Romantic Moments for Male Choir (Bernius)
Together with Frieder Bernius the multiple prizewinning singers of the Taipei Male Choir have completed a CD recording featuring sacred works for men's choir from the beginning and flowering of German men's choirs in the early 19th century. There are numerous charming rarities to be discovered, among others by Franz Liszt, Georg Joseph Abbe Vogler and Conradin Kreutzer. The choir succeeds, with admirable dedication, in achieving the diverse timbres demanded by these today often unknown works. Since its founding in 1994 the Taipei Male Choir has been invited to sing at many international choir festivals and has been honored with many prestigious prizes.
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Ensemble
Taipei Male Choir
The Taipei Male Choir was founded in 1997. Since then, the choir has been invited to many international choral festivals and has won several important awards. In 2006, Taipei Male Choir was selected as No. 1 male choir in the world rankings list from INTERKULTUR Foundation and climbed to No. 6 position among all choirs in the world. The choir has toured extensively in Asia and Europe and collaborated with many internationally renowned choral conductors such as Frieder Bernius (Germany), Craig Hella Johnson (USA), Hans-Christoph Rademann (Germany), Ko Matsushita (Japan), Damijan Mo?nik (Slovenia), Jacek Sykulski (Poland) and Florian Helgath (Germany). Taipei Male Choir has released three CDs of classical and contemporary male choral music. The first and the latest recordings won the Best Performance Award at 2011 Golden Melody Award in Taiwan. In 2012, the choir celebrated its 15th season. It joined forces with the renowned German ensemble Die Singphoniker to premiere The Fire of Innocence in the Darkness of the World by German composer Enjott Schneider, a symphonic poem for solo singers, male choir and organ. In December that year, the choir ended the celebration with a concert of newly commissioned male choral music from 13 international composers. In 2014, the choir commissioned and premiered work by Filipino composer Alejandro D. Consolacion II. Since 2005, the choir has invited nine choirs and ensembles from Germany, Japan, Poland and Australia to perform and hold workshops in Taiwan. It has continuously received funding from the Taiwan’s government for its outstanding artistic achievements and efforts in culture exchange. The conductor of the Taipei Male Choir is Nieh Yen-Hsiang. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Chef d'orchestre
Frieder Bernius
| 1947Le travail de Frieder Bernius jouit d’une grande reconnaissance à l’échelle mondiale. Il est très sollicité à l’international, tant comme chef d’orchestre que comme professeur. Ses partenaires artistiques sont principalement le Chœur de chambre de Stuttgart, l’Orchestre baroque de Stuttgart, la Hofkapelle de Stuttgart et la Philharmonie classique de Stuttgart. C’est en 1968, avec la création du Chœur de chambre de Stuttgart, qu’il a posé les bases de sa carrière exceptionnelle, qu’il a rapidement fait de cet ensemble l’un des plus éminents de son genre. Qu’il s’agisse d’œuvres vocales de Monteverdi, Bach, Haendel, Mozart, Beethoven, Fauré et Ligeti, de musiques de théâtre de Mendelssohn ou de symphonies de Haydn, Burgmüller et Schubert, le travail de Frieder Bernius vise toujours un son à la fois fidèle à l’idéal sonore original et d’une personnalité incomparable. Il se consacre aussi bien à la redécouverte d’opéras du XVIIIe siècle qu’aux créations de compositions contemporaines. Il porte un intérêt particulier à l’histoire de la musique du sud-ouest de l’Allemagne. Le travail de Frieder Bernius est largement documenté sur disques et CD sous le label Carus. De nombreux enregistrements ont été récompensés par des prix internationaux. Dans le cadre du Festival choral allemand de Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius s’est vu décerner un CD d’or par les éditions Carus pour son intégrale de la musique vocale sacrée de Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Sonntraud Engels-Benz
Critiques
Es passt! Und wie es passt, ist in jedem Punkt überzeugend. Die Phrasengestaltung ist einnehmend und elegant ... Der Klang ist homogen, die Intonation makellos.
Johannes Krutmann, Kirchenmusikalische MItteilungen des Erzbistums Paderborn, Januar 2017
Not just a ‘pops’ programme, then, but a searching trawl through a fascinating choral literature. Strongly recommended.
Brian Morton, Choir & Organ, 15.11.2016
...alles schwingt und singt im besten Sinne. Bekanntes und Unbekanntes, Weltliches und Geistliches, fast alles a cappella – jedes Stück zum Einrahmen.
Aachner Zeitung 19.02.2016