A Wedding in Denmark
Donald Macleod follows Heinrich Schütz as he heads to Denmark to supervise the music for a Royal Wedding.
Donald Macleod follows Heinrich Schütz as he heads to Denmark to supervise the music for a Royal Wedding. The Thirty Years War continued to rage on, and Donald surveys the impact this had upon music making at the Dresden Court where Schütz was employed.
Erhöre mich, wenn dich ich rufe, SWV 289
Weser-Renaissance Bremen
Manfred Cordes, driected
O der grossen Wundertaten, SWV 278
RIAS Kammerchor
Capella de la Torre
Katharina Bäuml, director
Musikalische Exequien, SWV 279 (excerpt)
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, director
Ich werde nicht sterben, SWV 346 (Symphoniarum sacrarum II)
Ich danke dir, Herr, SWV 347 (Symphoniarum sacrarum II)
David de Winter, tenor
Brook Street Band
Die mit Tränen säen, SWV 378 (Geistliche Chormusik)
Herr, auf dich traue ich, SWV 377 (Geistliche Chormusik)
Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, SWV 386 (Geistliche Chormusik)
Collegium Vocale Gent
Philippe Herreweghe, director
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Broadcast
- Wed 11 Feb 2026 16:00Â鶹Éç Radio 3
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