Johann Balthasar Christian Freislich (1687-1764) - Er ist darum für alle gestorben

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Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Johann Balthasar Christian Freislich! 🎁🎺

Composer: Johann Balthasar Christian Freislich (1687-1764)
Work: Er ist darum für alle gestorben, Feria 2da Paschat.
Performers: Heike Hеilmann (soprano); Ewa Zеunеr (alto); Virgil Hartingеr (tenor); Marek Rzеpka (bass);
Goldbеrg Baroque Ensemble; Andrzej Mikolaj Szаdеjko (conductor)

Er ist darum für alle gestorben
1. Choir 0:00
2. Recitativo 1:31
3. Choir 3:15
4. Choral 6:05
5. Aria 6:50
6. Choir 11:21

Drawing: Daniel Marot (1661-1752) - Design for a Ceiling
HD image: https://flic.kr/p/2ifXpQo
Drawing: Nicolaes Visscher (1619-1679) - Gesamtansicht Dantzig
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Further info: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8046456--easter-cantatas-of-18th-century-gda-sk
Listen free: https://open.spotify.com/album/166iPke55HPULnTmoKmfcp

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Johann Balthasar Christian Freislich [Freisslich, Fraißlich]
(Immelborn, bap. 30 March 1687 - Danzig [now Gdańsk], 1764)

German organist and composer. Son of a clergy man, he probably received his earliest musical education at the Court of Saxe-Meiningen. In 1714, he was appointed court organist to the Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in Sondershausen and in 1716, he was promoted to the position of court Kapellmeister. Around 1719 or 1720 he became director of the Hofkapelle in Sondershausen, where he wrote a St Matthew Passion (performed in 1720 at Johanneskirche, Danzig), a cycle of cantatas and a short opera. He was sent to Dresden for a year by his employer, Prince Günther Schwarzburg. He went to Danzig about 1730 and in 1731, on the death of his half-brother Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich (1673-1731), he became Kapellmeister at Marienkirche, Danzig, remaining in that position to the end of his life. As a composer, he played an important role in the city's music life. He wrote several cantatas for festive and solemn family occasions in Danzig as well as other occasional works for anniversaries of historical importance and works in honor of two Polish monarchs, King August II and King August III. After his death, he was succeeded as Kapellmeister at the Marienkirche by his son-in-law Christian Friedrich Morheim (1719-1780), a former pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach.