Christian Walter (musician)

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Christian Walter (* 1962 in Oldenburg ) is a German bassoonist , recorder player and hurdy-gurdy player .

Live and act

Walter first studied recorder at the Hamburg University of Music . This was followed by studies at the Conservatory in The Hague and at the Academy for Early Music in Bremen in the subject of historical bassoon instruments with Michael McCraw and Donna Agrell.

As a soloist, he regularly participates in new forms of musical performance and opera arrangements. He is the soloist in an arrangement of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in a version for two musicians and a narrator. He also appeared as a soloist with the KOBALT Puppet Theater Lübeck in an adaptation of the opera The Barber of Seville by Gioacchino Rossini . He usually realizes these projects together with the bassoon duo satyros, which he and Adrian Rovatkay founded in 1999 .

Since 2010 he has been studying the baroque hurdy-gurdy , the vielle with Matthias Loibner . With this instrument he shows himself as an improviser and theater musician, for example in the Commedia dell'arte production with the director David Zubuchen. As a guest he works on various projects and a. the following ensembles and orchestras with: Musica Fiata, Cantus Cölln , Aperto, Main-Barockorchester.

Walter has lived in Berlin since 1993 . He is a regular bassoonist in the L'arco Orchestra (Hanover).

Discography

  • satyros: The flute duets by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach . Christian Walter, Adrian Rovatkay (bassoon).
  • Johann Melchior Molter : Sonata grossa orchestral works. Main Baroque Orchestra.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach : Mass in B minor. Cantus Cölln
  • Heinrich Schütz : Symphoniae Sacrae III. Cantus Cölln.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas BWV: 61 63, 248/1. Boys' Choir Hanover , L'arco. DVD / Blu-ray from the Advent concert 2012: Christmas with Johann Sebastian Bach. rondeau
  • Georg Friedrich Händel : Messiah , oratorio for solos, choir and orchestra HWV 56. Knabenchor Hannover, L'arco. Ars Musici, 2003.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Festival music for the electoral Saxon house. Cantatas BWV 213 a. 214. Boys' Choir Hanover, L'arco. Ars Musici, 2000.
  • Franz Schubert : Mass in A flat major, D 678 / Magnificat in C major, D 486. Hanover Boys Choir, L'arco. Ars Musici 1997.
  • Johann Sebastian and the Bückeburg Bach: Wake up, the voice calls us. Boys' Choir Hanover, L'arco. Thorofon. 1995.
  • Georg Friedrich Handel: Israel in Egypt . Vocal ensemble Rastatt, Les Favorites. Carus, 2008.
  • Antonio Vivaldi : Dixit Dominus. Körnerscher Sing-Verein, Dresden Instrumental Concert. 2006.
  • Johann Philipp Förtsch: Sacred Concertos. Musica Fiata. CPO , 2008.
  • Samuel Scheidt : Ludi Musici I – IV. Musica Fiata. CPO.
  • Johann Hermann Schein : Psalms of David. Musica Fiata. Pure Classics Glissando 779 006-2
  • Georg Philipp Telemann , Pachelbel, Buttstett: That's my pleasure. Soprano Cantatas. Maria Jonas, Chursächsische Capella Leipzig. cpo, 2003.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: Come Spirit of the Lord. Late cantatas. Telemannisches Collegium Michaelstein , Ludger Rémy . cpo, 2006.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: The Messiah , Concerti. Telemannisches Collegium Michaelstein, Ludger Rémy. cpo, 2003.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: Kapitänsmusik 1724 “Rejoice in the Lord”. Telemannisches Collegium Michaelstein, Ludger Rémy. cpo, 2008.
  • Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel : Welcome, nice hours. Two serenatas. Telemannisches Collegium Michaelstein, Ludger Rémy. cpo, 2007.
  • Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Cantatas for Pentecost. Telemannisches Collegium Michaelstein, Ludger Rémy. cpo, 2004.
  • Heinrich Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae I. Musica Fiata. Sony music, 2010.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Die Zauberflöte und Fagotti Beethovenfest, Bonn on September 18, 2013 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / beethovenfest.wordpress.com
  2. ^ Kobald puppet theater "The Barber of Seville": an opera buffa based on Rossini and Beaumarchais. In: Berliner Zeitung of February 27, 2004.
  3. ↑ lautrepas.de The white raven, four rooms, four journeys
  4. ^ "Hunger and Love", Potsdamer Latest News on April 25, 2013
  5. ↑ satyros CD
  6. ^ Molter CD
  7. ^ Mass in B minor
  8. ^ Schütz: Symphoniae sacrae III
  9. ↑ Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus
  10. ↑ Musica Fiata discography
  11. ↑ Musica Fiata discography
  12. ↑ Musica Fiata discography
  13. ↑ Musica Fiata discography
personal data
SURNAME Walter, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bassoonist, recorder player and hurdy-gurdy player
DATE OF BIRTH 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldenburg