Holy Week Music at German Cathedrals

Continuing the theme of Holy Week liturgies, I thought some of you might be interested in the musical selections planned for the Triduum at some German (and Austrian) cathedrals. The selection is mainly due to the fact that these are the ones where I could find their entire music programme online. But everywhere at least on Easter Sunday a polyphonic Mass will be sung (e.g. at Dresden, the famous "Kapellknaben" will sing Dvorak's Missa in D major; in Essen Mozart's Missa solemnis KV 337 etc.) It should also be noted that nearly at all cathedrals, the tenebræ - in German called Karmetten, i.e. "matins of sorrow" - will be sung.

Now here are some samples (if you only want to read one programme, go directly to the last one, Regensburg):

Munich

Chrism Mass: Missa „Il me suffit“ by Orlando di Lasso

Maundy Thursday: F. Guerrero: Missa „Simile est regnum Dei“; Gregorian: „Domine, tu mihi lavas“; „Pange lingua“; K-L. Nies: „Wir aber sollen uns rühmen“; M. Duruflé: „Ubi caritas et amor“; H. Schütz: „Aller Augen warten auf dich“; J. Brahms: „In stiller Nacht“

Good Friday: O. di Lasso, Passion according to John; T. Luis de Victoria: „Popule meus“; G. Allegri: „Miserere“, 9 voices/two choirs; J.S. Bach: choral parts from the Passion according to Matthew and to John; A. Bruckner: „Vexilla Regis“; P. Casals: „O vos omnes“, 8 voices

Easter Vigil: Gregorian: „Aeterne rerum“; „Qui confidunt“; „Alleluja“; „Vidi aquam“; „Pascha nostrum“; G.P. da Palestrina: „Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum“; O. di Lasso: „Surrexit Pastor bonus“ (5 voices), „Agnus Dei“; M. Vulpius: „Gelobt sei Gott im höchsten Thron“; K.-L. Nies: Choral settings of German Easter hymns

Easter Day: J. M. Haydn: „Missa in honorem Sanctae Ursulae“ („Chiemsee-Messe“); Gregorian: „Resurrexi“; „Alleluja Pascha nostrum“; „Victimae paschali laudes“; „Terra tremuit“; „Pascha nostrum“; K.-L. Nies: Choral and orchestra settings of German Easter hymns

Easter Monday (a Holy Day of obligation and a public holiday in Germany): A.L. de Borja: Missa „Maria Magdalene“, 6-7 voices; Gregorian: „Vidi aquam“; „Alleluja“; W. of Burgundy: „Victimae paschali laudes“


Eichstätt (Bavaria; the bishop there is the excellent Msgr. Hanke OSB)

Maundy Thursday: Missa „Lauda Sion“ by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Washing of the Feet: chants by Wolfram Menschick and choral movements by Christian Heiß, Maurice Duruflé, Vytautas Miškinis and Anton Bruckner

Good Friday: Passion according to John by Wolfram Menschick, „Popule meus“ by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, „Psalm 22“ by F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, „Eli, Eli!“ by Georgius Bárdos, „Tenebrae factae sunt“ by M. A. Inegneri, „Adoramus te, Christe“ by W. A. Mozart, „Christus factus est“ by Anton Bruckner, „Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden“ by Johann Sebastian Bach

Easter Day: Missa „Papae Marcelli“ and Motet „Haec dies“ by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, „Halleluja-Coda“ and „Freu dich, erlöste Christenheit“ by Christian Heiß


Freiburg (cathedral of the president of the German Episcopal Conference)

Maundy Thursday: Gregorian introit and ordinarium (de Angelis); Duruflé: "Ubi caritas et amor" op. 10/1; J. le Febure: "O sacrum convivium"; H. Schütz: "Unser Herr Jesus Christus "

Good Friday: J. Blasel: Passion according to John; Q. Gasparini: "Adoramus te, Christe"; T. L. da Vittoria: "Popule meus"

Easter Sunday: J. G. Rheinberger; Mass C major op. 169 for soli, choir, orchestra and organ








Paderborn

Maundy Thursday: Melchior Franck "Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt"; Anton Bruckner "Tantum ergo sacramentum"; Maurice Duruflé "Ubi caritas et amor"

Good Friday: Felice Anerio "Christus factus est"; Tomaso Bai "O bone Jesu"; Palestrina "O crux ave"; Vittoria "Popule meus"; Gregorio Allegri "Miserere mei" (Psalm 50)

Easter Vigil: Joseph Rheinberger, Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei of the Missa in A; Palestrina „Sicut cervus desiderat“; Cesar Franck „Dextera Domini“; Ignaz Mitterer, "Benedictus" (Falsibordoni 5 voices; for the Easter lauds); Alexandre Guilmant; finale of the First Organ sonata d-minor op.42

Easter Sunday: Mozart, coronation Mass; Händel, „Halleluja“; Marcel Dupré, Prélude B majeur op.7/1

Easter Monday: Palestrina, Missa „Assumpta est Maria“; Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger, „Bleib bei uns“; Johann Sebastian Bach, „Ach bleib´ bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ“ BWV 649 (organ, during communion); Bernard Storace, Ballo della battaglia (organ, recessional)


Vienna

Maundy Thursday: Josef G. Rheinberger: Missa St. Crucis; Motets by Heinrich Schütz, Melchior Frank, Anton Bruckner, Maurice Duruflé

