Western religious music from different centuries. Today’s programme is dedicated to Jan Dismas Zelenka, a native Bohemian, who worked as a double bass player and composer at the court in Dresden. We hear several vesper psalms that he composed between 1725 en 1728.
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745)
1. Dixit Dominus (ZWV 66)
2. Confitebor tibi Domine (ZWV 72)
3. Beatus vir (ZWV 75)
Lenka Cafourková, soprano (2). David Erler, countertenor (2,3). Tobias Hunger, tenor (2). Lisandro Abadie, bass (2). Ensemble Inégal, Prague Baroque Soloists conducted by Adam Viktora
(CD: “Psalmi Vespertini I” – Nibiru 01612231, 2015)
4. In convertendo (ZWV 91)
Gabriela Eibenová, soprano. Pascal Bertin, countertenor. Virgil Hartinger, tenor
Ensemble Inégal, Prague Baroque Soloists conducted by Adam Viktora
(CD: “Psalmi Vespertini III” – Nibiru 01642231, 2017)
5. De profundis (ZWV 96)
Gabriela Eibenová, soprano. Filippo Mineccia, countertenor. Tobias Hunger, tenor. Marián Krejcík, bass. Ensemble Inégal, Prague Baroque Soloists conducted by Adam Viktora
(CD: “Psalmi Vespertini II” – Nibiru 01632231, 2016)
Supplement:
6. Capriccio in F major (ZWV 184): Allemande
The Bach Sinfonia conducted by Daniel Abrahams
(CD: “The Capriccios” – Sono Luminus DSL-92163, 2012)
