Ensemble Phoenix Munich

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EPM - cast "Rose of Sharon"

The Ensemble Phoenix Munich (EPM) is an early music ensemble based in Munich , which is primarily dedicated to music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods as well as early American music. The founder and director of the ensemble is bass and lutenist Joel Frederiksen.

activities

The Ensemble Phoenix Munich was founded in 2003 by the American early music specialist and musician Joel Frederiksen. Since 2007 the ensemble has presented the annual concert series “Between Mars and Venus” in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich. It also appears regularly at international festivals and with artists such as Hille Perl and Emma Kirkby . The EPM's programs, which range from music from the Renaissance and early Baroque (approx. 1500–1650) to early American music (approx. 1800–1900), are shaped by its director, Joel Frederiksen. The ensemble uses facsimiles of the original sources, historical instruments or their replicas, uses the mood of the respective countries and epochs and maintains contact with recent research on aspects of historical interpretation. In addition, there are always excursions into the new music with composition commissions for selected programs. Guest engagements lead the Ensemble Phoenix Munich to festivals on a regular basis. a. Innsbruck Festival Weeks , Early Music Festival in Bruges, Early Music Days in Herne , Festival d'Ile de France, Prague Spring , Budapest Spring Festival. There are various CD recordings of the EPM, released by harmonia mundi France and SONY / DHM. The legal form of Ensemble Phoenix Munich has been the non-profit association (EPM eV) since 2010.

Awards

  • ECHO Klassik 2013: for the CD Requiem for a Pink Moon , "Classics without borders"
  • Prize of the German Record Critics' Best List 2008: for the CD O felice morire
  • Best of 2007 Records of the Year: from ClassicsToday.com and Audiophile Audition for the CD The Elfin Knight

CDs

  • Tell me true love - music by John Dowland (1563–1626), Sony Music / DHM
  • Requiem for a Pink Moon - An Elizabethan Tribute to Nick Drake (1948–1974), harmonia mundi HMC 902111
  • Rose of Sharon -100 Years of American Music, harmonia mundi HMC 902085
  • O felice morire - Firenze 1600, harmonia mundi HMC 901999
  • The Elfin Knight - Ballads and Dances, harmonia mundi HMC 901983
  • Orpheus, I am - English, French and Italian music of the Renaissance and early Baroque, EPM Productions 2003
  • DVD Joel Frederiksen : LIVE - Italian virtuoso music of the early baroque, Dvorak Artists International

Web links

Commons : Ensemble Phoenix Munich  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joel Frederiksen - Biography. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 4, 2018 ; accessed on February 24, 2018 . 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 / joelfrederiksen.com
  2. ↑ Klaus Kalchschmid: Polyphonic Renaissance . In: sueddeutsche.de . 2016, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on February 24, 2018]).