David Pohle: Liebesgesänge

Featuring

Clemens Flick
Alex Potter
Benjamin Lyko
e.g.baroque
David Pohle
Johann Philipp Krieger

Philipp Heinrich Erlebach

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Performer Biography

e.g.baroque, the ensemble on this recording, was founded in 2021 and consists of musicians from renowned baroque orchestras such as the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and the Freiburger Barockorchester.

Historical Context

Paul Fleming, the librettist for the Liebesgesänge, lived and worked during the Thirty Years' War, a period marked by destruction, displacement, plague, and death in Central Europe.

Composer's Artistic Vision

David Pohle's strong focus on interpreting the sung word in his Liebesgesänge identifies him as an admirer and imitator of Heinrich Schütz, who also followed texts with detailed precision.

Compositional Technique

Pohle's Liebesgesänge are all conceived as duets for two equal vocal parts with two obbligato violin parts, likely to emphasize the torn nature of the persona and represent the two sisters in the poems.

Composer Biography

David Pohle, the composer, was a recognized member of the musical establishment at the Dresden court, and Heinrich Schütz, the court Kapellmeister, became godfather to one of Pohle's children in 1665.