La Chapelle Rhénane is a French

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musical ensemble A musical ensemble, also known as a music group, musical group, or a band is a group of people who perform Instrumental music, instrumental and/or vocal music, with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name. Some music ensembles consist ...

conducted by

Benoît Haller Benoît Haller is a French Conducting, conductor and tenor, born in Strasbourg in 1972. Biography Benoît Haller studied choral and orchestral conducting with Hans Michael Beuerle at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt a ...

, also a soloist in the ensemble.

History

Founded in 2001 by tenor

, La Chapelle Rhénane is a musical ensemble of lyrical and instrumental soloists. The team is dedicated to the repertoire of great European vocal works. Its ambition is, through concerts and recordings, to reveal in these works the emotion, humanity and modernity that can seduce a wide contemporary audience. Just like the great European courts during the Baroque period who recruited their musicians across the continent – and to a lesser extent like the composers who never ceased to travel to complete their training and gain new experiences - la Chapelle Rhénane benefits from the central location of

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, attracting musicians from all over Europe. Since its start in 2003, the activity of la Chapelle Rhénane has been intimately linked to the work of

Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque music, Baroque composer and organ (music), organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and one of the most important composers of ...

. It is through this composer that the ensemble forged its unique sound and deep human bonds. Subsequently, the ensemble began to play the music of

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

, in particular through the creation of the

St John Passion The ''Passio secundum Joannem'' or ''St John Passion'' (), BWV 245, is a Passion or oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, the earliest of the surviving Passions by Bach. It was written during his first year as director of church music in Leipzi ...

- whose outcome was the release of the recording by the end of March 2010 under the label ZigZag Territories - and the creation of the

St Matthew Passion The ''St Matthew Passion'' (), BWV 244, is a '' Passion'', a sacred oratorio written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1727 for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra, with libretto by Picander. It sets the 26th and 27th chapters of th ...

in 2009. The Christmas Oratorio followed those ambitious projects in fall 2010. Since 2007, la Chapelle Rhénane performed in some of the best known French stages, such as the Cité de la Musique in Paris, the Arsenal de Metz or festivals like, Sarrebourg, Sablé sur Sarthe, St. Riquier,

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, Sinfonia in

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, Ars Cameralis Katowice (Poland), The Mad Day of Nantes, (Germany). La Chapelle Rhénane is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Communication - DRAC Grand Est, Grand Est Region and the City of Strasbourg. Other partners include the Orange Foundation, the Foundation Royaumont - Voice Center and Les Gémeaux - Scène Nationale de Sceaux (direction Françoise Letellier).

Recordings

Source: Six discs of la Chapelle Rhénane have been released under the label K617: In addition to an album dedicated to the "Theatrum Musicum and Lessons of Darkness" by Samuel Capricornus, four were devoted to

: "Second Book of Symphoniæ Sacræ" in 2004, " Uppsala Magnificat and other sacred works" in 2006, "History of Resurrection & Musikalische Exequien" in 2007 and finally ''

Psalmen Davids Psalmen Davids (Psalms of David) is a collection of sacred choral music, settings mostly of psalms in German by Heinrich Schütz, who had studied the Venetian polychoral style with Giovanni Gabrieli. Book 1 was printed in Dresden in 1619 as his ...

'' in 2012. All these recordings have been enthusiastically received by the press, collecting a total of four "Diapason d'Or", a "Diapason d'Or of the Year" in 2007, two "10 de Répertoire", a "Shock the World of Music "and an "Editor's Choice in Gramophone." In April 2008 appeared the cycle "Membra Nostri Jesu" by

Dietrich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; born Diderich Hansen Buxtehude, ; – 9 May 1707) was a Danish composer and organist of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal and instrumen ...

, the first live recording of the Chapel with the Maîtrise de Garçons de ColmarMembra Nostri Jesu with the Maîtrise de Garçons de Colmar
/ref> (direction Arlette Steyer). The disc received the "Orphée d'or" for best recording of sacred music by the Académie du Disque Lyrique. * 2004 : Symphoniæ Sacræ • extraits du deuxième Livre (1647) -

* 2006 : Theatrum Musicum & Leçons de Ténèbres - Samuel Capricornus * 2006 : Magnificat d'Uppsala et autres œuvres sacrées -

* 2007 : Histoire de la Résurrection & Musikalische Exequien -

* 2008 :

Membra Jesu Nostri ''Membra Jesu nostri'', List of compositions by Dieterich Buxtehude, BuxWV 75, is a cycle of seven cantatas composed in 1680 by Dieterich Buxtehude and dedicated to Gustaf Düben. More specifically and fully it is, in Buxtehude's phrase, a ''“ ...

* 2010 : Passio secundum Johannem -

* 2012 :

• extraits du recueil de 1619 -

* 2013 :

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Georg Friedrich Händel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well-known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...

References

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