VocaMe

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VocaMe
General information
origin Germany
Genre (s) Vocal music
founding 2008
Website www.vocame.de
Current occupation
soprano
 Sarah M. Newman
soprano
 Gerlinde Sower
Mezzo-soprano
 Sigrid Hausen
Mezzo-soprano
 Petra Noskaiová
instrumentalist
 Michael Popp

VocaMe is a German vocal ensemble of early music .

history

VocaMe was founded in 2008 under the direction of Michael Popp . In 2009 the ensemble published Greek hymns by the Byzantine composer Kassia from the 9th century. In 2012 VocaMe published Latin songs by the German mystic Hildegard von Bingen from the 12th century. In 2015 French chansons and ballads by the medieval poet Christine de Pizan from the 15th century followed. In 2018 sacred chants from the early Middle Ages were published (including by Adam von St. Viktor , Tuotilo von St. Gallen and Walter von Châtillon ).

Discography

  • 2009: Kassia - Byzantine hymns of the first female composer of the Occident   (Christophorus)
  • 2012: Inspiration - Hildegard von Bingen - Songs and Visions   (Berlin Classics)
  • 2015: Christine de Pizan - Chansons et Ballades   (Berlin Classics)
  • 2018: Cathedrals - vocal music from the time of the great cathedrals   (Christophorus)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Udo Watter: The sound of light. (PDF; 376 KB) In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. September 2013, accessed March 3, 2018 .