Jürgen Budday

Jürgen Budday (performance of the Handel oratorio Belshazzar , 2005)

Jürgen Budday (* 1948 ) is a German conductor and church music director . He was the conductor of the Maulbronn Kantorei until 2019 and of the Maulbronn Chamber Choir until 2016 , as well as the artistic director of the Maulbronn Monastery Concerts until October 16, 2013. His focus is on the genre of historical and contemporary vocal music as well as the performance of oratorios with historical instruments. From February 1979 to July 2012 he was also director of studies at the Evangelical Seminary in Maulbronn .

biography

Jürgen Budday studied school music , church music and musicology at the Stuttgart University of Music and taught from 1979 to 2012 as a high school music teacher at the Evangelical Seminary in Maulbronn.

For his music pedagogical and artistic work he received a. a. the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (1998) and the Bruno Frey Prize of the Landesakademie Ochsenhausen . In recognition of his services as a “brilliant musical ambassador of Baden-Württemberg”, he was awarded the honorary title of Professor in 2011 by the Prime Minister of the State of Baden-Württemberg . In 2013 Jürgen Budday received the Georg Friedrich Handel Ring from the Association of German Concert Choirs (VDKC) .

Since 2002 Jürgen Budday has also chaired the advisory board for choirs of the German Music Council . and in this function is the overall director of the German Choir Competition

In June 2014 Jürgen Budday took over the artistic direction of the International Chamber Choir Competition in Marktoberdorf , succeeding Dolf Rabus in this role . In June 2016, Jürgen Budday conducted the last concert with the Maulbronn Chamber Choir , which he founded, and thus relinquished artistic direction after almost 33 years.

Under his direction, the K&K Verlagsanstalt's Edition Kloster Maulbronn produced a number of recordings of concerts on CD, including a. a. the Handel oratorios Jephtha , Samson , Judas Maccabäus and Saul with Emma Kirkby , Michael Chance , Nancy Argenta and Stephen Varcoe .

Discography

Oratorios by Handel

in historical performance practice

Jephtha - Oratorio in three acts, in the English original language with Emma Kirkby (soprano), Melinda Paulsen (mezzo-soprano), Charles Humphries (alto), Julian Podger (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Maulbronner Kammerchor, artistic direction: Jürgen Budday, Baroque orchestra of the monastery concerts (concert recording, 1998, Edition Maulbronn Monastery)
Samson - Oratorio in three acts, in English with Sinéad Pratschke, Michael Chance, Marc LeBrocq, Raimund Nolte, David Thomas, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Baroque Orchestra of the Monastery Concerts, Artistic Director: Jürgen Budday (concert recording, 1999, Edition Maulbronn Monastery)
Judas Maccabaeus - oratorio in three acts, in the original English language with Sinéad Pratschke (soprano), Catherine King (mezzo-soprano), Charles Humphries (alto), Mark LeBrocq (tenor), Christopher Purves (bass), Maulbronner Kammerchor, Musica Florea Prague, artistic Direction: Jürgen Budday (concert recording, 2000, Edition Kloster Maulbronn)
Saul - Oratorio in three acts, in the original English with Nancy Argenta (soprano), Laurie Reviol (soprano), Michael Chance (alto), Marc LeBrocq (tenor), Michael Berner (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Steffen Balbach ( Bass), Hannoversche Hofkapelle , Maulbronn Chamber Choir, artistic direction: Jürgen Budday (concert recording, 2002, Edition Kloster Maulbronn)
Solomon - Oratorio in three acts, in the English original language with Nancy Argenta (soprano), Laurie Reviol (soprano), Michael Chance (alto), Julian Podger (tenor), Steffen Balbach (bass), Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor, artistic direction: Jürgen Budday (concert recording, 2003, Edition Maulbronn Monastery)
Belshazzar - oratorio in English with Miriam Allan (soprano), Michael Chance (alto), Patrick van Goethem (alto), Marc LeBrocq (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Maulbronner Kammerchor, Hannoversche Hofkapelle. Artistic direction: Jürgen Budday (concert recording, 2005, Edition Kloster Maulbronn)
The Messiah - Unabridged version of the oratorio in three parts in the original English language with Miriam Allan (soprano), Michael Chance (alto), Mark LeBrocq (tenor) and Christopher Purves (bass). Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Hannoversche Hofkapelle. Artistic direction: Jürgen Budday (concert recording, 2005, Edition Kloster Maulbronn)
The Messiah - Complete recording of the oratorio in three parts by Georg Friedrich Handel, arranged by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with Marlis Petersen (soprano), Margot Oitzinger (alto), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Marek Rzepka (bass), Maulbronner Kammerchor, Hannoversche Hofkapelle. Artistic director: Jürgen Budday (concert recording, 2006, Edition Kloster Maulbronn)
Joshua - Unabridged version from 1748 of the oratorio in English by Georg Friedrich Handel with Miriam Allan (soprano), David Allsopp (countertenor, alto), Mark LeBrocq (tenor), James Rutherford (bass), Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor. Artistic director: Jürgen Budday (concert recording, 2007, Edition Kloster Maulbronn)
Jephtha - 15 years Edition Maulbronn Monastery - complete recording in English original language with Kirsten Blaise (soprano), Annelie Sophie Müller (mezzo-soprano), David Allsopp (alto), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Simon Bailey (bass), Ensemble il capriccio, artistic direction : Jürgen Budday (concert recording, 2012, Edition Maulbronn Monastery)

