Heinrich Schütz L'Histoire de Noël

Heinrich Schütz is regarded as the first German musician of European stature. As a choirboy from 1599 at the court of Landgrave Moritz of Hessen-Kassel, he received a thorough education. In 1608 he began a law degree in Marburg, but broke this off in 1609 in order, with the support of the Landgrave, to study composition with Giovanni Gabrieli, organist at St Mark’s in Venice. In 1613 Schütz returned to Kassel, but two years later was enticed away by Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony to the Dresden court as “Organist und Director der Musica”, where he held the position of Hofkapellmeister (court Kapellmeister) from 1617 until his death. Schütz’s great cycles of vocal works marked the high point of his reputation in Germany and northern Europe. But these represent only part of Schütz’s output; individual works are represented in printed collections with works by other composers, others only survive in manuscript, and much has been lost. The Stuttgart Schütz Edition makes available Schütz’s complete oeuvre, and all works are also published in practical Urtext editions. Plus d'information sur la personne

Paul Horn war ein deutscher Kirchenmusiker, Organist, Komponist und Musikwissenschaftler. Er studierte Kirchenmusik und Orgel an der Evangelischen Kirchenmusikschule Esslingen am Neckar bei Hans-Arnold Metzger und Musikwissenschaft, Theologie und Geschichte an der Universität Tübingen. Seine berufliche Laufbahn begann als Kantor an der Evangelischen Michaelskirche in Stuttgart-Degerloch. 1954 wurde er Kantor an der Evangelischen Stadtkirche Ravensburg, eine Position, die er bis zu seiner Pensionierung innehatte. Als Musikwissenschaftler arbeitete Horn bis ins hohe Alter eng mit Carus zusammen. So stammen zahlreiche Carus-Klavierauszüge aus seiner Feder. Plus d'information sur la personne

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Le Dresdner Kammerchor (Chœur de chambre de Dresde) – l’un des meilleurs chœurs d’Allemagne – est bien connu pour sa sonorité unique, faite d’une grande intensité et clarté. Rayonnement dynamique, homogénéité et transparence sonores souvent cités en exemple sont les points forts de cet ensemble demandé au niveau international. Le chœur a été créé en 1985 par Hans-Christoph Rademann et des étudiants du Conservatoire de musique « Carl Maria von Weber » de Dresde. De nombreuses tournées de concerts ont établi la notoriété de l’ensemble également hors d’Europe. En ont résulté des invitations régulières à d’importants festivals internationaux. Le répertoire du chœur va de la musique de la Renaissance à des compositions du 21ème siècle. Des interprétations de la musique chorale romantique et contemporaine ont été récompensées de prix spéciaux lors de concours internationaux, ainsi que du prix d’encouragement de la fondation Ernst von Siemens. En dehors de la pratique a cappella, le chœur de chambre se consacre intensément à la coopération avec le Dresdner Barockorchester et l’ensemble « Alte Musik Dresden », donnant des impulsions importantes à la pratique de la musique ancienne en Saxe. Une foule d’enregistrements pour la radio et pour le CD, ainsi que la coopération avec des orchestres allemands et étrangers viennent renforcer la renommée du Chœur de chambre de Dresde. Le CD paru aux Editions Carus de Stuttgart, avec le premier enregistrement mondial du Requiem en mi bémol majeur de Johann Adolf Hasse s’est vu décerner le prix de la Critique allemand du disque. Plus d'information sur la personne

Le Dresdner Barockorchester [Orchestre baroque de Dresde] a été créé en 1991 par des diplômés du Conservatoire de musique de Dresde. Au cours des années, les musiciens saxons ont révélé tout ce qu’il avaient de particulier à apporter à la scène de la musique ancienne : force émotionnelle et expressive, alliée à une musicalité éloquente, une interprétation sous un angle neuf, vivant. Les compositions de maîtres de chapelle et instrumentistes de la Chapelle de la cour de Dresde des 17ème et 18ème siècles comme Hasse, Heinichen, Zelenka, Quantz, Pisendel e. a. constituent un aspect important du répertoire du Dresdner Barockorchester. Le centre de gravité et le défi véritable pour l’ensemble est le vécu direct du concert. Plusieurs enregistrements pour le CD documentent autant l’art des interprètes que la pratique musicale éprise de magnificence de la cour baroque de Dresde. Des tournées ont conduit le Dresdner Barockorchester non seulement dans de nombreux centres musicaux d’Allemagne, mais aussi en Hollande, en Espagne, en Autriche et au Japon. Plus d'information sur la personne

