Ensemble Sortisatio
| Ensemble Sortisatio | |
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 The Sortisatio ensemble in front of the Gewandhaus in Leipzig |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | New music |
| founding | 1992 |
| Current occupation | |
| Walter Klingner | |
| Axel Andrae | |
| Matthias Sannemüller | |
| Thomas Blumenthal | |
The Ensemble Sortisatio is a German ensemble for contemporary music . It plays in the line-up of Walter Klingner ( oboe and English horn ), Axel Andrae ( bassoon ), Matthias Sannemüller ( viola ) and Thomas Blumenthal ( guitar ).
history
Ensemble Sortisatio was founded in 1992 on the initiative of violist Matthias Sannemüller in Leipzig . The name of the ensemble was chosen based on the music-theoretical term sortisatio , as the combination of instruments can also be viewed as coincidental or unusual. The musicians were encouraged to do this by the composer Reiner Bredemeyer .
In 1996 the ensemble made its debut at the 9th Festival Zeit für Neue Musik under the artistic direction of Helmut Bieler with performances in the Steingraeber house of the Steingraeber & Sons piano factory in Bayreuth . It followed u. a. Appearances in Bitterfeld , Rotta and Weimar. The ensemble played at the Leipzig Town Hall Concerts, at concerts by the Saxon Music Association , at the MDR Music Summer , in the Gunzenhauser Museum , the St. Ulrich Church in Halle, the New Residence Hall, in the Salzburg Baroque Museum , in the Winterthur Art Museum and in Hindemith -Music center .
The ensemble took part regularly at the Hallische Musiktage and at concerts of the Forum Zeitgenössischer Musik Leipzig . At the invitation of Chan Wing-wah and the Hong Kong Composers' Guild , the ensemble attended Musicarama 2009 and performed in the Hong Kong City Hall theater .
The ensemble works with artists and conductors such as Christian Sprenger , Gerd Domhardt , Thomas Buchholz , Irmela Boßler , David Petersen ,
The repertoire ranges from compositions of classical modernism to works of new music . The ensemble has premiered numerous works by important composers, over 100 works have been dedicated to them.
Several CDs were produced : The CD 8 Pieces on Paul Klee was recorded as part of the “Klee Project” in collaboration with the composer group Groupe Lacroix . The ensemble then gave concerts in Switzerland and Liechtenstein , among others at the Kunstmuseum Bern , the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein in Vaduz and the French Church Bern and as part of the Musica Aperta concert series at the Kunstmuseum Winterthur and as part of cooperative readings with Alexander Klee , the painter's grandson Paul Klee .
The CD A Portrait with the participation of the Sortisatio ensemble was created in cooperation with, among others, the MDR Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Fabio Luisi .
Concerts were also broadcast on the radio ( Österreich1 , RTHK Radio 4, MDR Figaro , SRG SSR idée suisse ).
World premieres (selection)
The ensemble took on the following world premieres: Lethal Injection by Helmut Oehring , Stockend Fließend by Steffen Schleiermacher , works by the Saxon composers Volkmar Leimert , Thomas Stöß and Manfred Weiss ... ulaume ... by Wolf-Günter Leidel and Apparationen VI by Thomas Christoph Heyde , changing, interwoven, at times relaxed I by Michael Flade and Danse oubliee by Thomas Böttger .
At the concert in the Theater of the Hong Kong City Hall were Hui Cheung-wai raft , Stephen Yip's Reflection on Klee's Ancient Sound , Pang Chun-tings When a Golden Fish is morphing into squares and Ada Lai Vibrissae premiered.
In 2008, Ensemble Sortisatio participated in the world premieres of Max E. Keller's Wie Kraut und Rüben , Nils Günther's Alter Klang , Andor Losonczy's Limits of Understanding , Jean-Luc Darbellay's Bach for viola , Hans Eugen Frischknecht's Klee Impressions , Andrés Maupoint's Katz and Vogel and Chan Wing-wahs Oriental Garden at the L'art pour l'Aar festival .
