Zelenka - Nisi Dominus, ZWV 92. {Autograph score + 4k HD}

#jan #dismas #zelenka #score #sheetmusic #zwv #92 The autograph score to a short but ingenious motet by Jan Dismas Zelenka, /Z. 92/. This Nisi Dominus, composed circa 1726, is a wonderfully compact through-composed setting of 202 bars. The choral and solo vocal passages sit above a relentless instrumental unison ostinato pattern of eight bars length which provides driving energy from beginning to end. The ostinato pattern moves through a series of predominantly minor keys: A minor – D minor – E minor – B minor – G Major – B minor – A minor. The one excursion into a major tonality occurs at exactly the half-way mark at bar 101, the ninth statement of the ostinato. With great art and skill Zelenka contrived to move through this harmonic cycle without ever weakening the momentum established by the ostinato pattern. I: Nisi Dominus - 00:00 II: Amen - 4:30 Performer(s):