Ernst-Ulrich von Kameke

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Ernst-Ulrich Hubert Konrad Traugott von Kameke (born March 1, 1926 in Potsdam ; † April 9, 2019 in Großenaspe ) was a German church musician , organist and composer .

Life

Ernst-Ulrich von Kameke comes from the old Pomeranian noble family Kameke , which first appeared in a document in 1298. He himself is the son of Karl Otto von Kameke (1889-1959), Privy Councilor , Senate President at the Prussian Higher Administrative Court and Ministerial Director and his wife Franziska Freiin von Thüngen (1889-1982). Kameke had two brothers, including the diplomat and consul general Karl August von Kameke .

education

As a native of Potsdam, Kameke received his first musical impressions in the St. Nikolai boys' choir there . At the age of 13 he became an auxiliary organist at the Potsdam Garrison Church and founded a youth choir. He completed his studies in Berlin , Erlangen and Heidelberg with Professors Hans Beltz , Georg Kempff , von Wulfurt , Wolfgang Fortner , Helmut Tramnitz and Thrasyboulos Georgiades .

Career

As a cantor and organist in Eberbach near Heidelberg (1949 to 1954) he conducted his first oratorio performances . While working in Eberbach, he suffered a serious traffic accident in 1952, which put his further career as an organist at risk. When he fell on his motorcycle, he suffered a complicated broken leg that could only be healed after spending more than a year in the local hospital. In 1954 he was appointed to the Friedenskirche in Düsseldorf and at the same time received a lectureship for organ playing, conducting and music history at the Rheinische Kirchenmusikschule . This was followed by 32 years as a cantor and organist at the main church St. Petri in Hamburg , where he was soon appointed church music director and professor for organ playing at the Hamburg State University of Music and Theater .

The annual concert tours initially took him to the Scandinavian countries as an organist and guest conductor , but soon resulted in invitations to North and South America as a guest lecturer for organ, organ improvisation and choral conducting. So he conducted z. E.g. in Manila ( Philippines ) Heinz Werner Zimmermann's “Missa profana” as an Asian premiere and in Japan Handel's “ Messiah ” and Mozart's “ Requiem ” with the “ Tokyo Oratorio Society ”. This program was then repeated with the same choir in Hamburg, Kiel and Salzburg . In Detroit in 1988 he performed Handel's “Messiah” four times in the Mozart version with the local symphony orchestra. As a guest conductor of symphony concerts, he has also appeared in Buenos Aires , Córdoba and Hamburg.

Choirmaster

During his activity in Hamburg and as director of the “ Hamburger Bachchor St. Petri ” Kameke conducted all Bach oratorios, the “ Missa solemnis ” by Beethoven , the Requien by Verdi and Brahms and Hamburg premieres, e . B. “Golgotha” by Frank Martin , “Passion” by Max Baumann , “Missa profana” by Heinz Werner Zimmermann and the “ War Requiem ” by Benjamin Britten . With this choir he went on tours to Switzerland , Scandinavia, Italy , France , Hungary , North and South America and Japan, where JS Bach's “ B minor Mass ” was performed under his direction in Tokyo together with a large Japanese choir has been.

In 1989, 1990 and 1992 he was invited to Russia as a concert organist and as a director of organ courses for young Russian organists.

composer

Kameke also made a name for himself as a composer and published several chorale preludes for organ, a "Toccata variata" , "Toccata, strophes and finals" and "Rascacielos" (six elements for organ) trio sonata for organ, numerous choral works and a concerto for organ and large symphony orchestra. The last major composition “In Tyrannos - Moabiter Requiem” was written in 1993/94 and is an oratorio for three choirs and a large orchestra to commemorate the resistance in the Third Reich . The world premiere took place in 1998 in the Berlin Philharmonic , further performances followed in 1999 and 2000 ( Expo 2000 in Hanover ) and in 2003 (Lübeck and Berlin as part of the Ecumenical Church Congress).

Further choral works:

  • Easter psalm
  • St. John Passion for choir, solos and percussion
  • "But what happened at that time?" Children's Christmas Oratorio with soloists and orchestra (one-hour work)

In 2000 he received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany on ribbon.

In 1992 Kameke founded the "Music Academy for Seniors". Under his direction, around 30 courses are held annually as general training and practical music seminars in Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein , Lower Saxony and Bavaria .

family

Kameke's first marriage was on August 7, 1959 in São Paulo ( Brazil ) Karin Krueder (born May 8, 1939 in Fortaleza , province of Ceará , Brazil), the daughter of the factory owner Friedrich (Federico) Krueder and Eleonore Haehling von Lanzenauer. This marriage was divorced on February 15, 1984 in Hamburg . In his second marriage on August 17, 1985 in Weißenbach ( Rhön ) , Kameke married Rosemarie Stölting (born January 28, 1932 in Großenaspe , Holstein ), the daughter of the farmer Otto Wilhelm Stölting and Henriette Bauer, who was widowed in her first marriage . The children Hans-Claudio (* September 4, 1960), Donata (* February 28, 1962) and Bernd-Christian (* August 11, 1965; † April 10, 1969) come from the first marriage.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung of April 27, 2019: Ex-Cantor Ernst-Ulrich von Kameke died at the age of 93 , accessed on April 29, 2019
  2. ↑ Susanne Otto: Grossenaspe: Mourning for Ernst-Ulrich von Kameke: A life for music | shz.de. Retrieved April 23, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Kameke, Ernst-Ulrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kameke, Ernst-Ulrich Hubert Konrad Traugott von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 2019
Place of death Great Aspen