Vocal music a cappella

All my heartfelt thoughts ~ Romantic choral music, Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Artistic Director: Jürgen Budday, 1991
Comfort me again ~ Sacred choral music, Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Artistic direction: Jürgen Budday, 1993
From early morning ... and until night - a musical daily routine according to the tradition of the Liturgy of the Hours - Maulbronner Kammerchor, artistic director: Jürgen Budday (1999, Edition Maulbronn Monastery)
You turn my lament into a dance - sacred choral music - Maulbronn Chamber Choir, artistic direction: Jürgen Budday, 2003
Man lives and exists ~ birth - finitude - eternity . Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Artistic Direction: Jürgen Budday. Concert recording from the Maulbronn monastery church in 2006.
The night shines like the day . Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Artistic Direction: Jürgen Budday. Concert recording from the Maulbronn monastery church in 2010.
Love & sorrow . Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Artistic Direction: Jürgen Budday (2014, Edition Maulbronn Monastery).
From God - to God - promises and prayers. Recording from the Schlosskirche Bad Homburg with works for four- to eight-part choir (2016, Edition Authentic Classical Concerts)

Other publications

Gioacchino Rossini : Petit Messe Solenelle in the version for two pianos and harmonium with Laura de Souza (soprano), Dalia Schaechter (alto), Keith Ikaia Purdy (tenor), Max Wittges (bass), Ennio Pastorino and An Li Pang (pianos) , Carlotte Lootgieter (harmonium), artistic direction: Jürgen Budday. (Concert recording, 1996)
Louis Spohr : The Last Things (Oratorio) : Complete recording of the German-language original version from 1826 with Miriam Meyer (soprano), Ursula Eittinger (mezzo-soprano), Marcus Ullmann (tenor), Josef Wagner (bass), Maulbronn Choir, Russian Chamber Philharmonic St. Petersburg, Artistic direction: Jürgen Budday. (Concert recording, 2010)
Johann Sebastian Bach : From the kingdom of God. Large cantata with arias, choirs and chorales from 18 Bach cantatas , in a compilation by Hans Grischkat . With Heike Heilmann (soprano), Franz Vitzthum (alto), Johannes Mayer (tenor), Falko Hönisch (bass), Ensemble il capriccio, artistic direction: Jürgen Budday (concert recording, 2013)
Johann Sebastian Bach : St. John Passion - complete recording of the original version from 1724 in historical performance practice. With Daniel Johannsen (tenor, evangelist), Tobias Berndt (bass, Christ words), Sophie Klußmann (soprano), David Allsopp (alto, countertenor), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Josef Wagner (bass), Ensemble il capriccio, artistic direction: Jürgen Budday (concert recording, 2015)

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CD publications by K&K Verlagsanstalt / various press articles / websites: Seminar Maulbronn, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Maulbronn monastery concerts, Jürgen Budday