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Harry Geraerts
Harry Geraerts (born 22 August 1945) is a Dutch tenor. His repertoire includes the great oratorios, baroque operas, ensemble music and Lieder, especially in the field of Renaissance music, Renaissance and Baroque music. Life Born in Utrecht, Geraerts attended school in Utrecht and sang in the boys' choir of St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht. In 1972, he became the first private student of Max van Egmond in Amsterdam, as at that time there were no courses of study for early music majoring in singing. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he was a member of the baroque ensemble "De Egelentier". For about three decades he performed at the major early music festivals. He regularly held master classes at the University of Michigan in the US.Harry Geraerts retrieved 11 November 2020. Geraerts has an international reputation and has perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenor
A tenor is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors is widely defined to be B2, though some roles include an A2 (two As below middle C). At the highest extreme, some tenors can sing up to the second F above middle C (F5). The tenor voice type is generally divided into the ''leggero'' tenor, lyric tenor, spinto tenor, dramatic tenor, heldentenor, and tenor buffo or . History The name "tenor" derives from the Latin word ''wikt:teneo#Latin, tenere'', which means "to hold". As Fallows, Jander, Forbes, Steane, Harris and Waldman note in the "Tenor" article at ''Grove Music Online'': In polyphony between about 1250 and 1500, the [tenor was the] structurally fundamental (or 'holding') voice, vocal or instrumental; by the 15th century it came to signify the male voice that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groningse Bachvereniging
The Groningse Bachvereniging was a Dutch semi-professional mixed choir, which existed from 1945 to 1989 and was known for its performances of Baroque music in historically informed performance. It was founded by Johan van der Meer and conducted by him until 1982. History Johan van der Meer founded the choir in 1945 on a suggestion by Gerardus van der Leeuw. The choir was formed by amateurs and semi-professional singers. While the great oratorios of Bach were performed by more than 40 singers, only three voices per part sang the six-part ''St John Passion'' by Johann Christoph Demantius in 1981. During the first quarter century, the Groningse Bachvereniging presented music of any style and period from the 15th to the 20th century. However, the works of Bach prevailed. In 1947, Bach's motets were performed not a cappella, but with instrumental accompaniment, in Baroque performance tradition. In 1955, the choir received the culture prize of Groningen province. The year 1970 wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Cordier
David Cordier (born 1 May 1959) is an English countertenor. He made an international career based in Germany, and appeared both in concert and opera. While focused on roles by Handel such as Radamisto, he has also performed in contemporary opera, including works by Aribert Reimann and Péter Eötvös. Life Born in Rochester, Kent, Cordier was initially a boy soprano in the Cathedral Choir of his home town and a member of King's College Choir in Cambridge. After studying mathematics at the University of Cambridge, completed with a master's degree, he studied voice at the Royal College of Music in London. He moved to Berlin in the 1980s where he regularly performed with Gustav Leonhardt and Musica Antiqua Köln. He later took residence in Cologne. Cordier's repertoire includes music of the 16th and 17th centuries, and contemporary music. He is known for his interpretations of roles in operas by Georg Friedrich Handel, including the title roles of ''Giulio Cesare'', '' Ezio' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Story (Schütz)
The ''Christmas Story'' (''Weihnachtshistorie''), SWV 435, is a musical setting of the Nativity in German by Heinrich Schütz, probably first performed in 1660 in Dresden. It was published as ''Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi'' (''Historia'' of the birth of Jesus Christ). History and words ''Christmas Story'' is a '' Historia'', a setting of the Gospel intended to be performed during a service instead of the Gospel reading. The original title read: ''Historia der freuden- und gnadenreichen Geburt Gottes und Marien Sohnes Jesu Christi'' (''Historia'' of the joyful und blessed birth of Jesus Christ, son of God and Mary). Schütz had composed a ''Resurrection Story'' (Auferstehungshistorie) already in 1623, when he had taken the position of ''Kapellmeister'' at the court of the Elector of Saxony. The music was probably first performed in a Christmas service at the court chapel of Johann Georg II, Elector of Saxony, in Dresden in 1660. Schütz mentions the elector in the long titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjanne Kweksilber
Marjanne Kweksilber (18 January 1944 – 12 May 2008) was a Dutch soprano, who became famous as an interpreter of Neue Musik as well as baroque and renaissance music. Life and career Born in Amsterdam, Kweksilber grew up in Amsterdam and went to Israel for a year in 1962 to work on a kibbutz. There she collected 350 Jewish songs, which she performed after her return with the ''Collegium Musicum Iudaïcum'' in the Netherlands, but also in Germany and Belgium. In 1965, the album ''Songs of Israel'', which was made together with Stephen Simon, was released; the interpretation of ''Donna Donna'' contained in it climbed to the top of the charts in the Netherlands. From 1967 to 1972, Kweksilber studied solo singing at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Herman Schey; she received further instruction from Max van Egmond, Bodi Rapp, Marilyn Tyler and Cathy Berberian. From 1972, she worked as a soprano. Her interpretation of Erik Satie's cantata '' Socrate'' (with the AKSO Ensemble c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Brüggen
