world premiere - Bußpsalmen (1692) - Wolfgang Carl Briegel (1626-1712)

Wolfgang Carl Briegel (1626-1712) is an important representative of German musical life in the 17th century. Trained in Nuremberg by Johann Erasmus Kindermann, among others, he worked in Gotha from 1650: first as an organist, then as court conductor and music teacher to the princely family. The Ensemble Polyharmonique is using its appearance at the GÜLDENER HERBST as an opportunity for a world premiere: Briegel's Des Königs und Propheten Davids Sieben Bußpsalmen & Bußgespräche, published in Giessen in 1692, will be performed for the first time in modern times. The vocal works, set in a ‘concertante style’, demonstrate Briegel's art of illustrating the text through music in its entirety. The concert is based on a new scholarly-critical edition of the Penitential Psalms, which will be compiled by the ensemble. Together with excerpts from his Madrigalische Trost-Gesänge, the musicians present a colourful picture of Briegel's oeuvre.

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ENSEMBLE POLYHARMONIQUE
Joowon Chung, Anna Nesyba - soprano
Alexander Schneider - alto & musical direction
Johannes Gaubitz, Christopher Renz - tenore
Tobias Ay - basso

Kinga Ujszászi, Cosimo Stawiarski - baroque violin
Martin Jantzen - violone
Matthias Spaeter - lute
Flóra Fábri - organ