Messe A-Dur
BWV 234 //
(Mass in A Major) for soprano, alto and bass, vocal ensemble, transverse flute I+II, strings and basso continuo
Choir
Soprano
Simone Schwark, Mirjam Wernli, Lia Andres, Cornelia Fahrion, Susanne Seitter, Jessica Jansad
Alto
Tobias Knaus, Antonia Frey, Lisa Weiss, Lea Scherer, Francisca Näf
Tenor
Sören Richter, Christian Rathgeber, Klemens Mölkner, Zacharie Fogal
Bass
Philippe Rayot, Christian Kotsis, Israel Martins, Tobias Wicky, Jonathan Sells
Orchestra
Conductor
Rudolf Lutz
Violin
Éva Borhi, Lenka Torgersen, Christine Baumann, Petra Melicharek, Ildikó Sajgó, Judith von der Goltz, Aliza Vicente
Viola
Sonoko Asabuki, Lucile Chionchini, Matthias Jäggi
Violoncello
Maya Amrein, Daniel Rosin
Violone
Markus Bernhard
Transverse flute
Tomoko Mukoyama, Rebekka Brunner
Bassoon
Susann Landert
Harpsichord
Thomas Leininger
Organ
Nicola Cumer
Musical director & conductor
Rudolf Lutz
Workshop
Participants
Rudolf Lutz, Pfr. Niklaus Peter
Reflective lecture
Speaker
Dorothea Lüddeckens
Recording & editing
Recording date
15/09/2023
Recording location
St. Gallen (Switzerland) // Cathedral
Sound engineer
Stefan Ritzenthaler
Producer
Meinrad Keel
Executive producer
Johannes Widmer
Production
GALLUS MEDIA AG, Schweiz
Producer
J.S. Bach-Stiftung, St. Gallen, Schweiz
Librettist
First performance
1738/1739 – Leipzig
Libretto
Kyrie
1. Chor
Kyrie eleison,
Christe eleison,
Kyrie eleison.
Gloria
2. Chor
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.
Laudamus te, benedicimus te,
adoramus te, glorificamus te.
Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam.
3. Arie — Bass
Domine Deus, Rex coelestis,
Deus Pater omnipotens,
Domine Fili unigenite Jesu Christe,
Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris.
4. Arie — Sopran
Qui tollis peccata mundi,
miserere nobis,
suscipe deprecationem nostram.
Qui sedes ad dexteram patris,
miserere nobis.
5. Arie — Alt
Quoniam tu solus sanctus,
tu solus Dominus,
tu solus altissimus Jesu Christe.
6. Chor
Cum Sancto Spiritu
in gloria Dei Patris, amen.