Franciscus ("Frans") Jozef Brüggen (30 October 1934 – 13 August 2014) was a Dutch Conducting, conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist. Biography Born in Amsterdam, Brüggen was the last of the nine children of August Brüggen, a textile factory owner, and his wife Johanna (née Verkley), an amateur singer. He studied recorder (musical instrument), recorder and flute at the Amsterdam Muzieklyceum. He also studied musicology at the University of Amsterdam. In 1955, at the age of 21, he was appointed professor at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. His reputation was initially as a recorder and Baroque flute virtuoso, and he commissioned several works for recorder including Luciano Berio's ''Gesti'' (1965).J.M. Thomson"Brüggen, Frans" Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online, Oxford University Press, accessed 16 August 2014 In 1972, he co-founded the avant-garde recorder ensemble Sour Cream (band), Sour Cream with Kees Boeke (musician), Kees Boeke and Walter van Hauwe. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Van Der Kamp
Harry van der Kamp (born 1947 in Kampen) is a Dutch bass singer in opera and concert. Mostly active in Historically informed performance, he founded the Gesualdo Ensemble. He is also an academic voice teacher. Singing career Born in Kampen (Overijssel), Kampen, van der Kamp studied first law and psychology in Amsterdam. Then he studied singing with Elizabeth Cooymans and Max van Egmond at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Amsterdam Sweelinck Conservatory.Harry van der Kamp on bach-cantatas He has worked mainly in Early music and Baroque, including Baroque opera of composers such as Francesco Cavalli, Stefano Landi, Antonio Cesti, Henry Purcell, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Reinhard Keiser and George Frideric Handel. He sang with the Nederlandse Opera in Monteverdi's operas ''L'Orfeo'' and ''L'incoronazione di Poppea'', and also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Jacobs
René Jacobs (born 30 October 1946) is a Belgian musician. He came to fame as a countertenor, but later in his career he became known as a conductor of baroque and classical opera. Biography Countertenor Born in Ghent, Jacobs began his musical career as a boy chorister at the Cathedral. Later he studied classical philology at the University of Ghent while continuing to sing in Brussels and in The Hague. The Kuijken brothers, Gustav Leonhardt and Alfred Deller all encouraged him to pursue a career as a countertenor, and he quickly became known as one of the best of his time. He recorded a large amount of less-known Baroque music by such composers as Antonio Cesti, d'India, Ferrari, Marenzio, Lambert, Guédron, William Lawes and others. He also sang in much-acclaimed recordings of the major works of Bach (such as the ''St Matthew Passion'' led by Gustav Leonhardt and Philippe Herreweghe). Conductor In 1977, he founded the ensemble Concerto Vocale. As a conductor, Jacobs r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auch Cathedral
Auch Cathedral (french: Basilique Cathédrale Sainte-Marie d'Auch) is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Auch in the Midi-Pyrénées, France. It is a national monument, and is the seat of the Archbishopric of Auch. Under the Concordat of 1801, the ecclesiastical office was dissolved and annexed to the Diocese of Agen, but re-established in 1822. It was granted the status of a basilica minor on 25 April 1928. The cathedral contains a suite of 18 Renaissance stained glass windows by Arnaud de Moles Arnaud may refer to: People * Arnaud (given name) or Arnauld (formerly Arnoul), the French form of the German given name Arnold * Arnaud (surname) or Arnauld (formerly Arnoul), the French form of the name Arnold * Arnauld family, a noble French f .... Image:Cathédrale d'Auch 26.jpg, Auch Cathedral, interior Image:Vitraux Cathédrale d'Auch 13.jpg, Auch Cathedral, stained glass window by Arnaud de Moles: Jonah (detail) Image:Vitraux Cathédrale d'Auch 05.jpg, Auch Cathedral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auch
Auch (; oc, label= Gascon, Aush ) is a commune in southwestern France. Located in the region of Occitanie, it is the capital of the Gers department. Auch is the historical capital of Gascony. Geography Localization Hydrography The River Gers flows through the town. Transportation Auch is well connected to nearby cities and towns such as Agen, Toulouse and Tarbes by Routes Nationales and by train to Toulouse. Climate History and population Auch is a very ancient town, whose settlement was noted by the Romans during their conquest of the area in the . At that time, it was settled by an Aquitanian tribe known to the Romans as the Ausci. Their name for the town was Climberrum" or Elimberris. This has been tentatively etymologized from the Iberian ''iltir'' ("town, oppidum") and a cognate of the Basque ''berri'' ("new"), although another Iberian settlement in Granada recorded by the Romans as "Iliberi" probably had no contact with proto-Basque speaking peoples ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castelnau-Barbarens
Castelnau-Barbarens ( Gascon: ''Castèthnau Barbarens'') is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. Geography Population See also *Communes of the Gers department The following is a list of the 461 communes of the Gers department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Gers {{Gers-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonhardt-Consort
Leonhardt-Consort, also known as the Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble, was a group of instrumentalists which its director, the keyboard player Gustav Leonhardt founded in 1955 to play baroque music. The Consort was active until around 1990, although some members including Leonhardt himself continued to perform after that date. The ensemble was based in the Netherlands, although it included people whom Leonhardt knew from Vienna, where he taught at the Academy of Music at the beginning of the 1950s. When it was founded the ensemble consisted of Leonhardt, his wife Marie (a violinist) and other string players. It expanded to include wind players such as Frans Brüggen. From early in the ensemble's history they collaborated with singers such as the counter-tenor Alfred Deller. The music of Johann Sebastian Bach was central to the work of Leonhardt and his ensemble. In collaboration with the Concentus Musicus Wien, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, they recorded from 1971 to 1990 a complete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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