Sebastian Hennig (singer)
Sebastian Hennig (born October 2, 1968 ) is a former boy soprano and later singer with a baritone voice .
Life
Sebastian Hennig is the son of Heinz Hennig , the founder and conductor of the Hanover Boys Choir , to which Hennig belonged from 1974 until 1994. As a soloist and boy soprano , Hennig attracted international attention with performances of Johann Sebastian Bach's church cantatas under the conductor Gustav Leonhardt , which he performed in a cantata cycle in collaboration with the conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt .
Like Roger Cericius , Hennig has given concerts at the Hanover Opera House in the boys' trio from Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte .
From 2002 onwards, Hennig sang in the baritone range with the Hannover Harmonists , but remained with the Hannover Boys' Choir as a soloist with a different voice and performed there in particular motets by Andreas Hammerschmidt . Hennig also cooperated with René Jacobs and recorded the Small Sacred Concerts by Heinrich Schütz and the Stabat mater , a Baroque composition by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi , on the Harmonia Mundi France label .
Sound carrier (selection)
- Missa solemnis in C minor KV 139, “Orphanage Mass” / Mozart . Performers (boy soloists): Sebastian Hennig (soprano), Rafael Harten (alto), John Elwes (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (bass), with explanations in German and English by A. Beaujean, recording of the Hanover Boys Choir with the Collegium Aureum the conductor Heinz Hennig in the collegiate church St. Mauritius in Hildesheim, coproduction with the NDR, Cologne: EMI-Electrola, 1981
- JS Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 7. Gustav Leonhardt , Knabenchor Hannover, Collegium Vocale Gent , Leonhardt-Consort , Sebastian Hennig (soloist of the Boys Choir Hannover), René Jacobs , Marius van Altena, Max van Egmond . Teldec, 1983
Web links
- oV : Curriculum vitae and portrait photographs on the website of the vocal ensemble Hannover Harmonists
- Aryeh Oron, Eriol Brumel: Sebastian Hennig (Boy Soprano, Baritone) (in English) on the website bach-cantatas.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Aryeh Oron, Eriol Brumel: Sebastian Hennig (Boy Soprano, Baritone) (in English) on the website bach-cantatas.com in the version from March 2005, last accessed on October 10, 2017
- ↑ Eriol Brumel: Roger Cericius (Boy Soprano) (in English) on the page bach-cantatas.com in the version from March 2005, last accessed on October 10, 2017
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| SURNAME | Hennig, Sebastian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German former boy soprano and baritone |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd October 1968 |