Audio - Partita on "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" (String Ensemble)

This downloadable audio file contains Martin Dicke's Partita on "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" designed for a string ensemble. Accompanying this audio file, a complete score and a set of parts, can be obtained (S0.1195135). The partita, based on the melody HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN by Hans Leo Hassler, a composer from the Renaissance era (1564-1612), is composed of six distinct movements. The composition's structure features chorale settings that surround inner movements, which utilize mournful ostinatos, an almost-canon, and a bicinium that transitions into a trio during the cadences, delivering a tone of anguish and non-traditionalism.