Offertorium Mentis opressae (parts) - Jan Hugo Voříšek / edited by Marek Štryncl

3. květen 2010

The source for the publication of offertorium Mentis oppressae is the autograph score stored in the Archive and Program Funds of the Czech Radio under the location number ARCH 432. The autograph was originally a part of the so-called Balling’s collection with the original location number of B. S. 420. Offertorium Mentis opressae was released as the tenth volume of the historical series Thesaurus Antiquae Musicae.

There are striking differences to be found among the religious compositions J. V. H. Voříšek wrote within the last two years of his life. Whereas his Mass in B-flat major and particularly Graduale Benedictus es present Voříšek as an ingenious consummator of the art of his ancestors from nearly a century ago, Offertorium Mentis oppressae could be considered his Classical-Romantic confession. Besides instrumental solos of a distinctly Romantic nature, and onomatopoeic, innovatively unexpected entrances of the woodwind instruments, the dominant feature of the piece lies in the condensation of harmony and the sophistic use of diminished or augmented chords and three-four chords. All this is typical of the oncoming Romantic period, and so are Voříšek’s daring short ornamental sixteenth-note groups in the bass instruments. These help in depicting the dismal and oppressive meaning of the text that Voříšek respects throughout the work in an ingenious and creative way.

Other compositions by J. H. Voříšek published in Czech Radio:
Graduale Benedictus es (score)
Graduale Benedictus es (parts)
Offertorium Mentis opressae (score)
Offertorium Quoniam iniquitatem (score)
Offertorium Quoniam iniquitatem (parts)

instrumentationS A T B soli, 2ob, 2fg, 2trb (clarini in B), 3tbn, timp, vno I, vno II, vla, org [vcl, cb]descriptionpartspubl.NoR 154bprice200,- CZK

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