Albrecht Sack

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Albrecht Sack (born October 10, 1964 in Leipzig ) is a German tenor .

Sack received piano and singing lessons at pre-school age. The time as a member of the Leipzig St. Thomas Choir was decisive for his musical development .

Life

After his membership in the St. Thomas' Choir from 1974 to 1983 , he studied from 1987 to 1992 at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music and Theater in Leipzig . He is a member of the MDR Radio Choir Leipzig .

activity

The focus of his solo concert activities is in the fields of oratorio and lied. His repertoire ranges from Monteverdi and Schütz through Bach , Handel , Haydn , Schubert , Schumann , Brahms and Beethoven to Orff , Weill , Hessenberg and Britten in the 20th century . He can be heard particularly frequently in Bach's great vocal works.

Concert tours have taken him to the USA, Japan, France, Denmark, Luxembourg, Poland, the Czech Republic and Russia. In Germany he performed in the Musikhalle Hamburg , the Konzerthaus Berlin and the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig . He worked with well-known ensembles such as the Thomanerchor, the Dresden Kreuzchor , the Dresdner Kapellknaben , the Tokyo Bach Choir and the Aachen Cathedral Choir .

He was a guest at the Leipzig Bach Festival , the Music Festival and the Dresden Days of Contemporary Music , the Thuringian Bach Days and the Halle Handel Festival . He worked with conductors and choir directors such as Georg Christoph Biller , Andreas Göpfert , Armin Klaes , Roderich Kreile , Fabio Luisi , Kurt Masur , Hans-Christoph Rademann and Peter Schreier .

The musical work of Albrecht Sack is documented through radio and television recordings as well as CD recordings.

Discography

  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Vom Himmel hoch , choral cantata about Luther's Christmas carol for 2 solo voices, choir and orchestra., Contributor u. a., Albrecht Sack as tenor, MGM audio CD-ROM, 1996
  • Hector Berlioz L'ENFANCE DU CHRIST MDR symphony orchestra, MDR radio choir , soloist a. a. Albrecht Sack, director: Fabio Luisi MDR-Edition
  • Beethoven: Concerto in C, op. 56 choir of the MDR, Susanne Scheinpflug, soprano, Kerstin Klein, soprano, Andrea Pitt, alto, Albrecht Sack, tenor, Ekkehard Wagner, tenor, Reinhard Decker, bass Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Kurt Masur PHILIPS © 1994
  • Day of Central German Baroque Music Vol.1 , concert in Weißenfels, Collegium Vocale Leipzig, Chursächsische Capelle Leipzig, Kathrin Strocka, soprano, Annette Reinhold, alto, Albrecht Sack, tenor, Dirk Schmidt, bass organ and conductor - Michael Schönheit Freiburger Musik Forum and MDR - ARS MUSICI
  • JSBach: Christmas oratorio cantatas 1-3 , Albrecht Sack, tenor ( evangelist and arias) and the Leipzig Vocalsolisten, Collegium Vocale Leipzig, Leipzig Bach Soloists ; Direction and harpsichord: Michael Schönheit, Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt and Accent Music
  • JSBach: Cantata 213 / WAMozart: Coronation Mass , Albrecht Sack, tenor, Weimar Barockorchester, conductor: Kersten Lachmann, Metrix Classics 2005
  • JSBach: Christmas oratorio , live recording in Japan, Albrecht Sack, tenor (recitative and arias), Tokyo JSBach choir, conductor: S.Takahashi, Momonga Lab. 2002
  • F.Schubert: The beautiful miller , Albrecht Sack, tenor, Seiya Takahashi, Piano Momonga Lab. 2005

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personal data
SURNAME Sack, Albrecht
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German tenor
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig