Miriam Feuersinger (born 1978) is an Austrian

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

Life

Feuersinger grew up in Bregenz, where she received her basic musical training at the local music school. She pursued her vocal studies at the and then with

Kurt Widmer Kurt Widmer (28 December 1940 – 31 May 2023) was a Swiss baritone and voice teacher, who appeared and recorded internationally. He focused on concert singing, especially of oratorios from the Romantic period. His recordings cover a repertoire ...

at the

City of Basel Music Academy The City of Basel Music Academy (german: Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel) is an institution for music education, located in Basel, Switzerland. It comprises a music school, college of music, and a center for early music research and performance. ...

, where she graduated with distinction. Her oeuvre encompasses in particular a spectrum encompassing

church music Church music is Christian music written for performance in church, or any musical setting of ecclesiastical liturgy, or music set to words expressing propositions of a sacred nature, such as a hymn. History Early Christian music The onl ...

from

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

to late romanticism, but also the field of

Lied In Western classical music tradition, (, plural ; , plural , ) is a term for setting poetry to classical music to create a piece of polyphonic music. The term is used for any kind of song in contemporary German, but among English and French s ...

er. One focus is the cantata and passion work of

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

. In 2014, she initiated the series "Bach cantatas in Vorarlberg". There, under the musical direction of Thomas Platzgummer, two Bach cantatas are performed three times a year in two concerts, each with soloists. As of July 2018, these have been

BWV 22 The (BWV; ; ) is a catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first published in 1950, edited by Wolfgang Schmieder. The catalogue's second edition appeared in 1990. An abbreviated version of that second edition, known as BWV2a ...

BWV 30 The (BWV; ; ) is a catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first published in 1950, edited by Wolfgang Schmieder. The catalogue's second edition appeared in 1990. An abbreviated version of that second edition, known as BWV2a ...

BWV 32 (Dearest Jesus, my desire), , is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the dialogue cantata () in Leipzig for the first Sunday after Epiphany and first performed it on 13 January 1726 as part of his third cantata cycle. Bach c ...

, BWV 44,

BWV 49 Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (I go forth and seek with longing), 49, in Leipzig for the twentieth Sunday after Trinity Sunday and first performed it on 3 November 1726. It is a solo cantata, a dialogue of soprano and bass. ...

BWV 61 Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (Now come, Savior of the heathens), 61, in Weimar for the first Sunday in Advent, the Sunday which begins the liturgical year, and first performed it on 1714. The cantata text was provided by E ...

BWV 65 (They will all come forth out of Sheba), 65, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in 1724 in Leipzig for Epiphany and first performed it on 6 January 1724 as part of his first cantata cycle. Bach wrote the cantata to co ...

BWV 72 (Everything according to God's will alone), 72, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig in 1726 for the third Sunday after Epiphany and first performed it on 27 January 1726. Bach used the opening chorus for the Glo ...

BWV 75 Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (The miserable shall eat), 75, in Leipzig for the first Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 30 May 1723. The complex work in two parts of seven movements each marks the beginning of ...

BWV 76 The (BWV; ; ) is a catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first published in 1950, edited by Wolfgang Schmieder. The catalogue's second edition appeared in 1990. An abbreviated version of that second edition, known as BWV2a ...

BWV 80 ("A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"), BWV 80 (also: BWV 80.3), is a chorale cantata for Reformation Day by Johann Sebastian Bach. He reworked it from one of his Weimar cantatas, ''Alles, was von Gott geboren'', BWV 80a (also: BWV 80. ...

BWV 84 The (BWV; ; ) is a catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first published in 1950, edited by Wolfgang Schmieder. The catalogue's second edition appeared in 1990. An abbreviated version of that second edition, known as BWV2a ...

, BWV 92,

BWV 93 The (BWV; ; ) is a Catalogues of classical compositions, catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first published in 1950, edited by Wolfgang Schmieder. The catalogue's second edition appeared in 1990. An abbreviated version o ...

BWV 99 Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (What God does is well done), 99, in Leipzig for the 15th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 17 September 1724. The chorale cantata is based on the hymn "" by Samuel Rodigast (1674). ...

