The Lord said unto my Lord
ZWV 68, 1726
The Dixit Dominus by Jan Dismas Zelenka was composed in 1726 for the Catholic court church in Dresden, when Zelenka was still working as a double bassist and assistant to the Kapellmeister Johann David Heinichen. This work for mixed choir (SATB) is divided into three movements in order to fit the psalm text and the doxology in smaller musical units. It was probably composed originally for a simple vesper service with unadorned instrumental accompaniment, but it took on a more festive character through the optional addition of trumpets and timpani, making it suitable for a range of performance situations.
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Composer
Jan Dismas Zelenka
| 1679-1745The Bohemian composer Jan Dismas Zelenka was a double bass player and church music composer at the Saxon court of the Elector August the Strong and his son Friedrich August II. In the years after 1721 he composed an extensive repertoire of Catholic church music together with the Kapellmeister Johann David Heinichen. These works, together with the Dresden operas composed by Johann Adolf Hasse in quick succession from 1731 onwards, established the reputation of the Saxon court as one of the most important musical centers of the late Baroque period. Personal details
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Editor
Matthias Hutzel
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Continuo realization
Wolfgang Horn
| 1956-2019
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Jan Dismas Zelenka, Psalm 109 Dixit Dominus
Festlich bietet sich der Psalm 109 von Zelenka dar. Die ad-libitum-Trompeten und Pauken erhöhen den strahlenden Glanz der D-Dur-Harmonik, der Chor ist wirkungsvoll gesetzt bei relativ leichten Ausführungsanforderungen und der textdeuterische Ausdruck kommt in chromatischen und verminderten Akkordfolgen im Grave- und Largo-Zeitmaß auch nicht zu kurz. Es ist ein Gewinn, dieses Werk wieder der Praxis einverleiben zu können.
Quelle: Musica Sacra 3/1985
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