Two Canzoni from Gabrieli's "Quattro Canzoni per sonar a quattro" in an orchestration for double chorus brass ensemble.

Content:
Canzon prima “La Spiritata“ [3' 20"]
Canzon terza [2' 40"]

4 Negro Spirituals arranged for brass:

1. Deep River [2' 45"]
2. Let my People go! [3' 15"]
3. Nobody knows … [1' 45"]
4. Sometimes I feel [4']

The first performance of  this composition took place on 24th of July 1844 on occasion of singing festival of the Schleswig Choral Association. Later on it advanced to the anthem of Schleswig-Holstein, which is here presented as four-part harmony with fakultative piano accompaniment.

The first stanza of the song is played traditionally at midnight by the radio station Radio Schleswig-Holstein (R.SH).

„Land der dunklen Wälder“ (country of the dark woods) is the final choral of the "Oratorium der Heimat" (Oratory of the Homeland) by Herbert Brust. It became the state anthem of East Prussian in the early 1930s due to its rapidly growing publicity. Here it is arranged for mixed choir with optional piano part by Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann.

First edition of a previously unknown choral setting for three voices by Hugo Distler.

The evening hymn "Nun ruhen alle Wälder" (Now rest all forests) by Paul Gerhard as a cappella setting after the final chorale of the "Sacred Serenade" op. 4 by Wilhelm Mohr.

The “Tre pezzi sacri“ (three sacred pieces) were originally composed as a commissioned work for amateur choir. Considering that it was consitently held in traditional tonality. In the present version for mixed choir soprano part and alto part may be substituted by boy’s voices. The middle movement of the alternative setting for male choir however requires obligato boy’s voices.

The “Tre pezzi sacri“ are formatwise similar to the “Agnus Dei” for seven-part mixed choir op. 40. Both compositions therefor work well for a combined performance with their mixed choir formation.

Alternative instrumental settings are published for Organ op. 31, for Symphony Orchestra op. 31a and for Symphonic Brass Orchestra op. 31b (see also versions for symphony orchestra / brass orchestra).

The movement names:

1. Jesu nostra Redemptio [ca. 12']
2. Ave Maria [ca. 8' 20"]
3. Aeterne Rex, altissime! [ca. 10' 40"]

The “Tre pezzi sacri“ (three sacred pieces) were originally composed as a commissioned work for mixed amateur choir. Considering that it was consitently held in traditional tonality. In the present version for male choir soprano part and alto part have to be performed by boy’s voices.

The “Tre pezzi sacri“ are formatwise similar to the “Agnus Dei” for seven-part mixed choir op. 40. Both compositions therefor work well for a combined performance with their mixed choir formation.

Alternative instrumental settings are published for Organ op. 31, for Symphony Orchestra op. 31a and for Symphonic Brass Orchestra op. 31b (see also versions for symphony orchestra / brass orchestra).

The movement names:

1. Jesu nostra Redemptio [ca. 12']
2. Ave Maria [ca. 8' 20"]
3. Aeterne Rex, altissime! [ca. 10' 40"]