BWV 106 (God's time is the very best time), , also known as ''Actus tragicus'', is an early sacred cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in Mühlhausen, intended for a funeral. The earliest source for the composition is a copied manuscript date ...

BWV 147 Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata ' (Heart and mouth and deed and life), 147 in 1723 during his first year as ''Thomaskantor'', the director of church music in Leipzig. His cantata is part of his first cantata cycle there and w ...

BWV 150 ' (For Thee, O Lord, I long), , is an early church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach composed for an unknown occasion. It is unique among Bach's cantatas in its sparse orchestration and in the independence and prominence of the chorus, which is f ...

BWV 165 (O holy bath of Spirit and water), 165, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Weimar for Trinity Sunday and led the first performance on 16 June 1715. Bach had taken up regular cantata composition a year before when he ...

BWV 166 ("Where are you heading?", literally: "Where do you go?"), 166, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for Cantate, the fourth Sunday after Easter, and first performed it on 7 May 1724. History and words Bach ...

BWV 167 The (BWV; ; ) is a catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first published in 1950, edited by Wolfgang Schmieder. The catalogue's second edition appeared in 1990. An abbreviated version of that second edition, known as BWV2 ...

BWV 170 The (BWV; ; ) is a catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first published in 1950, edited by Wolfgang Schmieder. The catalogue's second edition appeared in 1990. An abbreviated version of that second edition, known as BWV2a ...

BWV 176 (There is something defiant and fainthearted), 176, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for Trinity Sunday on a text by Christiana Mariana von Ziegler and first performed it on 27 May 1725, concluding his se ...

BWV 180 The (BWV; ; ) is a catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first published in 1950, edited by Wolfgang Schmieder. The catalogue's second edition appeared in 1990. An abbreviated version of that second edition, known as BWV2 ...

and BWV 194. Feuersinger is active in the field of

early music Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musical era for the beginning of Western classical m ...

together with interpreters such as

Jörg-Andreas Bötticher Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (born 1964) is a German harpsichordist, organist and musicologist. Life Bötticher was born in Berlin. After several years of music lessons and experience as a keyboarder in a band in his youth, he studied at the Schola ...

, Laurent Gendre, Sigiswald Kuijken,

Peter Kooij Peter Kooij (or, internationally Kooy, born 1954, in Soest) is a Dutch bass singer who specializes in baroque music. Biography Kooij started his musical career at 6 years as a choir boy. However he started his musical studies as a violin stude ...

Ton Koopman Antonius Gerhardus Michael Koopman (; born 2 October 1944), known professionally as Ton Koopman, is a Dutch conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and musicologist, primarily known for being the founder and director of the Amsterdam Baroque Orches ...

Václav Luks Václav Luks (born 14 November 1970) is a Czech harpsichordist, horn player, conductor, musicologist and pedagogue, founder and artistic director of the Prague baroque orchestra Collegium 1704 and of the vocal ensemble Collegium Vocale 1704. He ...

Rudolf Lutz Rudolf Lutz (born 1951) is a Swiss organist, harpsichordist, conductor and composer. Education Lutz studied at the Zurich University of the Arts, in Zürich and at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. Career From 1973 he was ...

and

Hans-Christoph Rademann Hans-Christoph Rademann (born 5 August 1965 in Dresden) is a German choral conductor, currently the director of the Dresdner Kammerchor and the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart. Career Born in Dresden, Rademann grew up in Schwarzenberg an ...

. Baroque ensembles and orchestras playing with her include the

Collegium 1704 Collegium 1704 is a Czech early music orchestra and choir founded in 2005 by the Czech conductor, harpsichordist, and horn player Václav Luks. The Collegium Vocale 1704 is the affiliated vocal ensemble. Since 2007, the ensemble has been making re ...

, the

Netherlands Bach Society The Netherlands Bach Society ( nl, Nederlandse Bachvereniging) is the oldest ensemble for Baroque music in the Netherlands, and possibly in the world. The ensemble was founded in 1921 in Naarden to perform Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach's ''St Matthew ...

, the Freiburger Barockorchester,

L'arpa festante is a German chamber orchestra, specializing in the revival and performance of unknown works, especially from the Baroque music, Baroque era. It was established in Munich in 1983 by Michi Gaigg, who also led the ensemble as concertmaster until 1995 ...

