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Rostocker Motettenchor

December 12, 2017
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Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Rostocker Motettenchor had already became well known for its performances in famous churches and concert halls in East Germany. The choir was established by Hartwich Eschenburg in 1964 and was the only church choir in East Germany allowed by the government to make gramophone recordings. These included the Bach motets and a record entitled ‘Abendstille’. Foreign concert tours were for a long time forbidden. Not until 1988 did the choir tour Poland, followed in 1989 (shortly before the Wall fell) by Schleswig-Holstein. Nowadays, with a wide repertoire of a cappella works and oratorios from classical to contemporary, the Rostocker Motettenchor has given numerous concerts throughout Germany (including the final concert during the Bach Academy in Stuttgart) and has appeared in Luxembourg, Denmark, Holland and the Czech Republic.

A highlight in the choir’s diary was a visit to the Oregon Bach Festival (USA) in 1995 for an international production of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem. In 2003 the choir was directed by its present conductor Markus Langer in the final concert of the Festspiele ‘Musiksommer Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’ with the celebrated Hilliard Ensemble; it reappeared there two years later in a programme of monumental works by Heinrich Schütz with the Hilliard Ensemble and Barocco locco.

Rabaskadol

December 12, 2017
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The ensemble Rabaskadol was founded in 1985 to perform wind music on period instruments. Its repertoire ranges from medieval minstrels’ pieces to town pipers’ music from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as well as later forms and instrumentations of town pipers’ music dating from the eighteenth century. The instruments used are as follows: bagpipe, shawm and drums for medieval minstrels’ music; shawms and slide trumpet as fifteenth-century alta instrumentation; cornett, shawm, trombone and dulcian as characteristic town pipers’ instruments around 1600; cornetts and trombones for German repertoire of the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Rabaskadol has realised the following concert programmes, theatrical productions and educational projects: Estampie: a gift from the Orient; Carmina Burana, a ballet in collaboration with the Stadttheater Aachen; Town pipers in the Low Countries; Urbs aquensis: music from Aachen, Liège and Maastricht; Recueil de plusieurs vieux airs (Philidor collection); The town pipers’ instruments as organ stops; Spaerens vreugden bron – the town pipers of Haarlem; CD: Town musicians: carillonneurs and town pipers in the Golden Age.

Lacrimae Ensemble

December 12, 2017
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The Lacrimae Ensemble was established in 1993 by the recorder player Ronald Moelker in response to a tour with mezzo-soprano Catherine Bott. The instrumental strength varies in accordance with the requirements of different stylistic periods. All members of the Lacrimae Ensemble are experienced performers of early music on historical instruments and have participated in numerous recordings for both radio and CD.

Ensemble Braccio

December 12, 2017
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Braccio has won wide critical acclaim for its performances and recordings. Praised for its “fresh and lively music making,” its “illuminating and memorable” concerts, and its “intimate and communicative playing,” the ensemble’s mission is to resurrect the ravishing and passionate music of 16th and 17th century violin consorts both small and large. The ensemble members are all active performers throughout Europe, and their continuing research into early instruments, repertoire and improvisation has led to concerts and recordings which seek to redefi ne the sound of early stringed instruments. The name of the group is taken from the original name for the violin: viola da braccio.

Ronald Moelker

December 12, 2017
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Flute Player Ronald Moelker has done numerous concert tours and CD recordings as a recorder soloist and ensembles like the Lacrimae Ensemble and the Bassano Quartet. He moves easily and seamlessly between different musical genres. He unites a large number of styles and timbres and proves that the boundaries of what is possible with a recorder have not yet been reached. In addition to his work in the area of early music, he performs modern compositions and improvisations, including his own work, utilizing Tibetan Bowls and Percussion.

He has performed at major European Music Festivals such as the ECM Festival in Heraklion and the Festivals for Early Music in Utrecht, Brugge, Skara, Basel and St. Petersburg. He won several prizes and received awards at The Early Music Festival in Brugge and The Van Wassenaer Competition NL (First Prize). Ronald Moelker studied recorder at the Conservatory in Rotterdam and at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague

Soli Brass

December 12, 2017
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Muziekvereniging Soli Deo Gloria, opgericht in 1936 als fanfare orkest, is één van de oudste muziekverenigingen in Leeuwarden. Oorspronkelijk was de vereniging verbonden aan de Vrije Evangelische Gemeente in Leeuwarden. Naast deelname aan concoursen was begeleiden van de samenzang tijdens de erediensten één van de belangrijkste activiteiten.

Onder leiding van Sjoerd Nieuwland [vanaf 1956] groeide de vereniging uit tot 130 leden. Met 3 orkesten was Soli Deo Gloria één van de grootste muziekverenigingen in Friesland. Er was een drumband met trompetters en later ook doedelzakspelers en daarnaast veel muziekleerlingen. Dirigent Sjoerd Nieuwland vormde het orkest om naar de in opkomst zijnde Engelse brassband bezetting, waarbij de voorkeur van Nieuwland, zelf afkomstig uit het Leger des Heils, uitging naar een dubbel bezette brassband.