Bach, brass and blues
bach, blech & blues is a German brass ensemble from Karlsruhe.
history
Established in 1989 from the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie , the ensemble has been independent since 1991. Bach, blech & blues received initial support from the Deutsche Ensemble Akademie Frankfurt, which is also home to the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and Ensemble Modern . The ensemble has been based in Karlsruhe since 2011. The musicians from bach, blech & blues are professional musicians in German symphony and opera orchestras.
style
The main feature of bach, blech & blues is the merging and linking of different musical styles. The repertoire ranges from renaissance and baroque music - inspired from the perspective of historical performance practice - to contemporary music and jazz in the big band style.
Here is bach, sheet & blues with various soloists from the international jazz scene such as Ack van Rooyen , Till Bronner , Markus Stockhausen , Kenny Wheeler , Adrian Mears , Daniel Schnyder worked. Numerous compositions have been commissioned for this, written for bach, blech & blues by Florian Ross , Simon Stockhausen , Jörg Achim Keller , Frank Reinshagen , John Hollenbeck and Ingo Luis , among others .
In the field of so-called early music, bach, blech & blues has developed further through collaboration with specialists from the scene such as Roland Wilson or Edward H. Tarr ; composers such as Harald Genzmer or Enjott Schneider wrote commissioned works for bach for so-called new music , sheet metal & blues.
In addition, musicians of the ensemble such as Till Fabian Weser or Heinrich Gölzenleuchter write their own compositions and arrangements for the ensemble.
Some of the commissioned works are published by edition bach, blech & blues at gecko verlag köln bamberg.
Musician
Trumpets
Laura Vukobratovic, Rudolf Mahni, Volker Siepelt, Till Fabian Weser, Daniel Grieshammer
horns
Frank Bechtel, Hubert Pilstl
Trumpets
Angelika Frei, Hubert Mayer, Stefan Schmitz, Heinrich Gölzenleuchter
tuba
Hellmut Karg
Sound carrier
- CD 1 1993 "Bach, blech & blues, chamber music for brass"
- CD 2 1996 "Brass Festival" at Arte Nova / BMG
- CD 3 1997 "Triptych" at Berlin Classics
- CD 4 2004 "Schütz and Gabrieli" at rondeau
- CD 5 2006 "Klangwelten" with the Windsbacher boys' choir at rondeau