Format : Sheet music
Mount of Olives (also referred to by the full title Christ on the Mount of Olives ) Op. 85 is an oratorio by Ludwig van Beethoven portraying the emotional turmoil of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane prior to his crucifixion. The libretto in German is by the poet Franz Xaver Huber. It was first performed on April 5 1803 at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna; in 1811 it was revised by Beethoven for publication by Breitkopf & Härtel.Mount of Olives is a dramatic oratorio rather than a religious choral Mass or a dramatic opera and isconsidered a much more humanistic portrayal of the Christ passion than other settings such as those by Bach. It concludes at the point of Jesus personally accepting his fate placing the emphasis on his own decision rather than the later Crucifixion or Resurrection. Novello edition for Voice. A complete performance lasts approximately 50 minutes.
SKU: CA.2302000
ISBN 9790007241964. Language: German/English. Text: Huber, Franz Xaver.
In his Passion oratorio Christus am Olberge [The Mount of Olives], Beethoven succeeded firstly in building on the 18th century tradition, and secondly in putting his own personal stamp on the nascent genre of German-language oratorio - the Vienna performances of Haydn's Die Schopfung and Die Jahreszeiten had only taken place a few years earlier. In composing the work he looked towards contemporary opera, using a text by an opera librettist to depict in music the dramatic situation of the doubting Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane and his arrest. Yet we do not do justice to Beethoven's work if we simply regard it as a successor work to Graun's Der Tod Jesu or even Bach's St Matthew Passion. Beethoven's Christus am Olberge is characterized less by religious devotion and much more by the dramatic realization of a specific situation in the Passion story in deeply-felt musical scenes. With its magnificent, almost operatic music, this is a different Passion oratorio which is definitely worth hearing and experiencing - and in this form it is without doubt unique in the history of vocal-instrumental sacred music. The edition follows the first printed edition in music and text; differences in the text in the libretto originally set by Beethoven are given as a second text, and a singable English translation is underlaid.
SKU: CA.2302007
ISBN M-007-24884-0. German/English. Text: Franz Xaver Huber.
In his Passion oratorio Christus am Olberge [The Mount of Olives], Beethoven succeeded firstly in building on the 18th century tradition, and secondly in putting his own personal stamp on the nascent genre of German-language oratorio - the Vienna performances of Haydn's Die Schopfung and Die Jahreszeiten had only taken place a few years earlier. In composing the work he looked towards contemporary opera, using a text by an opera librettist to depict in music the dramatic situation of the doubting Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane and his arrest. Yet we do not do justice to Beethoven's work if we simply regard it as a successor work to Graun's Der Tod Jesu or even Bach's St Matthew Passion. Beethoven's Christus am Olberge is characterized less by religious devotion and much more by the dramatic realization of a specific situation in the Passion story in deeply-felt musical scenes. With its magnificent, almost operatic music, this is a different Passion oratorio which is definitely worth hearing and experiencing - and in this form it is without doubt unique in the history of vocal-instrumental sacred music. The edition follows the first printed edition in music and text; differences in the text in the libretto originally set by Beethoven are given as a second text, and a singable English translation is underlaid. Score available separately - see item CA.2302000.
SKU: CA.2390100
ISBN M-007-24680-8.
Beethoven's choral works in a practical study package! Urtext reflecting the latest state of musicological research As well as study scores of the two masses, the box set contains Urtext scores of Beethoven's only oratorio Christus am Olberge (The Mount of Olives), together with three secular works with orchestral accompaniment (the Choral Fantasy, Meeres Stille und Gluckliche Fahrt (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage), and Elegischer Gesang (Elegiac Song). As a bonus volume and a real rarity, the Kyrie based on the Adagio from the Moonlight Sonata for choir and orchestra (arr. Bierey) is also included.
SKU: TM.03341SC
Key of G. No score.
SKU: TM.03339SET
SKU: TM.02378SC
Transposed: clarinet, horn, trumpet, trombone. Cello/Bass. Conductor score in C clefs; chorus in modern clefs.
SKU: TM.03339SC
SKU: TM.01853SET
Vocal score has English text in the preface only. Conductor score in C clefs; chorus in modern clefs.
SKU: TM.02378SET
SKU: TM.03341SET
SKU: TM.01853SC
