Harry Geraerts

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Harry Geraerts (born August 22, 1945 in Utrecht ) is a Dutch tenor singer . His repertoire includes the great oratorios, baroque operas, ensemble music and song singing, especially in the areas of the Renaissance and Baroque .

Life

Geraerts attended school in Utrecht and sang in the boys' choir of the Utrecht Cathedral . In 1972 he became the first private student of Max van Egmond in Amsterdam, since at that time there were no courses in early music with a major in singing. In the late 1970s and early 1980s he was a member of the baroque ensemble "De Egelentier". For about three decades he performed at the major early music festivals. He regularly held master classes at the University of Michigan in the USA.

Geraerts enjoys an international reputation and has performed in almost every country in Europe, as well as in the USA and Israel. In the field of early music he has appeared as a singer in baroque operas, oratorios and in ensemble music. As a lieder singer, he recorded Franz Schubert's Winterreise with Ludger Rémy on the fortepiano.

His numerous radio recordings and recordings include important works by Johann Sebastian Bach such as some of his cantatas and the St. John Passion and the St. Matthew Passion with Johan van der Meer . His clear voice "without vowel compensation and without vibrato , so always razor-sharp on the tone", and his lively declamation , which is strongly influenced by the musical rhetoric of the Baroque, is appreciated. Konrad Klek praises Geraerts as the oratorio singer of Bach's great vocal works: "I have never experienced such German linguistic power in any German singer."

As a singer, he worked with well-known European ensembles such as the Groningse Bachvereniging , Fiori musicali , Musicalischen Compagney , the Ensemble Weser-Renaissance Bremen , Leonhardt-Consort or the Alsfeld Vocal Ensemble.

In 2003 he moved from his hometown of Utrecht to southern France, where he had the ruined St. Guiraud Castle restored in Castelnau-Barbarens near Auch . In the cathedral of Auch he gave several concerts with the titular organist Anton Stiller on the local baroque organ from 1694 and the vocal ensemble Capella Auscitensis.

