Par MAUERSBERGER RUDOLF. Rudolf Mauersberger, the cantor of the Dresden Kreuzkirche, shaped his Christvesper in the Christmas tradition of the “Erzgebirge” in Saxony. The work underwent a long period of gestation and first attained its final form in 1963. The entire church is used for a performance: On the altar the Christmas story from Luke is presented, in four different corners of the church th…

Par MAUERSBERGER RUDOLF. Rudolf Mauersberger, the cantor of the Dresden Kreuzkirche, shaped his Christvesper in the Christmas tradition of the “Erzgebirge” in Saxony. The work underwent a long period of gestation and first attained its final form in 1963. The entire church is used for a performance: On the altar the Christmas story from Luke is presented, in four different corners of the church th…

Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Franz Schubert's 'Stabat Mater” D 175 is one of a number of church works that he wrote for his local congregation in Lichtental. This edition is based on the sole surviving source, the composer's autograph full score. Unlike its like-named companion piece D 383, Schubert uses the original Latin poem here. In his setting of April 1815 he focuses on the first two lines of the te…