Good Friday: Heinrich Schütz: Passion according to John; Palestrina: Improperia; Motets by Jacobu Gallus and Michael Haydn

Easter Sunday: Beethoven: C-major-Mass; Händel: Halleluja; in the afternoon: Mozart, Vesperae solennes de Dominica

Easter Monday: Mozart: Missa brevis in d-minor


Limburg

Maundy Thursday: »Nos autem« (gregorian); Ch. M. Widor: »Kyrie and Gloria« from the »Mass in F sharp minor«; Duruflé: »Ubi caritas et amor«; V. Goicoechea: »Miserere mei«; J. Kuhnau: »Tristis est anima mea«

Good Friday: Bruckner: »Christus factus est«; H. Schütz: »O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn«; G. Allegri: »Miserere mei«; choral movements by Crüger and Bach

Easter Vigil: M. Praetorius: »O Licht der wunderbaren Nacht«; Palestrina: »Sicut cervus«; Händel: »Würdig ist das Lamm«, »Halleluja«; M. Vulpius: »Erstanden ist der Heilig Christ«

Easter Sunday: Bruckner: »Mass in d-minor« for soli, choir and orchestra; for Pontifical Vespers: L. da Viadana: Psalms of Easter Vespers; Bruckner: »Tantum ergo«; G. Aichinger: »Regina caeli«

Easter Monday: Mozart: Missa brevis et solemnis C major, KV 259


Regensburg with the Domspatzen - arguably the highlight (and therefore in full)

Palm Sunday: Vittoria, Hosanna filio David (4 voices); Palestrina, Pueri Hebraeorum (4 v.); Haller, Cum angelis et pueris (4 v.); Schroeder, Passion according to Matthew (4 v.); Lasso, Improperium (4 v.); Hassler, Missa super „Verba mea” (5 v.); Lasso, In monte Oliveti (6 v.)

Holy Monday (Missa Chrismatis): Hofmann, Mass in F

Holy Wednesday evening: Maundy Thursday tenebræ: Hmynus and psalms (gregorian); Palestrina, Incipit lamentatio (8 v.); Ingegneri, In monte Oliveti (4 v.); Lasso, Tristis est anima mea (5 v.); Ingegneri, Eram quasi agnus (4 v.); Ingegneri, Ecce, vidimus eum (4 v.)

Maundy Thursday Mass of the Last Supper: Introit (gregorian); Lasso, Missa quinti toni (4 v.); Duruflé, Ubi caritas et amor (4-6 v.); K.N. Schmid, Ein neues Gebot gebe ich Euch (4 v.); Rheinberger, Dextera Domini (4 v.); Haller, Coenantibus illis (6 v.); Bruckner, Pange lingua (4 v.); Bruckner, Tantum ergo (5 v.); „Christus factus est“ (gregorian); Lasso, In monte Oliveti (6 v.)

Good Friday: tenebræ: Hmynus and psalms (gregorian); Vittoria, Aleph. Ego vir videns (5 v.); Vittoria, Tamquam ad latronem (4 v.); Ingegneri, Omnes amici mei (4 v.); Vittoria, Caligaverunt (4 v.); Ingegneri, Tenebrae factae sunt (4 v.); Allegri, Miserere (4-9 v.); Liturgy of the Passion: Graduale „Christus factus est“ (gregorian); Schroeder, Passion according to John (4 v.); J.S. Bach, O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (4 v.); Vittoria, Popule meus (4 v.); Palestrina, Crux fidelis (4 v.); Mozart, Ave verum (4 v.); Jobst, Adoramus te Christe (4 v.); Lotti, Crucifixus (6 v.)

Easter Vigil: Schieri, „Lasst uns singen dem Herrn“ (6 v.); Schieri, „Horche auf, o Himmel“ (6 v.); Gutiérrez, Missa „Ego flos campi“ (8 v.); Schieri, „Wie der Hirsch verlangt“ (4-6 v.); Haller, Surrexit pastor bonus (4 v.); Mendelssohn, Jauchzet dem Herrn (4-8 v.); Vulpius, Erstanden ist der heilig Christ (8 v.); J. Langlais, Lumen Christi (organ)

Easter Sunday: Pontifical Mass with papal blessing: Introit „Resurrexi“ (gregorian); Croce, Missa prima „Sexti toni“ (4 v.); Alleluia „Pascha nostrum“ (greg.); „Victimae paschali laudes“ (greg.); Haller, Surrexit pastor bonus (4 v.); Communio „Pascha nostrum“ (greg.); Vulpius, Erstanden ist der heilig Christ (8 v.); J.S. Bach, prelude and fugue D major BWV 532 (organ); Pontifical Vespers: Hmynus and antiphons (gregorian); Ignoto, Ps. „Dixit Dominus“, 1. tone (6 v.); de Zachariis, Ps. „In exitu“, 8. tone (4 v.); Ignoto, „Magnificat“, 1. tone (6 v.); J.S. Bach, Christ ist erstanden (BWV 627, organ)

Easter Monday: Introit „Introduxit vos“ (greg.); Lotti, Missa brevis in Es (4 v.); Alleluja „Angelus Domini“ (greg.); Haller, Angelus Domini (4 v.); Communio „Surrexit Dominus“ (greg.)