, L’Orfeo Barockorchester, , Les Cornets Noirs, Capricornus Consort Basel, Il Concerto Viennese, Concerto Stella Matutina, Capriccio Basel sowie Chor und Orchester der

J. S. Bach-Stiftung The J. S. Bach-Stiftung, known in English as the J. S. Bach Foundation, is a Swiss foundation established in St. Gallen in 1999 to support the performance of the vocal works of Johann Sebastian Bach.

. Feuersinger performed in the

Berliner Philharmonie The Berliner Philharmonie () is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany, and home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. The Philharmonie lies on the south edge of the city's Tiergarten and just west of the former Berlin Wall. The Philharmonie is on ...

, in the Konzerthaus Freiburg, in the Liederhalle Stuttgart and in the Wiener Musikverein. She has already sung several times in the Martinskirche (Basel), Basel Minster, St. Paul's Church, Basel, Peterskirche (Basel), Predigerkirche (Basel), , Kreuzkirche am Ölrain (Bregenz),

Feldkirch Cathedral Feldkirch Cathedral (german: Dompfarrkirche St. Nikolaus) is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Nicholas in the city of Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria. It is part of the old town and is the largest Gothic church in Vorarlberg. It has b ...

, Propstei St. Gerold, , St. Johann Schaffhausen, and St. Peter (Zürich) churches. Her recording of solo cantatas by

Christoph Graupner Christoph Graupner (13 January 1683 – 10 May 1760) was a German composer and harpsichordist of late Baroque music who was a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and George Frideric Handel. Life Born in Hartmannsdorf ...

, co-produced by Radio SRF 2 Kultur and awarded several prizes, includes three world

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Awards

* 2014: ECHO Klassik, Soloistic recording of the year/vocals, for Graupner' CD: "Himmlische Stunden, selige Zeiten." * 2014: Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, for Graupner's CD: "Himmlische Stunden, selige Zeiten."

Recordings

; CDs *

: ''Missae breves

BWV 234 The (BWV; ; ) is a catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first published in 1950, edited by Wolfgang Schmieder. The catalogue's second edition appeared in 1990. An abbreviated version of that second edition, known as BWV2a ...

and

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.'' Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Alex Potter (alto),

Hans Jörg Mammel Hans Jörg Mammel (born in Stuttgart) is a German tenor in opera and concert. Mammel received first musical training as a member of the boys' choir Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben. After aborted legal studies, he studied at the Hochschule für M ...

(tenor), Markus Volpert (bass); Ensemble Orlando Fribourg, La Cetra Barockorchester Basel. Claves, 2009. * Johann Sebastian Bach: ''Celebration Cantatas – Entfliehet, ihr Sorgen.'' BWV 205a (''Blast Lärmen, ihr Feinde'', „Krönungskantate“; Welt-Ersteinspielung) and 249a (''Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen'', „Schäferkantate“; Rekonstruktion: Alexander Grychtolik). Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Elvira Bill (alto), Daniel Johannsen (tenor), Stephan MacLeod (bass); Deutsche Hofmusik, Alexander Grychtolik. Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 2019. * Dieterich Buxtehude: ''Opera omnia XVIII. Vokalwerke 8.'' Miriam Feuersinger, Bettina Pahn and Dorothee Wohlgemuth (sopranos), Maarten Engeltjes (alto), Tilman Lichdi (tenor),

Klaus Mertens Klaus Mertens (born 25 March 1949, in Kleve) is a German bass and bass-baritone singer who is known especially for his interpretation of the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach for bass voice. Career Klaus Mertens took singing lessons ...

