Pfiester, Jürgen '1955
Adeste Fideles, Brass-Quintett; (Das Rennquintett Nr.1)
Choral Fantasia on "Adeste Fideles":
2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba and organ
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Das Rennquintett
with Prof. Peter Leiner, Uwe Zaiser, Sjoen Scott, Jochen Scherer, Ralf Rudolf
Music at its best, relaxed and easygoing, fresh but of a high standard and beyond all stylistic boundaries. Serious stuff with a wink!
With a mixture of Bach to the Blues, they break up the frontiers between serious and light music.
Look forward to this new series, which is waiting for you here. Here are the first two numbers, written by the first-class composer Jürgen Pfiester.
The Cllorale-fantasy on "Daughter of Sion" was written for " DAS RENNQUINTETT„ and received its premiere at Olristmas 2000 in the monastery church in Kaiserslautern together with the church musidan Helmut Freitag. As was the case with the "Fantasy on Adeste Fdeles" (Order-Nr. lSMN M-2054-0152-8), written one year previously. the arrangement is of a weil known Olristmas carol in the evangelical hymnbook. The melody comes from G. F. Handel and appears in his oratorio "Judas Makkabäus" with the text "Seht, er kommt mit Preis gekrönt" (See, he comes crowned with praise). There are many references to the very original and well known four-part composition by Handel. The composition does credit to the full sound of organ and brass, corresponding to the joyous text of "Tochter Zion" (by F. H. Ranke around 1820). The work has been recorded on CD (DAS RENNQUINTETI wünscht Frohe Weihnachten" BR 150027) by "DAS RENNQUINTETT " and the organist Helmut Freitag.
