The EuropaChorAkademie (European Choir Academy) is a German mixed choir , founded by Joshard Daus in 1997 as a group formed by students of two music universities, the University of Mainz and the University of the Arts Bremen . They have performed internationally and recorded choral works including Mahler's Second Symphony and Schönberg's Moses und Aron .
History
EuropaChorAkademie was founded in 1997 by the conductor Joshard Daus as a choir for concerts and recordings, formed by young professionals, students of two music universities, the University of Mainz [ 1] and the University of the Arts Bremen .[ 2] Young singers from Europe, Latin America and Asia collaborate on projects for concerts and CD recordings.[ 2]
The first project was in Mahler's Second Symphony , with Michael Gielen and the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg .[ 3] The first tour was in 1998 to Greece, conducted by Gerd Albrecht . The same year, they performed and recorded Roméo et Juliette by Berlioz with the SWR Sinfonieorchester conducted by Sylvain Cambreling . A reviewer noted their positive contribution and found their "ghostly, emaciated, hushed singing" in Part III impressive.[ 4] In 1999, Daus conducted a tour to Spain, performing Bach's St John Passion . The same year, the choir performed in the US premiere of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Requiem für einen jungen Dichter (Requiem for a Young Poet ) at Carnegie Hall in New York City.[ 3]
The choir appeared in 2000 for the first time at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in a production of Janáček's Die Sache Makropulos conducted by Simon Rattle .[ 3] They performed Zimmermann's Requiem für einen jungen Dichter at the 2003 Lucerne Festival , conducted by Ingo Metzmacher .[ 3] In 2004 the group sang at the Easter Festival in Lucerne in the Requiem by Hector Berlioz . The same year, they performed Britten's War Requiem in the Mainz Cathedral with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie .[ 5] In 2007 the choir sang, again with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Poulenc's Stabat Mater and Bruckners Mass No. 3 in F minor , including at the Berliner Philharmonie .[ 6] They participated in the premiere of Krzysztof Penderecki 's revised Symphony No. 8 at the opening concert of the 2008 Beijing Music Festival , conducted by the composer.[ 3]
EuropaChorAkademie collaborated with Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra in opera productions of the Baden-Baden Festival including Wagner's Lohengrin and Korngold's Das Wunder der Heliane in 2008.[ 3]
EuropaChorAkademie was awarded the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik 2009 and in 2010 the Midem Classical for their recording of Requiem für einen jungen Dichter , with soloists, the Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno, the Slovak Philharmonic Choir, the Eric Vloeimans Quintet and the Holland Symfonia , conducted by Bernhard Kontarsky for the label Cybele .[ 7] [ 8] They recorded in 2014 Schönberg's unfinished opera Moses und Aron with Franz Grundheber as Moses, Andreas Conrad [de ] as Aron, and the SWR Sinfonieorchester conducted by Cambreling.[ 7] [ 9] A review noted that the choir was highly expressive (hochexpressiv ) in its important dramatic function where the choir is not a commentator as in ancient Greek drama, but an actor (dramatischer Handlungsträger ).[ 10] The recording was nominated for the Grammy of 2015 in the category Best Opera Recording.[ 11]
Selected recordings
1998: Mendelssohn Paulus / Daus / Bach-Ensemble der EuropaChorAkademie / SWR Sinfonieorchester [ 7]
1999: Bach Mass in B minor / Daus / Bach-Ensemble der EuropaChorAkademie / Münchner Symphoniker [ 7]
2000: Bach: St John Passion / Daus / Bach-Ensemble der EuropaChorAkademie[ 7]
2001: Berlioz Roméo et Juliette / Cambreling / SWR Sinfonieorchester[ 7]
2004: Mahler Symphony No. 8 / Gielen / SWR Sinfonieorchester[ 7]
2008: Debussy Le Martyre de saint Sébastien / Cambreling, Grant Murphy, Pecková, Stutzmann, Lyssewski
2008: Haydn Missa in angustiis / Gielen, Lind, Danz, Taylor, Hagen
2008: Berlioz L'enfance du Christ / Cambreling, Henschel, Beuron, Rouillon, Brenz, Martin-Bonnet[ 7]
2008: Schumann Das Paradies und die Peri / Cambreling, Kringelborn, Jansen, Pecková, Homberger, Karasiak, Braun[ 7]
2009: Verdi Messa da Requiem / Plácido Domingo , Gallardo-Domas, Brillembourg, Berti, Abrazákow[ 7]
2009: Berlioz Grande Messe des Morts / Cambreling, Groves[ 7]
2009: Zimmermann Requiem für einen jungen Dichter / Kontarsky [ 7]
2010: Liszt Christus / Daus, Kostenko, Brillembourg, Dewald, Salter[ 7]
2011: Bach Mass in B minor / Daus, Wilsberg Lund, Brillembourg, Süß, Nolte[ 7]
2012: Orff Catulli Carmina / Cambreling[ 7]
2012: Mozart Requiem / Daus[ 7]
2012: Verdi Messa da Requiem / Cambreling[ 7]
2012: Brahms Zigeunerlieder / Daus[ 7]
2012: Poulenc Stabat Mater / Daus[ 7]
2014: Schönberg Moses und Aron / Cambreling, SWR Sinfonieorchester.[ 7]
References
^ "International Study Programs" . University of Mainz . Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 11 May 2017 .
^ a b "EuropaChorAkademie Profilseite" (in German). Verband Deutscher Konzertchöre . Retrieved 21 April 2017 .
^ a b c d e f "EuropaChorAkademie" . Lucerne Festival. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2017 .
^ Clarke, Colin (2001). "Hector Berlioz (1803–69) / Roméo et Juliette / Olivier Messiaen (1908–92) / L'Ascension" . musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 1 May 2017 .
^ Wolff, Jan-Geert (9 November 2004). "Grauen des Krieges / Benjamin Brittens War Requiem im Dom" . Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2010 .
^ EuropaChorAkademie, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Joshard Daus, Claudia Barainsky, Gabriele Künzler, Christian Elsner (in German), Berliner Philharmoniker , 6 November 2007
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Uitvoeringen" (in Dutch). muziekweb.nl. Retrieved 21 April 2017 .
^ "Midem Classical Awards announced" . Gramophone . 27 January 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2017 .
^ "CDs unter der Leitung von Sylvain Cambreling" (PDF) . SWR Sinfonieorchester 16/17 (in German). SWR . Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017 .
^ Adam, Johannes (12 March 2015). " "Ich kann denken, aber nicht reden" / Schönbergs Oper "Moses und Aron" mit dem SWR-Orchester auf CD / Konzert in Freiburg" . Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 1 May 2017 .
^ McGuire, Michael (15 December 2015). "Grammys 2015: Best Opera Recording Grammy contenders" . axs.com. Retrieved 1 May 2017 .
External links
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