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UWL Choral Union
(University of Wisconsin at La Crosse)
Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007, 7:30 pm
Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman
Conductor: Paul Rusterholz
"Hymn of Praise" by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Tickets available in advance from Choral Union members or at the door.
Suggested Donation: $10 adults, $5 students
The cantata "Hymn of Praise" is the concluding section of Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 2. It was written in 1840, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Gutenberg's invention of moveable type. Mendelssohn himself selected the words from Martin Luther's German Bible, and led the first performance in the Thomaskirche in Leipzig—where J. S. Bach had been Cantor from 1723 to 1750. Mendelssohn also conducted the first performance of the work translated into English, at the Birmingham Festival later in 1840.
The "Hymn of Praise" was very popular in England, and many church choirs know the movement for two sopranos and chorus "I waited for the Lord."
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