Terry Wey

Terry Wey (born September 15, 1985 in Bern ) is a Swiss - American countertenor .

Career

Terry Wey was born into a Swiss-American family of musicians in 1985 and received vocal training as a soloist in the Vienna Boys' Choir as well as piano training. His brother Lorin (* 1990) is also a singer.

From 2003 Wey began to establish himself in the international concert and opera scene. He interpreted roles as diverse as Rinaldo ( Handel : Rinaldo ), Andronico ( L Limiti : Il Giustino ), Roma & Religione ( Landi : Il Sant'Alessio ), Ruggiero ( Vivaldi : Orlando furioso ), Oberon ( Britten : A Midsummer Night's Dream ) or Akhnaton ( Glass : Akhnaten ).

Wey's love of Renaissance music led to the establishment of the Cinquecento vocal ensemble. In addition to the Cinquecento CDs, his discography also includes complete recordings of Albinoni's Il nascimento dell'Aurora, Handel's Israel in Egypt and Faramondo as well as Bach's Mass in B minor under Marc Minkowski and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater .

Discography (selection)

As a solo artist

• Terry Wey - Soprano, Alto, Tenore (2003)
• Laudate Pueri - Baroque Christmas (2004)
• Tomaso Albinoni : Il nascimento dell'Aurora (2007)
• Stefano Landi : Il Sant'Alessio (2008)
• Johann Sebastian Bach : High Mass in B minor (2008)
• Georg Friedrich Handel : Israel in Egypt (2008)
• Georg Friedrich Handel: Faramondo (2008)
• Johann Adolph Hasse : Sanctus Petrus et Sancta Maria Magdalena (2010)
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Missae Breves BWV 233 & 236 (2010)
• Claudio Monteverdi : Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (2010)
• Giovanni Battista Pergolesi : Stabat Mater (2012)
• Francesco Cavalli : La Didone (2012)
• Johann Sebastian Bach: High Mass in B minor (2013)

DVD

• Johann Sebastian Bach: It's a defiant and despondent thing . Cantata BWV 176. Rudolf Lutz , choir and orchestra of the JS Bach Foundation , Monika Mauch (soprano), Terry Wey (alto), Manuel Walser (bass). Including an introductory workshop and reflection by Christina from the Au . Gallus Media, 2014.
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Truly, truly, I tell you . Cantata BWV 86. Rudolf Lutz, choir and orchestra of the JS Bach Foundation, Terry Wey (alto), Johannes Kaleschke (tenor), Markus Volpert (bass). Including an introductory workshop and reflection by Rudolf Wachter . Gallus Media, 2015.
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Rejoice, redeemed crowd . Cantata BWV 30. Rudolf Lutz , choir and orchestra of the JS Bach Foundation, Julia Sophie Wagner (soprano), Terry Wey (alto), Jakob Pilgram (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass). Including an introductory workshop and reflection by Rolf Soiron . Gallus Media, 2016.
• Johann Sebastian Bach: A solid castle is our God . Cantata BWV 80. Rudolf Lutz, choir and orchestra of the JS Bach Foundation, Dorothee Mields (soprano), Terry Wey (alto), Bernhard Berchtold (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass). Including an introductory workshop and reflection by Johannes Anderegg . Gallus Media, 2017.

In the ensemble

• Music for the court of Maximilian II (2006)
• Jacobus Regnart : Missa super Oeniades Nymphae (2007)
• Philippe de Monte : Missa Ultimi miei sospiri (2008)
• Jacobus Vaet : Missa Ego flos campi (2009)
• Adrian Willaert : Missa Mente tota (2010)
• Philipp Schoendorff: The Complete Works (2011)
• The Art of the Cigar (2011)
• The Augsburg songbook (2011)
• Josquin Desprez : Missa Ave Maris Stella (2011)
• Jean Richafort : Requiem (2012)
• Bach & Luther (2012)
• Josquin Desprez: De Profundis (2012)
• The Eton Choirbook (2012)

As a boy soprano

• Terry Wey - Born to Sing (1997)
• Terry Wey - O Holy Night (1998)
• Gustav Mahler : The plaintive song (1998)
• 500 years of the Vienna Boys' Choir (1998)

Web links

• Works by and about Terry Wey in the catalog of the German National Library
• Official homepage of Terry Wey
• https://www.bachipedia.org/altus/terry-wey/
• Terry Wey in recordings by the JS Bach Foundation (completely online)
• Autobiography Weys until 2002 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Product information on the JS Bach Foundation website, accessed on January 16, 2016.
2. ↑ Product information on the JS Bach Foundation website, accessed on January 16, 2016.
3. ↑ Product information ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the JS Bach Foundation, accessed on May 16, 2016. 
4. ↑ Booklet  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file) on the JS Bach Foundation website, accessed on May 17, 2017.