In "Also hat Gott die Welt geliebet," Hugo Distler places hope and longing at the center, characterized by the instruction "mezzo piano, very intimate."
Performer Biography
Klaus-Martin Bresgott, who leads the Athesinus Consort Berlin, has edited several choral music books, including Hugo Distler's "Die Weihnachtsgeschichte" Op. 10.
Composition History
Almost all the works on this album were composed during Hugo Distler's first position as organist at St. Jakob's Church in Lübeck, which he held from 1931 to 1937.
Compositional Technique
The motet "O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf" (O Savior, rent the heav'ns in twain) is formally determined by a melody dating back to 1638.
Composer Biography
Hugo Distler, the composer, was born in Nuremberg in 1908 and began his music studies in Leipzig in 1927.
Composition History
Hugo Distler's "Die Weihnachtsgeschichte" (The Christmas Story), Op. 10, from 1933, was one of his most popular works during his lifetime.
Recording & Production
This recording includes a world premiere of the third stanza of "Heut ist uns ein Kindlein geborn" (To you this night is born a child), with text by Sebastian N. Myrus.
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