Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann

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The Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann was founded in 1968 by its namesake, the violinist Alois Kottmann , in Frankfurt am Main . The string orchestra became known to a wider public through international performances and internationally known soloists.

history

The Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann was originally formed from an ensemble of students from the violin classes led by Alois Kottmann at Dr. Hoch's Conservatory in Frankfurt and the Frankfurt Conservatory and the Academy of Music Mainz and was continued by the parties and after their university studies. Young violinists were promoted as soloists. After several years of ensemble studies, the decision was made to organize public concerts.

In the 1970s, Margrit von Bethmann and Alois Kottmann founded the Senckenberg Concerts , which take place annually and in which works by Frankfurt composers are also premiered.

Further suitable podiums arose in 1980 with the establishment of the Gallus Concerts in Flörsheim am Main and the Philippsruher Palace Concerts in Hanau in 1987. The ensemble also regularly takes part in the International Music Days Hessen Main-Taunus Hofheim in Hofheim am Taunus . The orchestra has made guest appearances in the United Kingdom , the United States and Mexico , among others .

For the performance of larger symphonic works, there is regular collaboration with the solo winds of the large orchestras in the Rhine-Main area . The jazz musician Albert Mangelsdorff composed the works Thinking of Bosnia for trombone and strings and the miniatures for violin and trombone for a joint CD production .

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the string orchestra, a CD and a commemorative publication were released in 2008.

Support association

Soon after the orchestra was founded, the Association of Friends of the Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann was formed on the initiative of Margrit von Bethmann . V. in the Bethmann house . The Frankfurt patron Rüdiger Volhard took over the chairmanship, followed by the banker Hans Ludolf Koch ( Hauck & Aufhäuser ). Today the club is run by Alois Kottmann's son, the violinist Boris Kottmann . The aim is to maintain the Frankfurt string tradition according to Carl Flesch . In this context, the works of Frankfurt composers and young talents have been and are promoted.

social commitment

The Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann is involved in benefit concerts for drug aid, the German Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Menschen für Menschen initiative , to which a CD has been dedicated. Alois Kottmann was made an honorary member of Drug Aid 80 by Annemarie Renger .

Radio and television

  • ZDF documentary Passion and Passion (1985), with Adalbert Kraus , Ernst Gerold Schramm , Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann , Alois Kottmann (from left), directed by Meinolf Fritzen

Reviews (selection)

“ The Collegium Musicale Alois Kottmann is the brilliant result of a committed training concept by its founder Alois Kottmann. "

- Petra Roth , Lord Mayor of the City of Frankfurt am Main

“ The Collegium Musicale Alois Kottmann is an ensemble that critics rave about again and again: With the steadfastness of a ray of light, Kottmann leads his ensemble members straight to the nerve of the artistic means of expression music. "

- Achim Heidenreich, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

“ The peculiarity (of the Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann) consists firstly in the fact that the inspired sound has priority over external brilliance and secondly, that one strives mainly for spiritual penetration, not for a pleasing effect. "

