Heinrich Albert's Pumpkin Hut

Scheidt, Samuel;
Schütz, Heinrich;
Hildebrand, Johann;
Albert, Heinrich;
Bach, Johann;
Hammerschmidt, Andreas;
Nauwach, Johann;
Schein, Johann Hermann;
Jakobi, Michael

Mields, Dorothee;
Hathor Consort;
Lischka, Romina

RAM 1913

Königsberg in East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia) was a rare haven of peace during the Thirty Years’ War thanks to its geographical location. Many people, including artists and musicians, fled there from the horrors of plague and war. Heinrich Albert, a pupil of Heinrich Schütz (his cousin) and Johann Hermann Schein, the Thomaskantor in Leipzig, was appointed cathedral organist in the city in 1630. His garden hut, overgrown with pumpkin vines and suitably dubbed the ‘pumpkin hut’ (Kürbishütte), became the meeting place of the Königsberg Circle of Poets: a refuge and a space for cutting-edge creativity, spared from direct involvement in the war.

Five musical tableaux, depicting different stages in the war, take the listener on an emotional journey and reflect the everyday emotions people of the period experienced: hope, fear, a longing for peace – but also despair and wrestling with faith in the face of the devastation of war.

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Ramée

31-03-2021

4250128519137

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