Beethoven (1770-1827) - Christus Am Olberge: Herreweghe / Champs-elysees O Collegium Vocale Gent Kohlhepp Lyons T.e.bauer - Import Japan Ver CDDescription: Beethoven, who wrote "The Heiligenstadt Testament" in 1802, in his early thirties, wrote his first religious work, "Christ on Mount Olive," the following year. It depicts a scene in which Christ, foreseeing his fate, prays on the Mount of Olives, when soldiers appear and Peter and others are captured despite their resistance. Beethoven did not look to the Bible for the text, but asked the opera writer Huber to write the original, and the