Olof Åhlström (1756-1835)

11 (Elva) Kantater för kyrkoårets högtider för Soli, Kör och Pianoforte [11 (Eleven) Cantatas for the feast days of the liturgical year for Soli, Choir and Pianoforte]

Print

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  • Year of composition: Dating uncertain (Åhlström worked in S:t Jacobs kyrka [St James's Church, Stockholm] 1792-1835; two of the cantatas are dated [no. 1: 1801] and [no. 7: 1802]. According to an inscription on no. 10, that cantata was performed in Jacob's kyrka in 1799
  • Work category: Mixed choir and instruments
  • First performed: See separate post for each cantata
  • Duration: Approx. 90-120 min
  • Detailed duration: See separate post for each cantata

Instrumentation

pno (according to the autograph: Forte Piano [sic])

Solo voices/choir

solo voices: 1 soprano, (1 alto), 1 tenor, (1 bass)
choir: S.A.T.B.
See the separate registration of each cantata.

Examples of printed editions

11 Kantater för kyrkoårets högtider för Soli, Kör och Pianoforte. Urtext-Edition av Holger Schmitt-Hallenberg [11 Cantatas for the feast days of the liturgical year. Critical edition by Holger Schmitt-Hallenberg)]. Archive of Swedish Vocal Music, Vol. V, Edition Gran Tonante HB, 2010

6 of these cantatas have also been published by Rune Elmehed, SMB 2003/362-367 (see separate post for each cantata)

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
  • Possible call no. and autograph comment: Z/Sv ('Andeliga Sånger af Åhlström' [Spiritual Songs by Åhlström]; bound cantatas for the feast days of the liturgical year)

Description of work

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Work comment

According to an anonymous note inserted in the autograph, [Johann Christian Friedrich] Hæffner's name has been written on the cover, but for several reasons, these cantatas have never been attributed to him. (Among these reasons is the fact that they are in Åhström's hand, and moreover, he served as organist in Jacob's Church 1792-1835.)

According to Edition Gran Tonante these eleven cantatas were composed/first performed c. 1799-1802. These cantatas are:
1. Installationskantat för Lehnberg 1802 (Pingst): Sopran- och Tenorsoli och Chor (med Soli)
 [Cantata for the installation of Lehnberg in 1820 (Pentecoast): Soprano and Tenor solos and Chorus (with solos)]
2. Kantat på Juldagen: Tenorsolo och Chor (med Soli)
 [Cantata on Christmas Day: Tenor solo and Chorus (with solos)]
3. Kantat på Påskdagen: Sopransolo och Chor
 [Cantata on Easter Sunday: Soprano solo and Chorus]
4. Kantat på Påskdagen: Sopransolo
 [Cantata on Easter Sunday]
5. Kantat på Juldagen: Sopransolo
 [Cantata on Christmas Day: Soprano solo]
6. Kantat på Michaeli dag: Sopransolo
 [Cantata on Michaelmas: Soprano solo]
7. Kantat på Nyårsdagen 1801: Sopran el- Tenorsolo och Chor
 [Cantata on New Year's Day, 1801: Soprano or Tenor solo and Chorus]
8. Kantat på Juldagen: Sopransolo [Cantata on Christmas Day: Soprano solo]

9. Kantat på Pingstdagen: 2 Sopraner soli
 [Cantata on Whit Sunday: 2 Soprano solos]
10. Kantat (uppförd i Jacobs Kyrka 1799) Påsk-Dagen: Sopransolo
 [Cantata (performed in Jacob's Church, 1799) Easter Sunday: Soprano solo]
11. Aria (Kantat) för Påskdagen: Sopransolo med Chor [Aria (Cantata) for Easter Sunday: Soprano solo with Chorus]

Libretto/text

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