Peñalosa ensemble
The Peñalosa-Ensemble is a vocal ensemble whose members live in Germany and Switzerland. It was founded in 1996 and has specialized primarily in the interpretation of a cappella music from the Renaissance to the early Baroque ; In recent years the formation has also turned to the music of the Romantic era and the music of the 20th and 21st centuries. The name of the ensemble is derived from the important Spanish Renaissance singer and composer Francisco de Peñalosa (approx. 1470-1528).
The Peñalosa-Ensemble was founded in 1996 by Susan Eitrich ( soprano ), Sebastian Mory ( alto ), Andreas Puttkammer ( tenor ) and Pierre Funck ( bass ). In 1996 and 1998 it took part in master classes with the Hilliard Ensemble . In July 2001 it won first prize in the vocal ensemble category at the 40th Cesare Augusto Seghizzi International Choir and Vocal Ensemble Competition in Gorizia , Italy, as well as a special prize for the best interpretation of a polyphonic sacred work. At the 38th competition for choirs and ensembles in Tolosa ( 38 Tolosako Abesbatza Lehiaketa ) in 2006, it won 2nd prize in the sacred music category .
The ensemble appears at renowned festivals in Germany and other European countries and can already look back on a number of CD publications, which have also been praised in specialist publications. Since 2007, the vocal ensemble has held an annual summer course for a cappella ensembles in Urach Abbey . In 2008, 2010 and 2012 the ensemble organized the Reutlingen Renaissance Festival in Reutlingen ; In November 2012, among other things, the first fully preserved opera in music history was performed, Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo by Emilio de 'Cavalieri , and the only (unfortunately not completely) preserved real 12-part (and not three-part) mass of the early Renaissance , Et ecce terrae motus by Antoine Brumel from 1510.
Of the founding members, Susan Eitrich (soprano) and Sebastian Mory (altus / tenor) are still active in the Peñalosa ensemble. Since 2017 the 4-part basic line-up of the ensemble has consisted of Susan Eitrich (S), Gudrun Köllner (A), Sebastian Mory (T), Dietrich Wrase (B). Depending on the program, other singers will also take part, possibly also instrumentalists such as Andrea Baur and Thorsten Bleich ( lute instruments ), Szilárd Chereji ( Viella ) and Michael Metzler (historical percussion ).
CD recordings
- In dulci jubilo : German chorale settings, Latin motets and the motif mass Dixit Maria ad Angelum by Hans Leo Haßler (1564–1612); several works for the first time on sound carriers.
- Doleo : Chansons and motets for Margaret of Austria (1480–1530) by Pierre de la Rue , Ninot le Petit , Heinrich Isaac , Josquin des Prez , Constanzo Festa , Antoine Brumel and anonymous composer (s); several works for the first time on sound carriers.
- Missa el Ojo : the Mass Missa el Ojo by Francisco de Peñalosa , for the first time on phonogram, as well as a selection of Latin motets by the same composer.
- Hear the Voice and Prayer : English sacred music by Henry Purcell , Thomas Tallis , Orlando Gibbons , John Dowland and other anonymous composers of the Renaissance.
- Pierre de la Rue : Works by Pierre de la Rue , including Missa O Gloriosa Margaretha .
- Music over the table : German sacred music from music prints by the Wittenberg publisher Georg Rhau by Benedictus Ducis , Georg Forster , Balthasar Resinarius , Lupus Hellingk , Josquin des Prez and unknown composers.