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June 11, 2011, 8–10 p.m.
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In December 2011, the CD “Mythos 116” of the Calmus vocal ensemble Leipzig was awarded the SUPERSONIC AWARD of the Luxemburg classical magazine Pizzicato. With “Myth 116” the young but multiply awarded Calmus ensemble has worked a very special concert program out: In 1616, Burckhard Großmann, a merchant from Jena, commissioned a composition from sixteen composers from central Germany – including such masters of sacred music as Heinrich Schütz, Johann Hermann Schein and Michael Praetorius –, who wrote a five-part musical score of the 116th psalm in Martin Luther’s translation. Prompted by this historical event, the Calmus Ensemble Leipzig commissioned a new composition in 2010 – from two of the most important central German composers of our time: Steffen Schleiermacher and Bernd Franke. During the “Myth 116” concert, several of the 17th-century works will be performed alongside premieres of Steffen Schleiermacher’s “convertere anima mea in requiem tuam” and Bernd Franke’s “And why?”
The names of the composers commissioned by Burckhard Großmann read like a “who’s who” of early 17th-century music. The Calmus Ensemble not only revives the unique collection by re-performing the pieces, but additionally highlights their significance by conceptually integrating the new compositions into their concert program. This innovative combination of old and new music has persuaded the Schering Stiftung to support the project.
Founded in 1999, the five-member Calmus Ensemble Leipzig has risen to the top of the field by performing works from the Renaissance and German Romantic periods as well as contemporary compositions, chansons, and pop. The variety of their repertoire is documented by a series of CDs, of which “Lied:gut!” was awarded an ECHO Klassik award. In 2010, the ensemble made its debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Over the years, they have won the major international competitions for vocal music (including in Tampere/Finland and Tolosa/Spain, 2005) and were First Prize Winners of the 2009 CAG (Concert Artists Guild) International Competition in New York. In 2011 they are artists-in-residence during the STIMMEN (Voices) festival in Lörrach.
Myth 116
Concert program:
Gregorian
Dilexi quoniam audies Domine, psalm 116
Burckhard Großmann
Angst der Hellen und Friede der Seelen / Das ist: Der CXVI. Psalm Davids
Lecture
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Psalm 116: Das ist mir lieb
Steffen Schleiermacher (*1960)
convertere anima mea in requiem tuam (116. Psalm), premiere
Nicolaus Erich (1588-1631)
Psalm 116: Das ist mir lieb
Bernd Franke (*1959)
And why? for five voices, based on psalm 116, premiere
Johann Herrmann Schein (1586–1630)
Psalm 116: Das ist mir lieb
The commissions were supported by the Schering Stiftung and the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony.
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