Choral Masterworks

Energetic tempo, soaring vocal lines, and unified rhythmic texture create a rousing setting of Schulze's text about Jager (hunters) roaming the forest. The strophic form and straightforward harmony make

Heinrich Heine was a favorite poet for Mendelssohn. In Wasserfahrt, or "waterway" in English, Heine provides a pictorial poetry that Mendelssohn seizes upon.  Throughout this short piece,

Caligaverunt Oculi Mei (1585) is the ninth responsory for the matins of Good Friday. Scored for unaccompanied mixed voices, the text combines scriptures from Job and Lamentations as an allegory