Compositions for the ensemble (selection)
- Aspects of Mozart by Michael Stöckigt
- Quartet pieces 7 & Leipzig one and Leipzig by Reiner Bredemeyer
- Three essays by Gerd Sannemüller
- Three looks from Peteris Vasks
- Danse oubliee by Thomas Böttger , world premiere
- Quartetto & So to speak by Jean-Luc Darbellay
- Scenes for the ensemble by Helmut Bieler
- Sortisatio l by Jean-Louis Petit
- Obsessed girl from Thuringia Bräm
- Shark Turtle Ray by Michael Schneider , world premiere
- How the clover became four-leaved: Quartet by Marianne Schroeder , world premiere
- N-gl by John Wolf Brennan
- Mourning by Alfons Karl Zwicker , world premiere
- Desecrated Sphinx, The Sphinx goes by Michael Radanovics
- In between Piece for 3 players by Christian Wolff
- For 3 voices by John Cage
- Quartet & Stockend Fluent by Steffen Schleiermacher
- the silence, the characters of Antoine Beuger
- Consort Sonata & Coming and Going by Karl Ottomar Treibmann
- quartetto da capo by Christian Münch
- Orpheus: Fragments III by Gerd Domhardt
- Lethal injection & dersu by Helmut Oehring
- Triptych by Günter Neubert
- Homage for Marc Chagall by Werner Thielemann
- Fluxion 111 by Thomas Buchholz
- Scenes for the ensemble by Helmut Bieler
- Proteus by Thomas Müller
- Green Islands by Willi Vogl
- View network from Thomas Christoph Heyde
- Crossover by Péter Kőszeghy
- quattro balli sorteggiati by Caspar René Hirschfeld
Discography
- 2003: 8 Pieces on Paul Klee , works by Groupe Lacroix , Creative Works Records
- 2004: Ensemble Sortisatio , Label Querstand ( MDR production)
- 2009: A Portrait , works by Jean-Luc Darbellay , with the participation of Ensemble Sortisatio, Claves Records / The Orchard
Web links
- Works by and about Ensemble Sortisatio in the catalog of the German National Library
- Oriental Garden of Paul Klee by Chan Wing Wah in 2008 on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ensemble members in conversation . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. MDR.de, June 3, 2010.
- ^ Ensemble Sortisatio . ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 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. German Music Information Center
- ↑ Different sound structures bring unusual listening pleasure. Ensemble Sortisatio will be playing in the Bitterfeld Gallery on Tuesday. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , May 8, 1999.
- ↑ Kathleen Herber: Painting with Music. Dream figures from piles of cotton wool Where the painter Paul Klee hid at a landscape painting show with a concert in the Ochsenkopf estate. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung of January 18, 2000.
- ^ Events 2003. ( Memento of the original dated November 16, 2007 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. In: Liszt School of Music Weimar .
- ↑ a b c d e Neue Zeitschrift für Musik , vol. 156 (1995), p. 80.
- ↑ MDR Music Summer. The painter Klee meets the fool Valentin. Avantgarde Festival opened “listening window” in Leipzig. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , July 7, 1999.
- ↑ a b Calendar 2012 Saxon Music Association; Retrieved May 18, 2012
- ↑ Johannes Killyen: Requiem for a sensitive artist: “Approach” was reminiscent of the composer Gerd Domhardt - Ruth Zechlin honored her colleague with a composition . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , November 20, 1997.
- ↑ a b c d e program of the 55th Hallische Musiktage (PDF; 1.07 MB)
- ↑ a b Events - Salzburg Baroque Museum. ( Memento of the original from September 18, 2011 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.
- ↑ Jürg Huber: Double happiness. Homage à Paul Klee in the Kunstmuseum Winterthur. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , April 22, 2004.
- ^ Andreas Hillger: Composers' Association revives the Hans Stieber Prize. Search for the soul of modernity. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , November 28, 2000.
- ↑ Enthralling new chamber music Domhardt in “Approach” . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung of April 20, 1995.
- ↑ Program - 50 Years of Hallesche Musiktage. State Association of Saxony-Anhalt German Composers V.
- ^ Nico Thom: Opening concert: Grenzregionen IV - Electronic and Live Electronic Music. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Leipzig Almanach Kulturtagebuch .
- ↑ a b c Program of Musicarama 2009.
- ↑ Werner Wolf : 19th Extraordinary Concert. ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2005 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. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , March 27, 1996.
- ↑ 8 Pieces on Paul Klee ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the European label for contemporary and improvised music Creative Works Records ; Representation of the CD.
- ^ Rita Wolfensberger : Tasteful sound picture show. An unusual cast has transformed eight paintings by Paul Klee into a sounding picture show in the art museum. (Part 1) and Tasteful Sound Picture Show. An unusual cast has transformed eight paintings by Paul Klee into a sounding picture show in the art museum. (Part 2) In: Der Landbote , April 22, 2004.
- ↑ Maria Künzil: Klee's pictures become music here. CD christening in the museum: As part of the spectrum concerts, the Sortisatio ensemble plays works in the art museum that were inspired by pictures by Paul Klee. The Leipziger present their new CD. In: Berner Zeitung , March 25, 2003.
- ↑ Marianne Mühlemann: How does Klee sound? For the new CD the concert in the Kunstmuseum Bern. In: Der Bund , March 24, 2003.
- ^ Finissage with Paul Klee concert on January 19th. In: News aktuell Switzerland from January 13, 2003.
- ^ A b Gerhard Lock: Anniversary concert 10 years of the Ensemble “Sortisatio”. ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2008 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. In: Leipzig Almanach Kulturtagebuch .
- ↑ Michael Schneider : Shark Turtle Ray . ( Memento of the original from February 23, 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. (PDF; 14 kB) for oboe, viola and guitar; Work commentary.
- ↑ World premiere at the first auditorium concert in the picture museum: How the clover became four-leaved. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , June 30, 1999.
- ↑ Thomas Buchholz : Fluxion III “Last Guard” based on a text by Georg Heym for English horn, viola and bassoon; Factory introduction.
- ^ Thomas Christoph Heyde : Network of views for English horn, bassoon, guitar and viola; Work description.
