Religious music from different centuries. In this broadcast, Vesper psalms by two Italian composers from the 18th century can be heard: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer and Niccolò Jommelli.
The first composer is hardly known: Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer, born into a family with German roots, was initially mainly active in opera as a singer (castrato) and as a composer. He worked in Breslau (now Wroclaw) and St. Petersburg. After returning to his birthplace Florence, he entered a monastery where he was appointed chapel master after a few years.
Niccolò Jommelli also worked as a composer of operas. He spent a significant part of his life in Stuttgart. He has left behind a considerable amount of sacred music, but it is hardly known.
Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer (1703-1772)
- Salmi Brevi a 4 voci con Strumenti
- Domine
- Dixit
- Confitebor
- Beatus
- Laudate pueri
- Laetatus sum
- Nisi Dominus
- Lauda Jerusalem
- Laudate Dominum
- Credidi
- Magnificat Le Tems Revient, Baroque Lumina conducted by Giacomo Benedetti (cd: “Sacred Music” – Brilliant Classics 96405, 2022)
Niccolò Jommelli (1714-1774) 2. Beatus vir A Sei Voci conducted by Bernard Fabre-Garrus (cd: “Vesperae in Sancto Petro Romae” – Astrée E 8590, 1996)
Addition: Giovanni Battista Martini (1706-1784)
- Grave and Toccata for Benediction in G Manuel Tomadin, organ (cd: “Complete Organ Music” – Brilliant Classics 96182, 2022)
Image: Niccolò Jommelli
