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RalphP (12/20/24)
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Composer:
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Pepping, Ernst
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Sample Producer:
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Augustine's Virtual Organs
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Sample Set:
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Arrabona - Aquincum
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Software: | Hauptwerk VIII |
Genre: | Modern |
Description: | Since I don't have regular access to my instrument at the moment, in the last few weeks I have played all sorts of small and simple pieces that can (almost) be played at sight. In doing so, I have deliberately included music that is rather distant from me – for example, the short chorale prelude “Es kommt ein Schiff geladen” by Ernst Pepping (1901–1981):
The Advent hymn “Es kommt ein Schiff, geladen” is considered one of the oldest chorales in the German language. The medieval preacher Johannes Tauler (~1300–1361) is thought to be the author of the text; the melody can be traced back to the first half of the 15th century.
The song describes the incarnation of God with a maritime image: the “ship” laden with Christ corresponds to the pregnant Mary; driven by the “sail” of “love” and the “mast” of the “Holy Spirit”, this ship brings Christ into the world.
Ernst Pepping wrote his chorale prelude “Es kommt ein Schiff, geladen” in 1941 for his Kleines Orgelbuch, which was published two years later. Its reduced, thinned-out texture is extremely characteristic of the composer. In this regard, Peppings' student Helmut Barbe once remarked: “He always conveyed that the quality of a composition is ultimately based on the very intensively considered, meaningful and extremely economical use of notes.”
The chorale prelude is characterized by an initially austere three-part texture, with the bass voice predominantly based on uniform repetitions of the fundamental (D). The upper voice relates to the underlying cantus firmus in a rather free manner: only in the first four bars can the melody of the hymn be clearly recognized; as the piece progresses, however, the upper voice increasingly detaches itself from the underlying theme and – initially through a wide ascending line and at the end through a winding chromatic return to the starting note – nevertheless develops an unexpected expressiveness. |
Performance: | Live |
Recorded in: | Stereo |
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