(bass), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir,

. 2 CDs. Challenge Classics, 2013. * Dieterich Buxtehude: ''Opera Omnia XIX. Vokalwerke 9.'' Miriam Feuersinger, Dorothee Wohlgemuth, Bettina Pahn uand Amaryllis Dieltiens (sopranos), Maarten Engeltjes (alto), Tilman Lichdi (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Choir, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman. Challenge Classics, 2013. * Dieterich Buxtehude: ''Opera Omnia XX. Vokalwerke 10.'' Bettina Pahn, Dorothee Wohlgemuth, Amaryillis Dieltiens, Verena Gropper, Gerlinde Sämann and Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Maarten Engeltjes (alto), Tilman Lichdi and Joost van der Linden (tenors), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman (directin and organ). Challenge Classics, 2013. *

Philipp Heinrich Erlebach Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (25 July 1657 – 17 April 1714) was a German Baroque composer, a prolific writer of church music and secular music. Much of his work is lost due to a fire. Life Erlebach was born in Esens, Lower Saxony, the son of Jo ...

: ''Süße Freundschaft, edles Band.'' (Aria ''Meine Seufzer'', for soprano, Streicher and Basso continuo; Duett ''Süße Freundschaft, edles Band''; among others) Miriam Feuersinger (soprano),

Franz Vitzthum Franz Vitzthum is a German countertenor, a male classical singer in the alto vocal range, specialising in Baroque music. He was trained as a boy singer with the Regensburger Domspatzen and studied with Kai Wessel at the Musikhochschule Köln. He ...

(countertenor), Capricornus Consort Basel. Christophorus, 2012. * Johann Melchior Gletle: ''Marienvesper.'' Regula Konrad, Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Peter Kennel (alto), Valentin J. Gloor (tenor), Stefan Vock (bass), Bläserensemble „Il Desiderio“, Streicherensemble, Collegium Vocale Lenzburg, Thomas Baldinger (conducting). Livemitschnitt. MGB, 2005. *

: ''Himmlische Stunden, selige Zeiten.'' Solo cantata ''Angst und Jammer'', GWV 1145/11, ''Furcht und Zagen'', GWV 1102/11b, ''Ich bleibe Gott getreu'', GWV 1106/19 and ''Ach Gott und Herr'', GWV 1144/11, ''Tombeau'' aus Ouverture c-moll GWV 413. Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Capricornus Consort Basel. Christophorus-Verlag, 2013. * Christoph Graupner: Duo-Kantaten. Miriam Feuersinger (soprano) and Franz Vitzthum (countertenor), Capricornus Consort Basel. Christophorus, 2018. *

Niccolò Jommelli Niccolò Jommelli (; 10 September 1714 – 25 August 1774) was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School. Along with other composers mainly in the Holy Roman Empire and France, he was responsible for certain operatic reforms including redu ...

: ''Requiem & Miserere.'' Miriam Feuersinger, Gudrun Sidonie Otto (sopranos), Helen Charlston, Gaia Petrone (altos), Daniel Johannsen, Valerio Contaldo (tenors), Sebastian Myrus,

Wolf Matthias Friedrich Wolf Matthias Friedrich is a classical singer of baritone and bass roles, especially of Early music and Baroque music. Friedrich studied at the Musikhochschule Leipzig. In 1980, he was the winner of the International Dvorák Competition in Karl ...

(basses), Il Gardellino (Vokalensemble u. Orchester), Peter van Heyghen (conducting). Passacaille, 2020. *

Georg Muffat Georg Muffat (1 June 1653 – 23 February 1704) was a Baroque composer and organist. He is best known for the remarkably articulate and informative performance directions printed along with his collections of string pieces ''Florilegium Primum'' a ...

: ''Missa in labore requies.''

Antonio Bertali Antonio Bertali (March 1605–17 April 1669) was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era. He was born in Verona and received early music education there from Stefano Bernardi. Probably from 1624, he was employed as court music ...

, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer,

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber ( bapt. 12 August 1644, Stráž pod Ralskem – 3 May 1704, Salzburg) was a Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist. Biber worked in Graz and Kroměříž before he illegally left his employer, Prince-Bishop Karl L ...

