Magnificat in C

Solo S, Coro SATB, 2 Ob, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

The Bohemian composer Jan Dismas Zelenka was a double bass player and church music composer t the Saxon court of the Elector August the Strong and his son Friedrich August II. In he years after 1721 he composed an extensive repertoire of Catholic church music together ith the Kapellmeister Johann David Heinichen. These works, together with the Dresden operas omposed by Johann Adolf Hasse in quick succession from 1731 onwards, established the reputationf the Saxon court as one of the most important musical centers of the late Baroque period.

The two Magnificat settings (C major, ZWV 107; D major, ZWV 108) are amongst well over 30 psalm and Magnificat settings by Zelenka for Vespers services in Dresden. In contrast to he work in D major, where the choir has a prominent part, this Magnificat in C major is a solo cantata for soprano written in the modern concerto style with participation of the choir.