernius a Golden CD for his complete recording of the sacred music of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. The award was presented to him during the German Choir Festival in Stuttgart 2016. The sale of over 250,000 recordings, which has been acclaimed with a number of awards, has made a not insignificant contribution to what today is the obvious presence of Mendelssohn's complete œuvre in the concert repertoire. Personal details
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