: ''Kirchensonaten.'' Miriam Feuersinger, Stephanie Petitlaurent (sopranos), Alex Potter, William Purefoy (altos), Hans Jörg Mammel, Manuel Warwitz (tenors), Markus Flaig, Lisandro Abadie (basses), Cappella Murensis, Trompetenconsort Innsbruck, Les Cornets Noirs, Johannes Strobl (conducting). Recorded in the . Audite, 2016. * Georg Philipp Telemann: ''Festive Cantatas.'' (Festliche Kantaten.) (''Der Herr lebet'', TvWv 1:284; ''Ehr und Dank sey Dir gesungen'', TvWV 1:413, ''Der Geist gibt Zeugnis'', TvWv 1:243). Miriam Feuersinger (soprano; in TvWv 1:284), Franz Vitzthum (countertenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Collegium vocale Siegen, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Ulrich Stötzel (conductor). Hänssler, 2014. * Baldassare Vialardo: Missa ''Vestiva i colli''. Mit Kompositionen über das

madrigal A madrigal is a form of secular vocal music most typical of the Renaissance (15th–16th c.) and early Baroque (1600–1750) periods, although revisited by some later European composers. The polyphonic madrigal is unaccompanied, and the number o ...

''Vestiva i colli'' by Adriano Banchieri,

Giovanni Paolo Cima Giovanni Paolo Cima (c. 1570 – 1630) was an Italian composer and organist in the early Baroque era. He was a contemporary of Claudio Monteverdi and Girolamo Frescobaldi, though not as well known (then or now) as either of those men. Cima ca ...

, Ignazio Donati,

Michelangelo Grancini Michel’Angelo Grancini (Grancino, born in Milan, 1605; died in Milan, April 17, 1669) was an Italian organist and composer. Grancini composed sacred music. Nineteen volumes were published in Milan (1622–29). Some 200 works are at the Milan Cat ...

Francesco Rognoni Francesco Rognoni fTaeggio (born in Milan second half of the 16th century – died after 1626) was an Italian composer. He was the son of Riccardo Rognoni and brother of Giovanni Domenico Rognoni Taeggio, both prominent Italian composers and mu ...

and Bartolomeo de Selma y Salaverde. Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Hans Jörg Mammel (tenor), William Dongois (cornett; Improvisation),

Musica Fiorita Musica Fiorita was an ensemble for baroque music founded in 1990 and based in Basel, which was conducted by the harpsichordist Daniela Dolci. The ensemble concentrated in particular on rediscovering unknown works by composers of the 17th and 18th ...

, Daniela Dolci (harpsichord, organ and conducting). Christophorus, 2015. (Missa von Vialardo as Initial recording). * ''La Dresda galante.'' Pieces by

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (22 November 17101 July 1784), the second child and eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach, was a German composer and performer. Despite his acknowledged genius as an organist, improviser and composer ...

Johann Adolph Hasse Johann Adolph Hasse (baptised 25 March 1699 – 16 December 1783) was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a co ...

(Motette ''Alta nubes illustrata''),

Johann David Heinichen Johann David Heinichen (17 April 1683 – 16 July 1729) was a German Baroque composer and music theorist who brought the musical genius of Venice to the court of Augustus II the Strong in Dresden. After he died, Heinichen's music attracted little a ...

Giovanni Alberto Ristori Giovanni Alberto Ristori (1692 - 7 February 1753) was an Italian opera composer and conductor. He was the son of Tommaso Ristori, the leader of an opera troupe belonging to the King of Poland and Elector of Saxony August II the Strong (based in ...

(cantata ''Lavinia a Turno'') and

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread a ...

. Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Renate Steinmann (Konzertmeisterin), Jermaine Sprosse (harpsichord), Zürcher Barockorchester. Klanglogo, 2013. * ''Dess sich wunder alle Welt – Lieder zum Advent.'' Gesänge zu den vier Adventssonntagen von

Eustache du Caurroy François-Eustache du Caurroy (baptised February 4, 1549 – August 7, 1609) was a French composer of the late Renaissance. He was a prominent composer of both secular and sacred music at the end of the Renaissance, including '' musique mesurée'' ...

, Johann Eccard,

Heinrich Finck Heinrich Finck (1444 or 1445 – 9 June 1527) was a notable German composer. He served as ''Kapellmeister'' first for Prince Alexander of Lithuania, later King of Poland, before living Poland in 1510. He worked in Stuttgart before becoming a member ...