Conductor Hans-Christoph Rademann is an immensely versatile artist with a broad repertoire who devotes himself with equal passion and expertise both to the performance and rediscovery of early music and to the first performances and cultivation of Contemporary Music. Born in Dresden and raised in the Erzgebirge mountains, he was influenced at an early age by the great Central German kantorial and musical tradition. He was a student at the traditional Kreuzgymnasium, a member of the famous Kreuzchor, and studied choral and orchestral conducting at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden. During his studies, he founded the Dresdner Kammerchor and formed it into a top international choir which is still under his direction today. Since 2013, Hans-Christoph Rademann has been the academy director of the International Bach Academy Stuttgart. He regularly collaborates with leading choirs and ensembles of the international music scene. From 1999 to 2004 he was chief conductor of the NDR Choir and from 2007 to 2015 chief conductor of the RIAS Chamber Choir. Guest conducting engagements have led and continue to lead him to the Nederlandse Bachvereniging, the Collegium Vocale Gent, the Akademie für Alte Musik, the Freiburger Barockorchester, the Deutsche Radiophilharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, the Sinfonieorchester Basel, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, among others. Hans-Christoph Rademann has been awarded prizes and honors for his artistic work, including the Johann Walter Plaque of the Saxon Music Council (2014), the Saxon Constitutional Medal (2008), the Sponsorship Prize as well as the Art Prize of the state capital Dresden (1994 and 2014 respectively). He received the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik several times for his numerous CD recordings (most recently in 2016), as well as the Grand Prix du Disque (2002), the Diapason d’Or (2006 & 2011), the CHOC de l’année 2011 and the Best Baroque Vocal Award 2014. In 2016 he was awarded the European Church Music Prize of the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd. His exemplary interpretation and recording of the complete works of Heinrich Schütz with the Dresdner Kammerchor in the Stuttgart Carus-Verlag, which was completed in 2019, was awarded the newly endowed Heinrich Schütz Prize as well as the OPUS KLASSIK 2020 in the same year. Hans-Christoph Rademann is professor of choral conducting at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden. He is also artistic director of the Musikfest Erzgebirge, ambassador of the Erzgebirge and patron of the Christian Hospice Service Dresden. Plus d'information sur la personne

Marie Luise Werneburg loves Renaissance and Baroque music. She grew up in a musical rectory in Dresden, and then developed her musical inclination and talent by firstly studying church music in Dresden and then later studying singing in Bremen. She is a sought-after soloist who pursues her passion for early music by singing concerts worldwide with, among others, the Ensemble Weser-Renaissance Bremen, the Lautten Compagney Berlin, the Rheinische Kantorei and Bell’Arte Salzburg. She is especially passionate about J.?S.?Bach’s cantatas and oratorios and H.?Schütz’s oeuvre. But she has also been enchanted by other musical treasures by less well-known composers such as Rosenmüller and Biber. Additionally, Werneburg’s other favorite musical projects include collaborating with the harpsichordist Elina Albach and her ensemble CONTINUUI IM, as well as with Hille Perl and the Sirius Viols. Plus d'information sur la personne

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The blind soprano Gerlinde Sämann studied piano and singing at the Richard Strauss Conservatoire in Munich, working with teachers including Karl- Heinz Jarius, Henriette Meyer-Ravenstein and Selma Aykan. Her repertoire ranges from historic works, via lieder and oratorio, to avant-garde and contemporary music theatre works. Since 1991 Gerlinde Samann has performed as a soloist with a wide range of ensembles, mainly specializing in early music, at leading festivals. These include the Dresdner Kreuzchor, Accentus Chamber Choir, Arsys Bourgogne, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, and La Petite Bande. She also enjoys a busy career in opera and contemporary music theatre, working with directors such as Arila Siegert, Gil Mehmert, Sabine Hasz, Thomas Hoft, Crescentia Dunser, and Otto Kukla. She has made numerous radio recordings and CDs in Germany and abroad. Gerlinde Samann is passionately committed to devising programs of unusual songs and duos, performing these with musicians such as the renowned fortepianist Ronald Brautigam. Plus d'information sur la personne

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The mezzo-soprano Maria Stosiek was born in Gorlitz in 1988. In Dresden she studied voice under Christiane Junghanns and violin with Annette Under and was a stipendiary of the Dresden Talentschmiede. Master classes under, among others, Charlotte Lehmann and Dorothee Mields brought her important musical impulses. Today she sings in the MDR choir (Middle German Radio Choir) as well as in the Dresdner Kammerchor, where she regularly sings solo parts. Moreover, she works as a soloist together with both the Singakademie Dresden and the Vokalensemble Kassel. Concert tours have taken her to other European countries, to Israel and Palestine, as well as to Taiwan and China. In addtion to ensemble singing and concert singing Maria Stosiek has devoted herself increasingly to contemporary music. Plus d'information sur la personne

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Tenor Tobias Mäthger studied singing, conducting and school music in Dresden and works as a freelance singer, conductor, teacher and church musician. He has already achieved considerable success with a varied concert career both nationally and internationally. He is a member and soloist with the Dresdner Kammerchor, as well as a member of the soloists’ ensemble of the Musik Podium Stuttgart under Frieder Bernius. In addition, he regularly works with leading artists and ensembles including Marc Minkowski, Rafael Frubeck de Burgos, Dresden Staatskapelle, the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Bremer Kammerphilharmonie, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Rheinische Kantorei and many others, as a soloist or as a conductor’s assistant. Plus d'information sur la personne

Ratio, Emotio, Physis – reason, emotion and physics – to be able to bring these three human aspects together in singing, that is the great challenge and the profound joy in Felix Schwandtke’s life. Being the son of a mathematician and an engineer, he has been shaped by analytical thinking; music provided a way for him to relate this to emotion, and to explore, with joy, the developing interaction. In the process, early music became an important catalyst, and his creative work lead him to renowned ensembles all across Europe, bringing with it many new musical encounters. Among these, the ones who have made the most impact are Hans-Christph Rademann, Ludger Rémy and Lars Ulrik Mortensen, as well as the director and Baroque dancer Milo Pablo Momm. Plus d'information sur la personne