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Donald Macleod explores Buxtehude鈥檚 鈥淎bendmusiken鈥� concerts, devised to entertain 尝眉产别肠办鈥檚 population.

Dietrich Buxtehude was a musical star in his own time, a legendary organist and composer who Johann Sebastian Bach walked almost 300 miles just to meet and learn from. Yet, the facts of Buxtehude鈥檚 own story are far from straightforward. Doubts remain over so many details in the composer鈥檚 life. We can鈥檛 even be sure when or where he was born, leading to three different countries claiming him as their own, and for a musician who perhaps above all was famed for his organ music, it is remarkable that not one single organ piece by him was published in his lifetime. In this Composer of the Week series, Donald Macleod pieces together what we do know about Buxtehude - the pre-eminent European composer before Bach, and finds a multifaceted personality and ground-breaking musician who worked his way across Europe via three different churches dedicated to St Mary, and who 鈥� once he settled in 尝眉产别肠办 - acted as a kind of centre of gravity for other musicians of his age.

In Thursday鈥檚 programme, Donald explores the strict class system which regulated 尝眉产别肠办 society, and Buxtehude鈥檚 place within it. He also discovers the series of 鈥淎bendmusiken鈥� concerts devised to entertain the public that Buxtehude would turn into a phenomenon.

Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75 - Ad Faciem "Illustra faciem tuam"
Jone Mart铆nez, soprano
Luc铆a G贸mez, soprano
Jes煤s Garc铆a Ar茅jula, bass
Conductus Ensemble
Andoni Sierra, conductor

Chorale 鈥淣un lob meine Seele den Herren鈥�, BuxWV 213
Ren茅 Saorgin, organ

Wie Wird erneuert, wie wird erfreuet, BuxWV 110 (Incl. Trumpets!!)
Musica Fiata
La Capella Ducale
Roland Wilson, conductor

Auf, Saiten, auf!, BuxWV 115
Gerlinde Samann, soprano
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Chorus
Ton Koopman, conductor

Wacht! Euch zum streit, 'Das j眉ngste Gericht'
Musica Fiata
La Capella Ducale
Roland Wilson, conductor

Schwinget euch himmelan, BuxWV 96
Amaryllis Dieltiens, soprano
Gerlinde S盲mann, soprano
Maarten Engeltjes, alto
Tilman Lichdi, tenor
Klaus Mertens, bass
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Ton Koopman, conductor

Produced by Sam Phillips