Ensemble Weser-Renaissance Bremen

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The Ensemble Weser-Renaissance Bremen is a German instrumental Ensemble, which specialises primarily in the preparation and performance of the musical works of the Renaissance and Baroque music. [1]

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Since its foundation in 1993, the Ensemble Weser-Renaissance Bremen has developed into an ensemble for the music of the 16th and 17th centuries. [2] It is now a regular guest at major European festivals for early music and has repeatedly recorded newly discovered music from the Renaissance and early Baroque periods, which has been positively received by musical experts. [3]

The ensemble is geared towards the best possible representation of the respective repertoire and is therefore variable in its instrumentation. In addition to international vocal soloists, highly specialised instrumentalists for the original instruments of the respective epoch will be engaged. The aim is a lively and at the same time stylistically correct rendition of the works of the 16th and 17th centuries. In addition to the performance of Italian, Flemish, English and Central German composers, special attention is paid to North German music. [4]

The director of the ensemble, which was founded in 1993, is Manfred Cordes, a lecturer at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen. [5] [6]

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References

  1. Ensemble Weser-Renaissance Bremen on Deutschlandfunkkultur
  2. "Ensemble Weser-Renaissance Bremen". HFK BREMEN (in German). Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  3. SIGLO DE ORO – Musik aus Spaniens Godenem Zeitalter on hfk-bremen
  4. "Das Ensemble Weser-Renaissance unter der künstlerischen Leitung von Prof. Manfred Cordes". Pressestelle des Senats (in German). Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  5. "Ensemble Weser-Renaissance Bremen". MIZ (in German). 17 November 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  6. "Festkonzert zur Verabschiedung von Prof. Dr. Manfred Cordes". idw (in German). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2020.