Amarcord (ensemble)
The ensemble Amarcord (proper spelling: ensemble Amarcord ) is a vocal ensemble from Leipzig. It is now one of the leading vocal ensembles.
History
The ensemble was founded in November 1992 by three former and three current members of the St. Thomas Boys'. His first public appearance was not there on 12 December 1992 in the former guest house at the park in Leipzig. The first concert took place on 18 April 1993 Kohren- Sahlis instead, the 1000th in April 2009.
Under the name Amarcord (which means "I remember " in the dialect of Emilia- Romagna), the ensemble made her first appearance in October 1993.
From the idea to celebrate its 5th anniversary along with other singers, musicians, initiated in 1997, the International Festival of Vocal Music " a cappella ", which has developed under the artistic direction of the group to one of the most important festivals of its kind.
Concert tours have taken the singer now in over 50 countries on all continents of the earth.
Repertoire
The repertoire includes songs of the Middle Ages, madrigals and Renaissance masses, compositions and cycles of works of European Romanticism and the 20th century and a cappella arrangements worldwide collected folk songs and popular songs of rock, pop, soul and jazz.
Occupation
- Frank Ozimek (baritone; since 1992)
- Daniel Knauft (Bass, 1992 )
- Holger Krause (bass, since 1992 )
- Tungsten Lattke (tenor; since 1995)
- Robert Pohlers (tenor; since 2013)
- Dietrich Barth (1992-2007)
- Alexander Gosch (1992-1997)
- Martin Bayer (1992-1995)
- Martin Lattke (2006-2013, founder member of calmus Ensemble Leipzig)
Awards
The work of the ensemble was honored with numerous national and international awards. Amarcord received prizes at music competitions in the Spanish Tolosa (2nd prize, 1995), in Tampere, Finland (joint 3rd prize 1999) and at the 1st Choir Olympics in Linz, Austria ( 2000). In 2000, the singer recorded Concerts Young artists of the German Music Council in the National Selection and received a scholarship. In 2002 they won the German Music Competition, 2004 the price of the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
In the years 2002 and 2006 amarcord the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award ( CARA ) received respectively in the categories " Best classical Album" and " Best classical song", the album " Restless Love - a walk through the romantic Leipzig " won the award Best. classical album in 2010 the same album was also awarded the ECHO Klassik 2010 in the category of choral works by recording of the year -. Choir / Ensemble Music 18 -19 Century and the Luxembourg Supersonic Award ( Pizzicato ) excellent, and the beginning of 2010 for the MIDEM Classical Award, the most prestigious award of European Schallplattenkritik nominated. 2012 the ensemble received another Echo Klassik in the category Ensemble of the Year - Vocal Music for the album The Love brings big ' Freud!
Discography
- Insalata a cappella (2001)
- In adventu Domini (2001)
- Hear the voice ( 2001)
- And So It Goes ( 2002)
- Ensemble Amarcord (2003)
- Sounds Like Christmas (2004)
- Pierre de la Rue - Incessament (2005)
- Now, der Heiden Heiland Come (2005)
- Vita S. Elisabeth ( 2006)
- The Book of Madrigals (2007)
- Album français ( 2008)
- Restless Love (2009)
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Markus Passion BWV 247 (2010), together with the Cologne Academy
- Of the last things (2010), together with the Cappella Sagittariana Dresden
- Historia de compassione Mary ( Marian Office, Hamburg, 15th Century ) (2010 )
- Loving brings great joy! (2011), together with the Leipzig String Quartet
- Make a joyful noise to the Lord all the world (2011), together with the Cappella Sagittariana Dresden
- Franz Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage with Gesualdo & Marenzio (2011), together with Ragna Schirmer
- Coming Home for Christmas ( 2011)
- At S. Thomas (2012 )
- Johann Sebastian Bach - The Motets, together with the Lautten Compagney (2012 )
- Folks & Tales (2013 )
Film
- Amarcord - An ensemble life of Christoph Scholz ( 2008)