, Christoph Graupner, Hans Leo Hassler, Heinrich Isaac,

Orlando di Lasso Orlande de Lassus ( various other names; probably – 14 June 1594) was a composer of the late Renaissance. The chief representative of the mature polyphonic style in the Franco-Flemish school, Lassus stands with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palest ...

, Hans-Jörg Kalmbach,

Lucas Osiander the Elder Lucas Osiander the Elder (15 December 1534, in Nuremberg – 17 September 1604, in Stuttgart) was a German pastor of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg and a composer of Lutheran church music. He was a son of the reformer Andreas Osi ...

Jacob Praetorius Jacob Praetorius or Schultz (8 February 158621 or 22 October 1651) was a German people, German Baroque composer and organist, and the son of Hieronymus Praetorius. His grandfather, the father of Hieronymus, Jacob Praetorius the Elder (died 1586) w ...

, Michael Praetorius, Andreas Raselius, Balthasar Resinarius,

Samuel Scheidt Samuel Scheidt (baptised 3 November 1587 – 24 March 1654) was a German composer, organist and teacher of the early Baroque era. Life and career Scheidt was born in Halle, and after early studies there, he went to Amsterdam to study with ...

, Johann Stadlmayr, Franz Tunder and

Melchior Vulpius Melchior Vulpius (c. 1570 in Wasungen – 7 August 1615 in Weimar) was a German singer and composer of church music. Vulpius came from a poor craftsman's family. He studied at the local school in Wasungen (in Thuringia) with Johannes Steuerl ...

. Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Daniel Schreiber (tenor), Les Escapades (Sabine Kreutzberger, Adina Scheyhing, Franziska Finckh, Barbara Pfeifer (viola da Gamba), Evelyn Laib (organ)). Christophorus, 2015. * ''Herzens-Lieder.'' Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata '' Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut'', BWV 199; Christoph Graupner: Cantata ''Mein Herz schwimmt in Blut'', GWV 1152/12b; Johann Kuhnau: Cantata ''Weicht, ihr Sorgen, aus dem Hertzen''; Georg Philipp Telemann: Quartet G major, TWV 43: G5. Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Capricornus Consort Basel. Christophorus, 2015. * ''Sacred Salterio. Lamentations of the Holy Week for soprano, salterio obligato & basso continuo.'' Werke von Anonay (18. Jh.), D. Domenico Merola (18. Jh.) and

Gennaro Manna Gennaro Manna (12 December 1715 - 28 December 1779) was an Italian composer based in Naples. He was a member of the Neapolitan School. His compositional output includes 13 operas and more than 150 sacred works, including several oratorios. Lif ...

(1715–1779). Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), ''Il Dolce Conforto'', Jonathan Pesek (violoncello), Deniel Perer (organ), Franziska Fleischanderl (Salterio und Leitung). Christophorus, 2017. *

Johann Rosenmüller Johann Rosenmüller (1619 – 10 September 1684) was a German Baroque composer, who played a part in transmitting Italian musical styles to the north. Career Rosenmüller was born in Oelsnitz, near Plauen in Saxony. He studied at the University ...

: ''Habe deine Lust an dem Herren.'' Dazu: ders: ''Wie der Hirsch schreiet nach frischem Wasser.'' ''Ist Gott für uns.'' Johann Balthasar Erben: ''Ich freue mich im Herrn.'' Georg Christoph Strattner: ''Herr, wie lange willst du mein so gar vergessen.''

Augustin Pfleger Augustin Pfleger (1635 – after 23 July 1686) was a German Bohemian composer. Life Pfleger was born at Schlackenwerth (now Ostrov) and became a court musician at Schlackenwerth. In 1662 he moved to the court of the Duke of Mecklenburg in Güstro ...

: ''O barmherziger Vater.''

Christian Flor Christian Flor (162628 September 1697) was a German composer and organist. Working at churches in Rendsburg and Lüneburg, he was widely known for vocal and organ compositions. He composed one of the earliest Passion oratorios, in 1667. Life ...

: ''Es ist gnug.''

Nicolaus Adam Strungk Nicolaus Adam Strungk (christened 15 November 1640 in Braunschweig – 23 September 1700 in Dresden) was a German composer and violinist. Life Nicolaus Adam was the son of the organist Delphin Strungk. He studied organ under his father, then a ...

