Graduale Benedictus es (parts) - Jan Hugo Voříšek / edited by Marek Štryncl
The source for the publication of graduale Benedictus es by Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek (1791 – 1825) is the autograph score stored in the Archive and Program Funds of the Czech Radio under the location number ARCH 431. The autograph was originally a part of the so-called Balling’s collection with the original location number of B. S. 420. Graduale Benedictus es was released as the ninth volume of the historical series Thesaurus Antiquae Musicae.
Should the offertorium Quoniam iniquitatem cognosco be a reminiscence of polyphonic church Baroque music, then it seems that graduale Benedictus es contains elements of the Classicist conception of the genre, including the sunny atmosphere of a holy day that the music of this era was so particularly capable of depicting. The instrumentation is similar to other religious works by Voříšek – the usual oboes, bassoons, trumpets, trombones, kettle-drums, human voices, strings, and the organ are, however, in the case of this particular piece (unlike the other three compositions) supplemented by the French horns that underline the festive sound of the orchestra. (Since the French horn is one of the characteristic instruments of Christmas pastorals, it should be pointed out that Voříšek finished the mass during the Christmas period, on 6th January 1825).
Other compositions by J. H. Voříšek published in Czech Radio:
Graduale Benedictus es (score)
Offertorium Mentis opressae (score)
Offertorium Mentis opressae (parts)
Offertorium Quoniam iniquitatem (score)
Offertorium Quoniam iniquitatem (parts)
instrumentationS A T B soli, 2ob, 2fg, 2cor in F, 2trb (clarini in C), 2tbn, timp, vno I, vno II, vla, org [vcl, cb]descriptionpartspubl.NoR 156bprice170,- CZK