From Venice to Dresden: The Venetian influence on Baroque Germany
Saturday, May 7, 2022, at 7:30 pm
Lutheran Church of Honolulu
The Early Music Hawaii Ensemble
Scott Fikse, director
The concert will also be streamed live for the benefit of neighbor island subscribers and others who may be unable or reluctant to attend a live concert in these difficult times. The video link will be given in your ticket confirmation email.
PLEASE NOTE: Audience members will be required to wear masks.
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Heinrich Schütz was the most prominent of many budding German composers who studied at the feet of the Gabrielis and Monteverdi in early 17th century Venice. He, in particular, molded the powerful polychoral tradition to the cadences of German in the sacred cantatas of Lutheran Dresden and later crafted more intimate works as the 30 Years’ War decimated the resources of German city states. The Italian secular cantata was also adapted to the rhythms of German poets, notably Martin Opitz, by Schütz, Caspar Kittel and their colleagues in central Germany.
