Musica Sacra

The chorale Glory to God on High is one of todays most often sung hymns. The words are an expression of praise to God and gratefulness for his mercy. The internationally familiar melody of this choral...

Eins der meist gesungenen Kirchenlieder ist Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr. Der Text des Hymnus ist ein Ausdruck der Ehre Gottes und Dankbarkeit für seine Gnade. Wim Stalman basierte sein Werk Grace a...

The year 2000 is a jubilee year for the Roman Catholic Church. To celebrate this the Vatican Church commissioned Jean-Paul Lecot to compose a hymn for the festivities. The composition, 'Christ hier, C...

In 1725 J. S. Bach composed the cantata BWV79 'Gott, der Herr, is Sonn' und Schild for the celebration of the Reformation. Originally written for 3 vocal soloists, choir and orchestra Cantata No. 79 i...

August Eduard Grell (1800-1886) was a prolific composer and an equally brilliant organist. His compositions included an unaccompanied mass, an oratorio, psalms, motets, cantatas and many songs and due...

Roland Kernen has succeeded in creating a breathtaking arrangement of the well-known and popular chorale Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan. The song by Severius Gastorius, a cantor and composer in the G...

The well-known chorale Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Let the Earth Now Praise the Lord) was written by Martin Luther in 1524 and derives from a translation of a hymn from the 4th century before Christ...

Zum letzten Geleit beinhaltet eine ausgewogene Mischung aus den schönsten bewährten Trauerstücken in neuen Sätzen und Kompositionen von Robert van Beringen. Alle Stücke sind für Blasorchester in eine...

En 1524, Martin Luther publiait son premier recueil de cantiques, dont est extrait son magnifi que choral Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (Du fond de l'abîme, je t'invoque, o Éternel)' d'après le Psa...

Jacob de Haan begins his arrangement of the well-known hymn Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr (All Glory Be to God on High) with a quotation from his own Missa Katharina, a mass for choir, soprano, and...

This legendary piece by Jacob de Haan has become a standard in the international concert band repertoire. A timeless piece of music!

Das Lied, das Clement Coterill Scholefield (1839 - 1904) im Jahre 1874 mit Evening überschrieb, wird in England heute noch als The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended gesungen. In Deutschland ist die Melo...

Das Lied, das Clement Coterill Scholefield (1839-1904) im Jahre 1874 mit Evening überschrieb, wird in England heute noch als The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended gesungen. In Deutschland ist die Melodi...

Many of the numerous chorals Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) composed during his lifetime are still very popular today. An example is the melody Ich steh an deiner Krippen her (BWM 469) composed in...

This Christmas carol arrangement consists of two continuous parts: Introductie and Koraal. Jan de Haan has orchestrated the hymn Macht hoch die Tür and has added his own introduction based on the melo...

With his arrangement of Drei Könige, originally composed for voices, Robert van Beringen makes a welcome contribution to the christmas repertoire for bands. In this work by the German composer Peter C...

The lyrics to Der Mond ist aufgegangen (The Moon Is Risen) come from Matthias Claudius, one of Germany's best-known poets. The 1779 poem with the original title Abendlied (Evening song) was set to mus...

Crimond ist ein geistliches Lied aus Schottland aus dem Jahr 1836. Fälschlicherweise zunächst einem Geschäftsmann und Amateurmusiker zugeschrieben, stellte sich später heraus, dass die Musik tatsächli...

This lovely Scottish hymn, also known as The Lord's My Shepherd, first appeared in 1929 in the Scottish songbook Northern Psalter, where it was incorrectly credited to David Grant, an Aberdeen busines...