Germany by Train: The German Partsong

Venue: St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Date: Sat March 3, 2012 8:00pm
City: Berkeley
Email: sacredprofane@gmail.com
Price Range: Online / Seniors $18, At the Door $22, Students $15
Tickets: 510-524-3611

Sacred and Profane

Germany by Train: German Partsong

In the nineteenth Century, Germany and Austria were awash in song. Not only was the new piano fueling composers’ passion for writing Lieder, or art songs for voice and piano, but the rising middle class was creating a new tide of people with more leisure time and broader artistic and intellectual interests. Combined with a rediscovery of music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, these conditions created fertile ground for choral music. German composers such as Haydn, Schubert, and Bruckner composed a rich array of partsongs, pieces for the new mixed church choirs and large choral societies that were becoming popular throughout German-speaking countries. We will perform music by the best of these composers, featuring several shorter works plus Brahms’ breath taking Warum ist das lich gegebe.