: ''Sonata a 6 Viol.'' Antonio Bertali: ''Sonata à 6.'' Giovanni Legrenzi: ''Sonata quinta ..' Miriam Feuersinger, "Les Escapades" (

Cosimo Stawiarski Cosimo Stawiarski (born 1974) is an Italian classical violinist and music editor, focused on music of the late 17th and early 18th century. Life Born in Copertino, Stawiarski studied Baroque violin at the University of the Arts Bremen, with Chia ...

, Christoph Riedo (violin), Sabine Kreutzberger, Franziska Finckh, Adina Scheyhing, Barbara Pfeifer ( Viola da Gamba), Simon Linné (

theorbo The theorbo is a plucked string instrument of the lute family, with an extended neck and a second pegbox. Like a lute, a theorbo has a curved-back sound box (a hollow box) with a wooden top, typically with a sound hole, and a neck extending ou ...

), Evelyn Laib (organ)). Christophoruns, 2018. *

Marco Giuseppe Peranda Marco Giuseppe Peranda (Macerata, c. 1625 – 12 January 1675 in Dresden) was an Italian musician and composer active in Germany. Life He was one of the most notable Italian musicians in Germany during the early Baroque alongside Vincenzo Albrici ...

: ''Sacred Music from Dresden.'' (''Missa in a'', ''Repleti sunt omnes'', ''Accurite gentes'', ''Timor et tremor'', ''Factum est proelium'';

Vincenzo Albrici Vincenzo Albrici (26 June 1631 in Rome - 7 September 1687 in Prague) was an Italian composer, brother of Bartolomeo and nephew of Fabio and Alessandro Costantini. Albrici was born as the son of singer who settled from Marche in Rome. In 1641 he ...

: ''Sinfonia à 2'';

David Pohle David Pohle (1624 – 20 December 1695) was a German composer of the Baroque era. His surname is also spelled Pohl, Pohlen, Pole, Pol or Bohle. Biography Pohle was born in Marienberg into a family of civic musicians. He was a pupil of Heinrich Sc ...

: ''Sonata à 6''.) Miriam Feuersinger,

Maria Cristina Kiehr Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...

(sopranos), Alex Potter (alto), Raphael Höhn, Jakob Pilgram (tenor), Markus Flaig (bass), Abendmusiken Basel,

(organ and conducting). Coviello Classics, 2018. ; DVDs * Johann Sebastian Bach: ''

Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn, BWV 23 (You true God and Son of David), , is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Köthen between 1717 and 1723 for Sunday and performed it as an audition piece for the position of in Leipzig on 7 February 1723. The Sunday w ...

''. Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Markus Forster (alto), Jens Weber (tenor), Fabrice Hayoz (bass); Chor und Orchester der

, Norbert Zeilberger (organ),

(Leitung). Samt Einführungsworkshop sowie Reflexion von

Konrad Hummler Konrad Hummler (born 13 March 1953 in St. Gallen) is a Swiss businessman, publicist and former private banker. Early life and education Hummler had a bourgeois upbringing in the city of St. Gallen. He was the son of former national council ...

. Gallus-Media, 2010. * Johann Sebastian Bach: ''

Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht, BWV 52 Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata ' (False world, I trust you not), , in Leipzig for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity. He led the first performance of the solo cantata for soprano on 24 November 1726. History and words Bach compo ...

''. Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Chor und Orchester der J. S. Bach-Stiftung, Rudolf Lutz (Leitung). Samt Einführungsworkshop sowie Reflexion von Michael Guggenheimer. Gallus Media, 2015. on the website of the J. S. Bach-Stiftung; retrieved 15 October 2020. * Johann Sebastian Bach: ''

O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60 (O eternity, you word of thunder), 60, is a church cantata for the 24th Sunday after Trinity composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first performed in Leipzig on 7 November 1723, and is part of Bach's first cantata cycle. It is one of ...

''. Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Claude Eichenberger (alto), Bernhard Berchtold (tenor), Markus Volpert (bass); Schola Seconda Pratica, Rudolf Lutz (Leitung). DVD. Gallus-Media, 2008. (Auch als CD: ''Bach-Kantaten N° 2'' (with BVW 22 and 34).) * Johann Sebastian Bach: ''

Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden, BWV 88 Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (Behold, I will send out many fishers), 88 in Leipzig for the fifth Sunday after Trinity within the liturgical year and first performed it on 21 July 1726. Bach composed the cantata after seve ...

''. Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Ruth Sandhoff (alto), Andreas Weller (tenor), Markus Volpert (bass); Orchestra of the J. S. Bach-Stiftung, Rudolf Lutz (conducting and harpsichord). Including introductory workshop and reflexion by

Isabelle Graesslé Isabelle Graesslé (born 23 February 1959) is a French born theologian, feminist and former museum director, based in Geneva. In 2001 she was appointed moderator of ministers and deacons at the Protestant Church of Geneva. The position dates b ...

. Gallus-Media, 2009. * Johann Sebastian Bach: ''

Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 93 Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (Who only lets dear God rule), 93 in Leipzig for the fifth Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 9 July 1724. He based the chorale cantata on the hymn of the same title by Georg Neumark ...

''. Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Jan Börner (alto), Julius Pfeifer (tenor), Markus Volpert (bass); Choir and orchestra of the J. S. Bach-Stiftung (with Norbert Zeilberger (organ)), Rudolf Lutz (conducting and harpsichord). Including introductory workshop and reflexion by . Gallus-Media, 2011. (Auch als CD: ''Bach-Kantaten N°. 14.'' (with BWV 119 and 163).) * Johann Sebastian Bach: ''

Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137 Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (Praise the Lord, the mighty King of honor), 137, in Leipzig for the twelfth Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 19 August 1725. The chorale cantata is based on the hymn by Joachim Nean ...

''. Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Claude Eichenberger (alto), Johannes Kaleschke (tenor), Markus Volpert (bass); Chor und Orchester der J. S. Bach-Stiftung, Rudolf Lutz (conducting and organ). Including introductory workshop and reflexion by Martin Johann Stähli. Gallus-Media, 2011. * Johann Sebastian Bach: ''

Nur jedem das Seine, BWV 163 (To each his own!), , is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the work in Weimar for the twenty-third Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 24 November 1715. This work was part of Bach's sequence of monthly church ca ...

''. Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Markus Forster (Altus), Johannes Kaleschke (tenor), Markus Volpert (bass); Orchester der J. S. Bach-Stiftung, Rudolf Lutz (Leitung). Including workshop for work introduction and musical reflection by

Roland Moser Roland Moser (born 19 September 1962) is a retired Liechtensteiner football midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

(''Ach! aber ach!'' Nach-Denken über die Kantate "Nur jedem das Seine" von J. S. Bach und S. Franck in Form eines instrumental-vokalen Rezitativs mit Choral für vier Solo-Stimmen, sechs Streichinstrumente und Orgel.) Gallus-Media, 2013. (also as CD: ''Bach-Kantaten N°. 14.'' (with BWV 93 and 119)). * Johann Sebastian Bach: '' Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister''. Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Alex Potter (alto), Julius Pfeiffer (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass); Orchester der J. S. Bach-Stiftung, Rudolf Lutz (conducting and harpsichord). Including workshop for work introduction and musical reflection by . Gallus Media, 2015. * Johann Sebastian Bach: '' Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ''. Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Elvira Bill (alto), Julius Pfeiffer (tenor), Stephan MacLeod (bass), Chor und Orchester der J. S. Bach-Stiftung, Rudolf Lutz (conductor). Including workshop for work introduction and musical reflection by Heidi Tagliavini. Gallus Media, 2016.

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Nederlandse Bachvereniging The Netherlands Bach Society ( nl, Nederlandse Bachvereniging) is the oldest ensemble for Baroque music in the Netherlands, and possibly in the world. The ensemble was founded in 1921 in Naarden to perform Bach's ''St Matthew Passion'' on Good Frid ...

''Klassik-Echo für Miriam Feuersinger: Eine Stimme „wie flüssiges Gold“.''
In the '' Badische Zeitung'', 26 September 2014. {{DEFAULTSORT:Feuersinger, Miriam Austrian sopranos Austrian performers of early music Echo (music award) winners 1978 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people)