Lautten Compagney

Last updated

lautten compagney BERLIN
Early music ensemble
Founded1984 (1984) by Hans-Werner Apel and Wolfgang Katschner
LocationBerlin
Principal conductorWolfgang Katschner
Website www.lauttencompagney.de

lautten compagney BERLIN is a German instrumental ensemble based in Berlin. Founded in 1984 by Hans-Werner Apel and Wolfgang Katschner, now the principal conductor, it specializes in early music and Baroque music, notably the operas of Handel.

Contents

Music

lautten compagney BERLIN was founded in 1984 as a lute duo by lutenists Hans-Werner Apel and Wolfgang Katschner. The ensemble grew and plays in varied formation, specialising in Early music and Baroque music, notably the operas of Handel. Katschner is the principal conductor, Apel plays in the continuo group. Twice a year the group runs a festival, AEQUINOX, in Neuruppin. [1]

The ensemble has frequently played choral works in concert and recording, collaborating with notable singers and ensembles. In varied formation from chamber ensemble to opera orchestra, they performed with vocal ensemble Capella Angelica, also founded by Katschner, and the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin, works including Handel's Der Messias and Bach's Passions. [2] In 2007 they recorded cantatas by Dieterich Buxtehude. [3] In 2010 they performed Bach's Köthener Trauermusik in the reconstruction by Alexander Grychtolik in the Sophienkirche Berlin. [4] In 2011, they played Handel's opera Rinaldo , 300 years after its premiere, with Valer Barna-Sabadus in the title role. [5] In 2012 they performed Handel's oratorio La resurrezione , staged by Kobie van Rensburg, and Bach's Christmas Oratorio . [1] For the Rheingau Musik Festival's annual Marienvesper at Eberbach Abbey, they performed Monteverdi's Vespers in 2013 with ensemble amarcord and five additional guest singers. [6] [7]

In December 2015 the European Broadcasting Union included the lautten compagney BERLIN in its annual Christmas radio programme, which is broadcast across various European countries. The group played a selection of music from the Bach cantatas in instrumental arrangements. [8]

Awards

lautten compagney BERLIN won an ECHO Klassik award in 2010 in the category Ensemble – Alte Musik. [1] They were awarded the Rheingau Music Prize in 2012. [1] [9]

Selected discography

Artist recitals

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andreas Scholl</span> German countertenor

Andreas Scholl is a German countertenor, a male classical singer in the alto vocal range, specialising in Baroque music.

<i>Membra Jesu Nostri</i> 1680 cycle of cantatas by Dieterich Buxtehude

Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75, is a cycle of seven cantatas composed in 1680 by Dieterich Buxtehude and dedicated to Gustaf Düben. More specifically and fully it is, in Buxtehude’s phrase, a devotione decantata,” or “sung devotion,” titled Membra Jesu nostri patientis sanctissima, which translates from the Latin as Limbs Most Holy of Our Suffering Jesus. Regarding genre, the cycle consists in seven concerto-aria cantatas, a form that had emerged in Germany in the 1660s. The stanzas of its main text are drawn from the medieval hymn Salve mundi salutare, also known as the Rhythmica oratio, formerly ascribed to Bernard of Clairvaux but now thought to be by Arnulf of Leuven. Each cantata addresses a part of Jesus’ crucified body: feet, knees, hands, side, breast, heart and face; in each, Biblical words referring to the limb frame verses of the hymn’s text.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin</span>

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin is a German chamber orchestra founded in East Berlin in 1982. Each year Akamus gives approximately 100 concerts, ranging from small chamber works to large-scale symphonic pieces in Europe's musical centers as well as on tours in Asia, North America and South America.

Daniel John Taylor, is a Canadian countertenor and early music specialist. Taylor runs the Theatre of Early Music and teaches at the University of Toronto.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Suzie LeBlanc</span> Canadian opera singer

Suzie LeBlanc is a Canadian soprano and early music specialist. She taught at McGill University from 2016 to 2020 and became the Artistic and Executive Director of Early Music Vancouver in 2021. She was named a member of the Order of Canada in 2014 for her contributions to music and Acadian culture.

Konrad Junghänel is a German lutenist and conductor in the field of historically informed performance, the founder and director of the vocal ensemble Cantus Cölln.

Klaus Mertens is a German bass and bass-baritone singer who is known especially for his interpretation of the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach for bass voice.

Jörg Dürmüller is a Swiss classical tenor in concert and opera.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rheingau Musik Festival</span> International music festival in Germany

The Rheingau Musik Festival (RMF) is an international summer music festival in Germany, founded in 1987. It is mostly for classical music, but includes other genres. Concerts take place at culturally important locations, such as Eberbach Abbey and Schloss Johannisberg, in the wine-growing Rheingau region between Wiesbaden and Lorch.

Dorothee Mields is a German soprano concert singer of Baroque and contemporary music.

Siri Karoline Thornhill is a Norwegian classical soprano for concert and opera, known for singing music of Johann Sebastian Bach.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amarcord (ensemble)</span> German male classical vocal ensemble

Amarcord is a German male classical vocal ensemble based in Leipzig, founded in 1992 by five former members of the Thomanerchor. They primarily perform Medieval music and Renaissance music, as well as collaborating with Contemporary music|contemporary composers. Until 2013, the group's name was Ensemble Amarcord.

Patrick Van Goethem is a Belgian countertenor, known for performing early music.

Werner Güra is a German classical tenor in opera, concert and Lied, also an academic teacher in Zurich.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kobie van Rensburg</span> South African tenor and opera director (born 1969)

Kobie van Rensburg is a South African tenor and opera director.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hans-Christoph Rademann</span> German choral conductor (born 1965)

Hans-Christoph Rademann is a German choral conductor, currently the director of the Dresdner Kammerchor and the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart.

The Dresdner Kammerchor is a mixed chamber choir which was founded in 1985 by Hans-Christoph Rademann in Dresden and is still conducted by him. The semiprofessional ensemble of about 40 singers has appeared internationally.

Wolfgang Katschner is a German lutenist and conductor. He is director of the ensembles Capella Angelica and Lautten Compagney which specialise in Baroque music—notably the operas of Handel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sunhae Im</span> South Korean soprano (born 1976)

Sunhae Im is a South Korean soprano. She has been described as a bright and versatile lyric soprano with lightness and coloratura. She first gained her reputation in the field of early music and now performs a wide range of classical and non-classical music.

Vasiljka Jezovšek is a German operatic soprano.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Rheingau Musik Preis 2012 geht an die lautten compagney BERLIN" (in German). kulturmarken.de. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  2. "Barockensemble lautten compagney BERLIN" (in German). kulturmarken.de. Archived from the original on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  3. Woolf, Jonathan (2007). "Dietrich Buxtehude (c.1637–1707)". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  4. "Die weltliche Urfassung der Matthäuspassion" (in German). Sophienkirche Berlin. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  5. Steiner-Rinneberg, Britta (22 August 2011). "lautten compagney BERLIN brilliert mit Händels Frühwerk "Rinaldo"" (in German). rmt-magazin.de. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  6. Zibulski, Axel (17 August 2013). "Rheingau Musik Festival: Claudio Monteverdis "Marienvesper" in der Basilika von Kloster Eberbach". Wiesbadener Tagblatt (in German). Archived from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  7. "Monteverdi: Marienvesper" (in German). Rheingau Musik Festival. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  8. "Christmas around Europe". Radio Times (www.radiotimes.com). Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  9. "Rheingau Musikpreis / 2012 Lautten Compagney Berlin" (in German). Rheingau Musik Festival. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2013.