Olof Åhlström (1756-1835)
(Kantater för kyrkoårets högtidsdagar) Andeliga Sånger. [3.] Påsk Dagen [(Cantatas for the feast days of the liturgical year) Spiritual Songs. (3.) Easter Sunday]. "Dunka skuggor omge oss"
Autograph (unnumbered):
[1.] Recit. [Soprano or Tenor]
[Solo; Soprano or Tenor]
Recit. [Soprano or Tenor]
[Solo; Soprano or Tenor]
[Solo; Soprano or Tenor]
[2.] [Solo; Soprano or Tenor]
Chorus
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Edition Gran Tonante:
Recitativo (Soprano or Tenor; regards the entire piece)
[Soprano or Tenor solo; regards the entire piecet]
Recitativo
[Solo]
(Recitativo)
[Solo]
Chorus
- 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: Probably in S:t Jacobs kyrka [St James's Church], Stockholm
- Duration: Approx. 5-10 min
- Detailed duration: Uncertain
Instrumentation
probably pno/Forte Piano (cf. Cantata no. 1)
Solo voices/choir
solo voice: 1 soprano or tenor
choir: S.A.T.B.
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
- Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
- Possible call no. and autograph comment: Z/Sv (bound together with the other cantatas for the feast days of the liturgical year)
Description of work
Autograph (unnumbered):
[1.] Andante Moderato - Andantino Allegro - Andante - un poco Allegro - Andantino - Allegro Maestoso F major 4/4 (C) - 2/4 - 4/4 (C)
[2.] Allegro ma non troppo C major 2/4
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Edition Gran Tonante:
Andante Moderato - Andantino - Allegro - Andante - un poco allegro - Andantino - Allegro maestoso - Allegro ma non troppo F major - C major 4/4 (C) - 2/4 - 4/4 (C) - 2/4 - 4/4 (C) - 2/4
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
Autograph (unnumbered):
[1.] Recit. [Soprano or Tenor]: Dunkla skuggor omge oss
[Solo; Soprano or Tenor] Skall ej vår vän den Gudomlige träda
Recit. [Soprano or Tenor]: Dock Hans mun oss löfte gaf
[Solo; Soprano or Tenor]: Gryningen tändes och Solen uprinner
[Solo; Soprano or Tenor]: Hvad rusning! hvilken glädje!
[2.] [Solo; Soprano or Tenor]: Gudalikt skön vår förlossare upstår
Chorus: Gudalikt skön vår förlossare upstår
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Edition Gran Tonante:
Recitativo (Soprano or Tenor; gäller hela verket): Dunkla skuggor omger oss
[Soprano or Tenor solo; gäller hela verket]: Skall ej vår vän den Gudomlige
Recitativo: Dock hans mun oss löfte gav
[Solo]: Gryningen tändes och Solen upprinner
(Recitativo): Vad rysning! Vilken glädje!
[Solo]: Gudalikt skön vår förlossare uppstår
Chorus: Gudalikt skön vår förlossare uppstår