Martin Luther & His Adversary Albrecht Von Branden

Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble, Arno Paduch

Arnolt Schlick: Primi toni (organ solo) - All ding mit rad (lute solo) - Hoe lostelick - Wer gnad durch klaff (lute solo) - Weg wart (lute solo) - Maria zart (organ solo); Maria zart (lute & soprano) - Benedictus (organ solo) - Nicolas Gombert: Felix Austriæ domus - Martin Luther: Non moriar sed vivam - Ludwig Senfl: Non moriar sed vivam - Wolff Heintz: Christ unser Herr; Nu bitten wir den Heiligen Geist - Jörg Schönfelder: Ich weiß ein hubschen Baurenknecht - Paul Hofhaimer/Arnolt Schlick: Hertzliebstes pild - Jörg Brack: Ich hoff es sei fast wohl möglich - Anonymus/Arnolt Schlick: Nun hab ich all mein Tag - Jacobus Clemens non Papa: Misit me vivens pater - Constanzo Festa/Ludwig Senfl: Quis dabit occulis - Gregorian antiphone: Regina coelorum - Arnold von Bruck: Te Deum

The elector and cardinal of Mainz, Archbishop Albrecht of Brandenburg, is today mainly known as the man who triggered the Reformation. Curiously enough, Albrecht was himself in favour of reforms within the church and not at all opposed to much of Martin Luther's thinking. He stood for reconciliation rather than confrontation. Only when he saw his power directly threatened as a result of the Peasants' War, which broke out in 1524 and provided an indication of the explosive potential of the masses, did Albrecht become a bitter adversary of Luther. He expelled all Protestant clergymen from office in his bishoprics and instigated Catholic reforms at all levels. Albrecht of Brandenburg was perhaps the only German Renaissance prince of the church who ever matched his Italian counterparts; art was for him a means o f self-glorification and aggrandizement. The courtorchestra he established in Halle an der Saale is depicted in several paintings. His court painter was none other than Mathias Grünewald, while Albrecht Dürer also painted several portraits of him. Albrecht exerted considerable influence on the architecture of Halle an der Saale, his residence in the bishopric of Magdeburg.

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