Admiralitätsmusik

"Hamburger Admiralitätsmusik" ("Hamburg Admiralty Music") TWV 24:1 is a secular oratorio for soloists, choir and orchestra composed by Georg Philipp Telemann to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Hamburg's admiralty. It was first performed on April 6, 1723 along with Telemann's "Wassermusik " at a banquet for the city's merchants, sea captains, and councillors that lasted until dawn. The work is on a nautical theme and set to verses by Michael Richey, a professor at the Johanneum school in Hamburg where Telemann also taught.

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Overture in D major

Chorus "Unschatzbarer Vorwurf Erkenntlicher Sinnen!"

Recitative "So Lange Mir Der Augen Licht Erlaubt"

Aria "Ich Nahre Dich Mit Tausend Freuden"

Recitative "Jawohl, Gluckselge Stadt"

Aria "In Der Borse Gepresstem Getummel"

Recitative "Beruhme Dich, Mercur, Der Ruhe Nicht"

Aria "Die Freiheit Schmeichelt Zwar"

Recitative "Unleugbar Ist Dein Ruhm"

Aria "Recher Harpyien"

Recitative "Ich Hore..."

Aria-Round Song "Gluck Zu"

Recitative "Mit Was Fur Unverrhofften Choren"

Aria "Mit Euch, Ihr Holden Beiden" Recitative "Der Elbe Dienstbeflissne Wellen" Aria 'Dein Wohlergehn, O Schonste'

Recitative "Und Ich, O Meines Ufers Konigin"

Aria "Schwelt, Ihr Wasserreichen Grunde"

Recitative "Schau, Machtiger Neptun"

Aria-Duet "Erwahle, Mit Gewognet Hand"

Recitative "Welch Angenehmer Aufenthalt"

Chorus of The Nymphs And Tritons "Sage, Schonster Nymphenchor"

Recitative "Mein Gluck Ist Ungemein"

Aria "Wann Himmel Und Erde Veralten"

Recitative "'Mit Innigstem Ergotzen"

Aria "Steh Aller Welt Zum Wunder Da"

Recitative "Wunscht Jedermann Dem Werten Hamburg"

Aria "Gewogener Sternen Erfreuliche Schlusse"

Recitative and Chorus "Ihr Gotter"

Aria "Ihr Munteren Horner"

Recitative "So Recht!"

Concluding Chorus "Hamburg, Du Ehre"

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The "Hamburger Admiralitätsmusik" was composed for: SATB, 2 piccolos, recorder, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, oboe d'amore, 2 bassoons, 3 trumpets, 3 horns, drums, 2 violins, viola, cellos and basso continuo. [ [http://www.uquebec.ca/musique/catal/telemann/telgp20.html#sec24 Telemann's secular oratorios] , Robert Poliquin, Université du Québec (translated from the original French)]

Recording

*Telemann: "Hamburger Admiralitätsmusik; Overture in C" (Mieke van der Sluis (soprano), Graham Pushee, Rufus Müller (tenor), Klaus Mertens, David Thomas, Michael Schopper (bass); Alsfeld Vocal Ensemble, Bremen Baroque Orchestra; conductor: Wolfgang Helbich). CPO 999 373-2.

References

*Nicholas Anderson, [http://www.bbcmusicmagazine.com/reviewRead.asp?id=28139 Review of the CPO recording of "Hamburger Admiralitätsmusik"] , "BBC Music Magazine".
*Stephen Rose, [http://www.rbsp.org/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=111 Program Notes] , Academy of Ancient Music, April 28, 2007