During this turbulent time in North European history, composers found it very difficult to get their music printed, but rich patrons were still keen to commission special music for weddings, which they would then see published. As a result several composers of the time adapted their best pieces to suit the wedding theme in the hope that their music would then reach a wider audience.
I can’t say the performance was the most brilliant but an interesting programme all the same.
[ed.] The turbulent time being the time of the Thirty Years War and the composers presented are Scheidt, Schein and Schutz.