Gottfried August Homilius (1714-1785)
Habe deine Lust an dem Herrn, HoWV V.42
Kommt her und sehet an die Wunder Gottes, HoWV V.21
Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, HoWV V.3
Die Elenden sollen essen, HoWV V.10
Domine ad adiuvandum me, HoWV IV.1
Magnificat en do, HoWV IV.3
Deo dicamus gratias, HoWV IV.2
Ich will den Herrn loben, HoWV V.17
Mir hast du Arbeit gemacht, HoWV V.47
Dennoch bleib ich stets an dir HoWV V.6
Die richtig für sich gewandelt haben HoWV V.38
Lasset euch begnügen, HoWV V.23
Wo ist ein solcher Gott, HoWV V.32
Der Herr ist meine Stärke, HoWV V.7
Siehe, des Herrn Auge siehet, HoWV V.52

Sirventes Berlin
Stefan Schuck, direction

Gottfried August Homilius left an extensive oeuvre. Numerous motets, church cantatas, and oratorios, among others, have been preserved. In their day the compositions of Homilius were very popular and were extraordinarily well circulated. On the occasion of his 300th anniversary Carus is releasing several CDs with works by “the best church composer” (J. F. Reichardt) of his time. The motets by Homilius are among the most demanding and interesting works in all of choral literature. In these pieces the composer, who was born exactly 300 years ago. achieves a fascinating combination of contrapuntal writing with the sensitive style of his era. Following the acclaim that Frieder Bernius and the Kammerchor Stuttgart enjoyed with the first set of his motets recorded by Carus, now the vocal ensemble sirventes berlin, under the direction of Stefan Schuck, presents a further selection from the more than 60 motets penned by Homilius.