Canticum novum
canticum novum is a mixed chamber choir in Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia with around 30 singers, which was founded by Michael Schmutte in 2000 and has been under his direction ever since.
repertoire
The musical performances include the great works of sacred choral music from the Renaissance to the present. Besides well-known works such as the Christmas Oratorio , the St. John Passion and the St. Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach , the Messiah and Judas Maccabaeus by Handel , the Vespers of Claudio Monteverdi and Brahms - Requiem , the choir also brought rare-heard works such as Thomas Tallis ' 40-part motet Spem in alium and György Ligetis Lux aeterna for the performance. Cooperations took place with the Westphalian Wilhelms University as part of the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics”.
Canticum novum designed the German premiere of the Magnificat by Urmas Sisask , as well as the world premieres of the Three Choirs dedicated to the choir by Joachim Lepping and the Oratorio of Creation “With All Eyes” by Jutta Bitsch (* 1969).
Choirmaster
Michael Schmutte, b. 1960 in Damme, studied church music in Graz , Bremen and Vienna (A diploma). This was followed by additional training as a qualified music therapist at the University of Münster, as well as choral conducting studies with Erwin Ortner , Eric Ericson , Frieder Bernius and Johannes Prinz, among others . The time with Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Vienna was formative. Schmutte also applies the performance practice of early music learned here in the corresponding works with the canticum novum . In 2008 Schmutte was appointed to the Artistic Advisory Board of the Association of German Concert Choirs (VDKC).
Prices
- 2004: Béla Bartók choir competition for contemporary choral music in Debrecen / Hungary (3rd place)
- 2006: German-Dutch Church Music Prize in Frenswegen Monastery (1st place)
- 2009: 8th state choir competition NRW in Bonn (1st place in the category mixed choir up to 40 members )
- 2013: 9th state choir competition NRW in Dortmund (1st place in the category mixed choir up to 40 members )
- 2014: Successful participation for NRW in the German Choir Competition in Weimar
Discography
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio , BWV 248, parts 1–6. With Veronika Winter , Sigrid Horvath, Daniel Johannsen , Matthias Weichert and the baroque orchestra L'arco Hannover. 2004.
- Georg Friedrich Händel: Messiah , HWV 56. With Julia Kleiter , Matthias Lucht, Max Ciolek, Wolf Matthias Friedrich and the baroque orchestra L'arco Hannover. Musicom, 2005.
- Claudio Monteverdi: Vesperae Beatae Mariae Virginis, Marienvesper , SV 206. With Monika Mauch, Susanne Rydén, Matthias Lucht, Hans Jörg Mammel , Gerd Türk, Nils Giebelhausen, Ekkehard Abele, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Choralschola of the Folkwang-Musikhochschule Essen, Deutsche Monteverdi Soloists and Renaissance wind ensemble Gebhard David. 2005.
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Johannes Passion BWV 245. With Veronika Winter, Susanne Krumbiegel, Knut Schoch, Michael Nonhoff, Wolf Matthias Friedrich and the North German Baroque Orchestra Musicom 2006.
- Jutta Bitsch: Oratorio of Creation with All Eyes . Live recording of the world premiere on September 28, 2016
Web links
- Website canticum novum
- From the fascination of deeply religious works - the Canticum Novum Choir from Münster celebrates successes with sacred music. Contribution by Benedikt Schulz to Deutschlandradio Kultur , February 21, 2014
Individual evidence
- ^ Cluster of Excellence Religion and Politics at the WWU June 29, 2009
- ^ Cluster of Excellence Religion and Politics at the WWU Nov. 2009
- ↑ Ruhrnachrichten from September 29, 2014 ( Memento of the original from November 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Sound carrier
- ↑ Live recording of Jutta Bitsch: Mit alle Augen ( Memento of the original from November 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
