“In Dresden Zelenka developed his completely original musical language, which is incomparable to any other Baroque composer. Its originality and uniqueness – that’s something extraordinary.”

Václav Luks

Rendering of two major compositions from the early 18th century. Zelenka wrote his Mass for the Feast of the Body and Blood of the Lord (Corpus Christi) in Dresden in 1719, while Handel set Psalm 109 with the famous final choral part Gloria Patri – Glory to the Father in Rome in 1707.

Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745)
Missa Corporis Domini in C major

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Dixit Dominus
hymn for solo voices, choir and orchestra in G minor, HWV 232 (1707)

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