Christ on the Mount of Olives Op. 85
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
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SKU: BR.EB-10582
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag). Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by Anja Muhlenweg. Arranged by Carl Reinecke. Choir; Softbound. Edition Breitkopf.The study score (,,Studien-Edition) is available at G. Henle Verlag.
Oratorio/passion; Classical. Piano/Vocal Score. 96 pages. Duration 50'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 10582. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-10582).ISBN 9790004183540. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.
In the case of the oratorio Christus am Olberge , Breitkopf & Hartel can finally make amends to Beethoven for a slight committed more than 200 years ago. As in-house composer of the Theater an der Wien, Beethoven was given the chance to perform an oratorio there in the Passion Week of 1803. In no time at all, he had produced the sketch for his first and sole work in this genre. Christus am Olberge was premiered on 5 April 1803 in an academy concert at which Beethoven's Symphony no. 2 and his Piano Concerto no. 3 were also heard for the first time. The original edition of the full score was not published until October 1811. Breitkopf & Hartel, which published the first edition, disapproved of the opera-like libretto by Franz Xaver Huber so strongly that it had the texts revised after the first performance without Beethovens authorization. Beethoven bridled at this high-handed intervention and demanded that the changes be annulled. In vain: the printed version was sent out into the world without change and the work was disseminated with this textual form to this day. Anja Muhlenwegs new Urtext edition corrects this affront and finally puts forth the Urtext. "Der Klavierauszug ist in seiner etwas vereinfachten Form gut spielbar und ermoglicht durch die zahlreichen Instrumentenangaben stets ein genaues Klangbild." (Ulrich Barthel, Neue Chorzeit) "Insgesamt eine praktikable Ausgabe des Beethovenschen Passionsoratoriums, an dem eine faszinierende Auffuhrung sicher nicht scheitern wird." (Wurttembergische Blatter fur Kirchenmusik).