Martin Lattke

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Martin Lattke (born 29 May 1981) is a German tenor, performing as a soloist and former member of the ensemble amarcord.

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Career

Born in Pirna, Martin Lattke was seven years old when he received his first singing training. He was a member of the Thomanerchor as a boy soprano for nine years beginning in 1990. [1]

Pirna Place in Saxony, Germany

Pirna is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, capital of the administrative district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. The town's population is over 37,000. Pirna is located near Dresden and is an important district town as well as a Große Kreisstadt. It is also known for the gassing of about 15,000 disabled people in Sonnenstein Castle between June 1940 and August 1941, killings which ceased after pressure was exerted on the authorities by the local population. Today, a small plaque at the base of Sonnenstein Castle and the Sonnenstein Memorial remembers the dead.

Thomanerchor boys choir in Leipzig

The Thomanerchor is a boys' choir in Leipzig, Germany. The choir was founded in 1212. At present, the choir consists of about 90 boys from 9 to 18 years of age. The members, called Thomaner, live in a boarding school, the Thomasalumnat, and attend the Thomasschule zu Leipzig, a Gymnasium school with a linguistic profile and a focus on musical education. The younger members attend the primary school 76. Grundschule in der Manetstraße. Johann Sebastian Bach served as Thomaskantor, director of the choir and church music in Leipzig, from 1723 to 1750.

In 1999 he co-founded the Leipzig vocal quintet Calmus, with which he did concert tours in Europe and the USA. He won awards at international competitions. In 2002, he was awarded a scholarship of the German Music Competition. Since 2006 he is a member of the ensemble amarcord. Lattke received singing lessons from Gotthold Schwarz in Leipzig, completed studies in industrial engineering in 2003, and studied then singing at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig with Hans-Joachim Beyer. In 2007 he attended a master class with Peter Schreier [1] and received artistic impulses for singing the part of the Evangelist in Bach's Passions.

Gotthold Schwarz opera singer

Gotthold Schwarz is a German bass-baritone singer and conductor. Based in Leipzig, he started as a member of the Thomanerchor and has conducted the Gewandhausorchester. He is the 17th Thomaskantor after Johann Sebastian Bach.

University of Music and Theatre Leipzig public university in Leipzig (Saxony, Germany)

The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig is a public university in Leipzig. Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn as the Conservatorium der Musik , it is the oldest university school of music in Germany.

Peter Schreier German tenor and conductor

Peter Schreier is a German tenor and conductor.

Lattke's repertoire includes songs and ensemble literature from the Renaissance to contemporary, oratorios, preferably of the works of Bach, and opera. His debut as the Evangelist in Bach's Christmas Oratorio in 2008 was at the Teatro La Fenice, conducted by Riccardo Chailly. He performed at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, with the Lebanese National Orchestra in Beirut, and performed regularly Bach's Passions with the Thomanerchor, directed by Thomaskantor Georg Christoph Biller in the Thomaskirche. [1] During his singing career he toured Europe, the U.S., Australia, Canada, Russia, Korea, Africa, Central America and the Middle East.

<i>Christmas Oratorio</i> oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach

The Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It was written for the Christmas season of 1734 and incorporates music from earlier compositions, including three secular cantatas written during 1733 and 1734 and a now lost church cantata, BWV 248a. The date is confirmed in Bach's autograph manuscript. The next performance was not until 17 December 1857 by the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin under Eduard Grell. The Christmas Oratorio is a particularly sophisticated example of parody music. The author of the text is unknown, although a likely collaborator was Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander).

Riccardo Chailly Italian conductor

Riccardo Chailly, is an Italian conductor. He started his career as an opera conductor and gradually extended his repertoire to encompass symphonic music.

The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino is an annual Italian arts festival in Florence, including a notable opera festival, under the auspices of the Opera di Firenze. The festival occurs between late April into June annually, typically with four operas.

Recordings

Lattke performed in 2009 with the ensemble amarcord in a concert and live recording of Bach's lost St Mark Passion . The reconstruction by Diethard Hellmann, revised by Andreas Glöckner, was performed in the Frauenkirche Dresden, with the Kölner Akademie conducted by Michael Alexander Willens. [2]

The St Mark Passion, BWV 247, is a lost Passion setting by Johann Sebastian Bach, first performed in Leipzig on Good Friday, 23 March 1731 and again, in a revised version, in 1744. Though Bach's music is lost, the libretto by Picander is still extant, and from this, the work can to some degree be reconstructed.

Diethard Hellmann German cantor, concert organist and academic

Diethard Hellmann was a German Kantor and an academic in Leipzig, Mainz and Munich.

Andreas Glöckner is a German musicologist, a Bach scholar who has served as the dramaturge of the Bachfest Leipzig.

Lattke appeared as the Evangelist in a 2010 recording of Bach's Christmas Oratorio for Decca with the Gewandhausorchester, conducted by Chailly, [3] and in a 2012 recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion conducted by Biller on DVD. [1] A reviewer noted: "Martin Lattke as the Evangelist delivers his recitatives with plenty of engaging interest and without histrionics." [3]

<i>St Matthew Passion</i> passion by Johann Sebastian Bach

The St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, is a Passion, a sacred oratorio written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1727 for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra, with libretto by Picander. It sets chapters 26 and 27 of the Gospel of Matthew to music, with interspersed chorales and arias. It is widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of classical sacred music. The original Latin title Passio Domini nostri J.C. secundum Evangelistam Matthæum translates to "The Passion of our Lord J[esus] C[hrist] according to the Evangelist Matthew".

Lattke was in 2010 with the ensemble amarcord a winner of the ECHO Klassik for the album "Restless Love", and in 2012 again for the album "Das Lieben bringt groß Freud".

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Martin Lattke (Tenor)". bach-cantatas.com. 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Markus-Passion BWV 247". bach-cantatas.com. 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  3. 1 2 Clements, Dominy (2010). "Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) / Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
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