Lighten mine eyes – Contemporary Choral Music
The possibilities of the voice: A cappella choral music is once again one of the booming branches of musical life. This is due on the one hand to the curiosity of choirs in an internationally-linked and highly-motivated choral scene, and on the other to the fact that mostly younger composers are again discovering the charm of the human voice, with its many-faceted expressive possibilities. Here the Orpheus Vokalensemble, under Gary Graden, present various choral works from Germany, Scandinavia, and the Baltic states. Whether pure sound or pure rhythm, musical amplification of the language or the simulation of synthesized sounds, the lively contrast or the discreet changing from tradition to the modern, whether Buchenberg or Nysted – characteristic of and representative of contemporary choral music is its wide-ranging diversity.
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- Memento Creatoris tui
- Hominies Dies
- Du bist der Herr, unser Gott
- Erbarme dich unser
- Lasst uns umkehren zum Herrn
- Ich bin das Brot des Lebens
- Lighten mine eyes
- Salve Regina
- Traumtänze
- Pygmy o-i
- Es sollen wohl Berge weichen
- Gloria in excelsis Deo
- The Spheres
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Preface writer
Andreas Bomba
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Ensemble
Orpheus Vokalensemble
The Orpheus Vokalensemble was founded in 2005 as the professional chamber choir of the Landesmusikakademie Baden-Württemberg. This is an international ensemble which places the highest vocal demands on its members. Internationally recognized choral conductors are engaged for each assignment, and they exercise lasting influence on the artistic quality of the ensemble. Its model is the legendary Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (New York), whose name it shares. Its artistic aims, in the preparation and performance of works, are to bring the fundamentals of chamber music – personal commitment and mutual respect – to bear on the work of a vocal ensemble. Its members have the right to participate in the choice of repertoire, soloists, conductors and concert programs. Several composers have already written works for the Orpheus Vokalensemble, including Bo Hansson, Knut Nystedt, Gregor Hübner and Jürgen Essl. In 2006 the ensemble was invited to the International Lake Constance Festival. Other invitations to important festivals have followed. Personal details
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Conductor
Gary Graden
| 1955Gary Graden was born in the USA and studied at Clark University, the Hartt School of Music, the Aspen Summer Music Festival, and with Eric Ericson at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He is a former member and tenor soloist with the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir. Graden is presently the director of choral music in the Stockholm cathedral and S:t Jacobs Church in Stockholm. With S:t Jacobs Chamber Choir he has won grand prizes and first prizes in many of Europe’s most prestigious competitions, including the European Choral Grand Prix. He has also participated in a wide array of national and international festivals and is in demand as conductor, teacher and adjudicator throughout the world. His work as conductor and singer is documented on many CD and radio recordings. Gary Graden was elected Sweden’s Choral Conductor of the Year in 2005. In 2009 he and his choir were awarded the Guidoneum Award from the Fondazione Guido D’Arezzo in Italy. Personal details
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