Discography

  • Heinrich Schütz: Symphoniae sacrae. Own production 6810 167, 1972 (with Groningse Bachvereniging, Berliner Ensemble für Alte Musik, Johan van der Meer).
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion (excerpts). 1973 (with soloists from the Tölzer Knabenchor, René Jacobs , Marius van Altena, Michiel ten Houte de Lange, Max van Egmond, Harry van der Kamp , Frits van Erven Dorens, Groningse Bachvereniging, Leonhardt-Consort, Alarius Ensemble, musica da camera).
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Kreuzstab Cantata, BWV 56 / I've had enough, BWV 82. Philips 6575 093 [61], 1977 (with Max van Egmond, Baroque Orchestra, Frans Brüggen ).
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: St. John Passion. 1979 (with Marjanne Kweksilber , Charles Brett, Marius van Altena, Max van Egmond, Harry van der Kamp, Groningse Bachvereniging, Fiori musicali).
  • Gilles Binchois: Chansons. Alpha Brussels MBM 40, 1979 (with Ensemble Kaproen).
  • Heinrich Schütz: Symphoniæ Sacræ I (Venice 1629). Arion 38604, 1980 (with Musicalische Compagney).
  • From the diaries of Orlando di Lasso. Musique En Wallonie MW 84524, 1982 (with Ensemble Dialogo Musicale, Hans Ludwig Hirsch).
  • Henry Desmarest: Deux grands motets lorrains. Erato STU 71511 REC 350, 1983 (with Barbara Schlick, Mieke van der Sluis, Harry van der Kamp, Fiori musicali).
  • Heinrich Schütz / Johann Seb. Bach: Musical exequies / God's time is the very best time. Teldec 66.23335-0, 1983 (with Staats- und Domchor Berlin, Christian Grube)
  • Heinrich Schütz and Giovanni Gabrieli: Psalms, Concerti and Motets. Music production Ambitus amb 97843, 1985 (with Musicalische Compagney).
  • Heinrich Schütz: Christmas History . MD + GL 3229, 1986 (with Musicalische Compagney).
  • Heinrich Schütz: Love and Lament. Wedding concertos, dialogues and high lied compositions. MD + GL 3230, 1986 (with Musicalische Compagney).
  • Vincent Lübeck: Complete cantatas. Motet CD 50181, 1986 (with David Cordier, Graham Pushee, Harry van der Kamp, New College Choir Oxford).
  • François Couperin: Mis voor orgel, “Messe propre pour les couvents de religieux et de religieuses”. 1990 (with Pierre-Yves Asselin).
  • Franz Schubert: The Winter Journey. MD + GL 3391, 1991 (with Ludger Rémy).
  • Palestrina / Bach: Missa sine nomine. EMI CDC 7544552, 1991 (with Concerto Palatino ).
  • Orlando di Lasso: German songs. Ambitius, 1991 (with Musica Canterey Bamberg, Gerhard Weinzierl).
  • The Apocryphal Bach Cantatas BWV 217-222. CPO 999 139-2, 1992 (with Alsfeld vocal ensemble, Wolfgang Helbich).
  • Northern Dutch organ art. Coronata, COR 1217, 1992 (with Stef Tuinstra ).
  • Orlando di Lasso: Music at the court of Bamberg Prince Bishops I. Ambitus amb 97895, 1992 (with Musica Canterey Bamberg, Gerhard Weinzierl).
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Coffee Cantata BWV 211 / Peasant Cantata BWV 212. Discodom DSD 0094.2, 1993 (with Monika Frimmer, Peter Kooy, De Nederlandse Cantorij).
  • Heinrich Scheidemann: Complete organ motets. Orlando di Lasso, Hans Leo Hassler. Ambitus amb 97946, 1995 (with Musicalische Compagney, Klaus Eichhorn).
  • Johann Rosenmüller: Venetian Vesper Music. Ambitus, Amb 97949, 1995 (with Musicalische Compagney).
  • Gabrieli Tedesco . Giovanni Gabrieli's late work from German sources. CPO 99 454-2, 1996 (with Musicalische Compagney).
  • Jacob Praetorius: Motets & Organ Works. CPO 999215-2, 1996 (with Weser Renaissance, Harald Vogel ).
  • Iacobus Regnart: Stabat Mater. CPO 999 507-2, 1996 (with Weser renaissance).
  • Friedens-Seufftzer Und Jubel-Geschrey / Music For The Peace Of Westphalia 1648. CPO 999 571-2, 1997 (with Weser Renaissance).
  • Heinrich Schütz: Sacred choral music 1648. Capriccio 10858/59; Bayerischer Rundfunk LC 87484, 1998 (with Musicalische Compagney and Tölzer Knabenchor )
  • In Terra Pax. Festival concert for the Peace of Westphalia. Ambitus, amb 97 920, 1998 (with Musicalische Conmpagney).
  • Ludwig Senfl: German songs / Carmina. CPO, 1999 (with Weser renaissance).
  • Hans Leo Hassler: Motets and Organ Works. CPO 999 723-2, 2000 (with Weser renaissance).
  • Songs / lustick to syngen / to lead and wallow. Cornetto, 2000 (with Columna Sonans).
  • Festive Hanseatic Music. CPO 999 782-2, 2000 (with Weser renaissance).
  • Gabrieli Superiore. Motets and canzons by Giovanni Gabrieli. Querstand VKJK 0019, 2001 (with Musicalische Compagney).
  • Orlando di Lasso: Penitential Psalms No. 1–3 . Capriccio 67018, 2003 (with Tölzer boys' choir).
  • Orlando di Lasso. Penitential Psalms No. 4–7. Capriccio 67130; Bayerischer Rundfunk, LC 67130, 2004 (with Tölzer boys' choir).
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Stil'Antico-Motetten à 4. Rondeau-LC 06690, 2008 (with Musicalische Compagney).

literature

  • Konrad Klek : The spiritual listener. In: Michael Heinemann, Bernhard Hentrich (Ed.): Experiences with Bach. A Dresden Bach book (= Bach after Bach. Vol. 3). Dohr, Cologne 2020, ISBN 978-3-86846-158-9 , pp. 119–127.
  • Konrad Klek: How Bach became a European. In: Peter Bubmann, Eckart Liebau (Ed.): The Aesthetics of Europe. Ideas and illusions. transcript, Bielefeld 2016, ISBN 978-3-8376-3315-3 , pp. 93–113, limited preview in the Google book search.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b www.bach-cantatas.com: Harry Geraerts , accessed on January 28, 2020.
  2. ↑ winterreise.online/ , accessed on January 28, 2020.
  3. ↑ Klek: The spiritual hearer. 2000, pp. 119-120.
  4. ↑ See for example Schütz: I want to praise the gentlemen at all times , accessed on January 28, 2020.
  5. ↑ Klek: How Bach became a European. 2016, p. 109, limited preview in Google Book search.
  6. ↑ Klek: How Bach became a European. 2016, p. 110, limited preview in Google Book search.
personal data
SURNAME Geraerts, Harry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch singer
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Utrecht