Christus factus est, WAB 11
| Christus factus est | |
|---|---|
WAB 11 | |
| Form | Gradual |
| Language | Latin |
| Performed | 9 November 1884: Vienna |
| Published | 1886: Vienna |
| Scoring | SATB choir |
Christus factus est ("Christ became obedient"),
History
Bruckner composed this motet, which uses the gradual of Maundy Thursday, on 25 May 1884.[1][2] The piece was performed six months later, on 9 November, in the Wiener Hofmusikkapelle. Bruckner dedicated the work to Oddo Loidol, one of his students.[1][2]
The original manuscript is in a private collection (Dr Wilhelm, Bottmingen), but transcriptions of it are found in the archives of the Abbey of Kremsmünster and the Austrian National Library.[3] The piece was published together with three other graduals (Locus iste, WAB 23, Os justi, WAB 30, and Virga Jesse, WAB 52) by Theodor Rättig, Vienna in 1886.[4] The motet was published in volume XXI/30 of the Gesamtausgabe.[5]
Music
The work in 79 bars in D minor is set for mixed choir a cappella. It takes about five minutes to perform.
In the first part (bars 1–19), till "mortem autem crucis", the choir is singing in
Bruckner composed the piece when he was in preparation to have his Symphony No. 7 performed and revised his Te Deum. The second part of the Grail motif from Wagner's Parsifal which the composer had heard in Bayreuth in 1882 is also the Dresdner Amen.[1][4]
Selected discography
The first recording of Bruckner's Christus factus est, WAB 11 occurred in 1928:
- Gustav Schauerte, Paderborner Domchor – 78 rpm: Polydor/Grammophon 27 137, 1928
A selection among the about 100 recordings:
- Eric Ericson, Swedish Radio Choir, Treasures – CD: Caprice Records CAP 21814, 1975
- Matthew Best, Corydon Singers, Bruckner: Motets – CD: Hyperion CDA66062, 1982
- Freiburger Vokalensemble, Anton Bruckner: Motetten – CD: Christophorus 74 501, 1984
- Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent, Ensemble Musique Oblique, Bruckner: Messe en mi mineur; Motets – CD: Harmonia Mundi France HMC 901322, 1989
- Rolf Schweizer, Motettenchor Pforzheim, Bruckner: Messe e-Moll, Motetten – CD: Mediaphon 72 137, 1992
- Jonathan Brown, Ealing Abbey Choir, Anton Bruckner: Sacred Motets – CD: Herald HAVPCD 213, 1997
- Hans-Christoph Rademann, NDR Chor Hamburg, Anton Bruckner: Ave Maria – Carus 83.151, 2000
- Stephen Layton, Polyphony Choir, Bruckner: Mass in E minor & Motets – CD: Hyperion CDA 67629, 2007
- Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Anton Bruckner: Tantum ergo – CD: ASC Edition 3, issue of the choir, 2008
- Otto Kargl, Domkantorei St. Pölten, Cappela Nova Graz, Bruckner: Messe e-Moll, CD: ORF CD 3174, 2013
- Philipp Ahmann, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Anton Bruckner & Michael Haydn - Motets – SACD: Pentatone PTC 5186 868, 2021
References
- ^ a b c John Williamson: The Cambridge Companion to Bruckner Cambridge University Press 2004, pp. 60–61
- ^ a b C. van Zwol, pp. 238–239
- ^ U. Harten, p. 120
- ^ a b c C. van Zwol, p. 707
- ^ Gesamtausgabe - Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke
- ^ a b c Sabine M. Gruber, booklet of Erwin Ortner's CD Tantum ergo
- ^ M. Auer, pp. 66-69
Sources
- Max Auer, Anton Bruckner als Kirchenmusiker, G. Bosse, Regensburg, 1927
- Anton Bruckner – Sämtliche Werke, Band XXI: Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke, Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Hans Bauernfeind and Leopold Nowak (Editor), Vienna, 1984/2001
- Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012. ISBN 978-90-6868-590-9
- ISBN 3-7017-1030-9
External links
- Christus factus est, WAB 11: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Free scores for Christus factus est, WAB 11 in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- Christus factus est d-Moll, WAB 11 (1884) Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (in German)
- A live performance (2007) by the Cantores Carmeli, Linz can be heard on YouTube: Anton Bruckner - Christus factus est
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