Johann Balthasar Christian Freislich (1687-1764)
- Er ist darum für alle gestorben, Feria 2da Paschat.
Performers: Heike Heilmann (soprano); Ewa Zeuner (alto); Virgil Hartinger (tenor); Marek Rzepka (bass);
Goldberg Baroque Ensemble; Andrzej Mikolaj Szadejko (conductor)
Further info: Cantata an dem hohen Geburtsfeste des Herrn Augusti III
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German organist and composer. Son of a clergy man, he probably received
his earliest musical education at the Court of Saxe-Meiningen. In 1714,
he was appointed court organist to the Prince of
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in Sondershausen and in 1716, he was promoted
to the position of court Kapellmeister. Around 1719 or 1720 he became
director of the Hofkapelle in Sondershausen, where he wrote a St Matthew
Passion (performed in 1720 at Johanneskirche, Danzig), a cycle of
cantatas and a short opera. He was sent to Dresden for a year by his
employer, Prince Günther Schwarzburg. He went to Danzig about 1730 and
in 1731, on the death of his half-brother Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich
(1673-1731), he became Kapellmeister at Marienkirche, Danzig, remaining
in that position to the end of his life. As a composer, he played an
important role in the city's music life. He wrote several cantatas for
festive and solemn family occasions in Danzig as well as other
occasional works for anniversaries of historical importance and works in
honor of two Polish monarchs, King August II and King August III. After
his death, he was succeeded as Kapellmeister at the Marienkirche by his
son-in-law Christian Friedrich Morheim (1719-1780), a former pupil of
Johann Sebastian Bach.
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