Erwünschtes Freudenlicht, BWV 184
Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut, BWV 173
Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 59
Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV 44

In the 18th century, Leufsta Bruk – some 140 kilometres northwest of Stockholm – was the centre of a major industry producing iron both for Swedish needs and for export. It was a little principality in the middle of the forest governed by the descendants of Louis De Geer, a Belgian financier who developed the ironworks. The family was highly cultured and musical, and in particular Charles De Geer, a noted scientist as well as industrialist, contributed greatly to the remarkable collection of musical scores at Leufsta. These scores were to a large extent brought from Amsterdam and mirror the development of music and music publishing on the continent, as well as the musical activities at a flourishing Swedish manor of the period.

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Release: Nov 2002