Amarcord ensemble

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amarcord
Holger Krause, Martin Lattke, Frank Ozimek, Wolfram Lattke, Daniel Knauft (from left to right; 2013)
Holger Krause, Martin Lattke, Frank Ozimek, Wolfram Lattke, Daniel Knauft (from left to right; 2013)
General information
origin Leipzig , Germany
Genre (s) a cappella , classical , pop
founding 1992
Website www.amarcord.de
Founding members
Frank Ozimek
Daniel Knauft
Holger Krause
Dietrich Barth (1992-2007)
Alexander Gosch (1992–1997)
Martin Bayer (1992–1995)
Current occupation
Frank Ozimek
Daniel Knauft
Holger Krause
Wolfram Lattke (since 1995)
Robert Pohlers (since 2013)
former members
Martin Lattke (2006-2013)

The Ensemble Amarcord (spelling: amarcord ) is a vocal ensemble from Leipzig . Today it is one of the leading vocal ensembles.

history

The ensemble was founded in November 1992 by three former and three active members of the St. Thomas Choir . It had its first non-public appearance on December 12, 1992 in what was then the Gästehaus am Park in Leipzig. The first concert took place on April 18, 1993 in Kohren-Sahlis , the 1000th in April 2009.

The ensemble first performed in October 1993 under the name Amarcord (which means “I remember” in the Emilia-Romagna dialect ).

Based on the idea of ​​celebrating their 5th anniversary together with other singers, the musicians initiated the International Festival for Vocal Music "a cappella" in 1997 , which under the artistic direction of the group has developed into one of the most important festivals of its kind.

The singers have now performed concert tours in over 50 countries on all continents of the world.

repertoire

The repertoire includes chants from the Middle Ages , madrigals and masses from the Renaissance , compositions and work cycles from European Romanticism and the 20th century, as well as a cappella arrangements of folk songs and well-known songs from rock, pop, soul and jazz.

Awards

The work of the ensemble has been recognized with numerous national and international awards. Amarcord received prizes at the music competitions in Tolosa, Spain (2nd prize, 1995), in Tampere, Finland (joint 3rd prize 1999) and at the 1st Choir Olympiad in Linz, Austria (2000). In 2000, the singers were included in the Federal Selection of Concerts of Young Artists of the German Music Council and received a scholarship. In 2002 they won the German Music Competition , in 2004 the price of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Festival .

In 2002 and 2006 amarcord received the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) in the categories “Best Classical Album” and “Best Classical Song”, the album “Restless Love - A Walk through Romantic Leipzig” won the Best award classical album in 2010. The same album was also awarded the ECHO Klassik 2010 in the category choral work recording of the year - choir / ensemble music 18./19. Century and the Luxembourg Supersonic Award ( Pizzicato ), and at the beginning of 2010 nominated for the MIDEM Classical Award, the most important prize in European record criticism. In 2012, the ensemble received another ECHO Klassik in the Ensemble of the Year category - vocal music for the album Das Lieben brings great 'Freud!

In 2019, amarcord and the Calmus Ensemble Leipzig received an Opus Klassik in the category "Choral work recording" for their joint recording of the Leipziger Disputation , u. a. with the twelve-part mass by Antoine Brumel , which is said to have been heard in 1519 on the occasion of the Leipzig disputation .

Discography

  • insalata a cappella (2001)
  • in adventu Domini (2001)
  • Hear the voice (2001)
  • And So It Goes (2002)
  • ensemble amarcord (2003)
  • Pierre de la Rue - Incessament (2005)
  • Now come the Gentile Savior (2005)
  • Vita S. Elisabeth (2006)
  • The Book of Madrigals (2007)
  • album français (2008)
  • Restless Love (2009)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Markus Passion BWV 247 (2010), together with the Cologne Academy
  • From the last things (2010), together with the Cappella Sagittariana Dresden
  • Historia de Compassione Mariae (Marian Office, Hamburg, 15th Century) (2010)
  • Loving brings great joy! (2011), together with the Leipzig String Quartet
  • Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt (2011), together with the Cappella Sagittariana Dresden
  • Franz Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage with Gesualdo & Marenzio (2011), together with Ragna Schirmer
  • Coming Home for Christmas (2011)
  • On S. Thomas (2012)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach - The Motets, together with the Lautten Compagney (2012)
  • Folks & Tales (2013)
  • Claudio Monteverdi - Marian Vespers (2014)
  • ARMARIUM - Sacred vocal music from the music cabinet of the Thomaner (2015)
  • Leipzig disputation (2019)
  • Christmas (2019)

DVDs

  • Sounds like Christmas (2004)
  • amarcord - An EnsembleLife (film by Christoph Scholz ; 2010)
  • amarcord - The Book of Madrigals (2014)

literature

Web links

Commons : Ensemble Amarcord  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Echo Klassik: Prize Winner 2010 - Amarcord Ensemble ( Memento of March 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ).
  2. ↑ Echo Klassik: Prize Winner 2012 - amarcord / Leipziger Streichquartett ( Memento from July 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ The OPUS KLASSIK award winners 2019. Association for the Promotion of Classical Music e. V., accessed on October 13, 2019 . .