- Peter-Lukas Graf , flautist, conductor and university lecturer

Audio on demand

Discography

  • Johann Sebastian Bach : Concerto in A minor for violin, basso continuo and strings , Concerto in E major for violin, basso continuo and strings , Concerto in D minor for two violins, basso continuo and strings . Soloists: Alois Kottmann (from left), Boris Kottmann (from left), basso continuo is performed with theorbo . Melisma 7210-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata Heart and Mouth and Action and Life. BWV 147 ; Joseph Haydn: Missa in D minor in angustiis Hob. XXII: 11 ( Mass in the distress , also: Nelson Mass ). Performers: Ulrike Sonntag (soprano), Alison Browner (alto), Adalbert Kraus (tenor), Ernst Gerold Schramm (bass), Figuralchor des Hessischen Rundfunks, Alois Ickstadt (conductor). Melisma 726, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: St. John Passion BWV 245 . Performers: Ulrike Sonntag (soprano), Alison Browner (alto), Adalbert Kraus (tenor), Ernst Gerold Schramm (bass), Figuralchor des Hessischen Rundfunks, Alois Ickstadt (conductor). Melisma 7058, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor BWV 232 . Performers: Ulrike Sonntag (soprano), Alison Browner (alto), Adalbert Kraus (tenor), Ernst Gerold Schramm (bass), figural choir of the Hessischer Rundfunk, conductor: Alois Ickstadt. Melisma 7023-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Concerto in D minor for violin and strings ; Richard Rudolf Klein: Canto for violin and strings ; Johanna Senfter : Concerto for two violins and string orchestra in C minor . Soloists: Alois Kottmann (from left), Boris Kottmann (from left). Melisma 7248-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Ernest Bloch : Suite 1 ; Max Reger: Prelude and Fugue in B minor op. 117/1 ; Eugène Ysaÿe : Sonata in D minor (ballade) op. 27 No. 3 ; Igor Stravinsky : Élégie ; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata in C major BWV 1005 . Soloist: Alois Kottmann (from left). Melisma 7100-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Symphony in A major KV 201 . Soloist: Alois Kottmann (from left). Peter Härtling speaks texts from Hindemith's Bach speech from 1950. Paul Hindemith: Funeral music for solo violin and strings ; Duets for two violins . Soloists: Alois Kottmann (from left), Boris Kottmann (from left); Johann Sebastian Bach: Chaconne from the Partita in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004 . Soloist: Alois Kottmann. Melisma 7099-2, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Missa in C major KV 317 Coronation Mass Regina Coeli, KV 127 ; Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Lord God, you are our refuge / For the sake of our sins ; Joseph Rheinberger : Abendlied op. 79/6 . Soloists: Ulrike Sonntag (soprano), Alison Browner (alto), Adalbert Kraus (tenor), Ernst Gerold Schramm (bass), Figuralchor des Hessischen Rundfunks, Alois Ickstadt (conductor). Melisma 7035, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Robert Schumann : Sonata in A minor op. 105 ; Sonata in D minor op.121 . Soloists: Alois Kottmann (from left), Günter Ludwig (p). Melisma 7101, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Johannes Brahms : Sonata No. 1 in G major op. 78 ; Sonata No. 2 in A major op. 100 ; Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 . Soloists: Alois Kottmann (from left), Günter Ludwig (p). Melisma 7102, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • César Franck : Sonata in A major ; Max Reger : Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 3 . Soloists: Alois Kottmann (from left), Günter Ludwig (p). Melisma 7018, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • Ferruccio Busoni : Sonata No. 2 in C minor op.36a ; Gabriel Fauré : Sonata No. 1 in A major op. 13 ; Olivier Messiaen : Thème et variations . Soloists: Alois Kottmann (from left), Günter Ludwig (p). Melisma 7253, Oestrich-Winkel.
  • 40 years of Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann - polyphony . Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Violin Concerto in D minor ; Richard Rudolf Klein: Canto for violin and string orchestra; Johanna Senfter: Concerto for 2 violins and string orchestra in C minor . Soloists: Alois Kottmann (from left), Boris Kottmann (from left). Melisma 6735519, Oestrich-Winkel.

literature

  • Association of Friends of the Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann e. V. (Ed.): 40 years of Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann. Festschrift. With greetings from Petra Roth, Traudl Herrhausen , Peter-Lukas Graf, Helmuth Fintl , Richard Rudolf Klein and Alois Ickstadt. Otto Lembeck publishing house. Frankfurt am Main 2008.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann on: miz.org
  2. ↑ Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann on: kulturportal.hessen.de
  3. ↑ Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann on: alois-kottmann.de
  4. ^ Pedagogue out of conviction - The violinist Kottmann and humanity in: Frankfurter Rundschau, October 14, 2008
  5. ↑ Consonance of souls. The Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann touches the hearts of the audience . in: Frankfurter Rundschau, October 17, 2008
  6. ^ Association of Friends of the Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann e. V. on: alois-kottmann.de
  7. ↑ 40 years of Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann . Festschrift. Frankfurt am Main 2008