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Werner Güra
Werner Güra (born 1964) is a German classical tenor in opera, concert and Lied, also an academic teacher in Zurich. Career Güra was born in Munich. He studied at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. He continued his studies with Kurt Widmer at the Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel and with Margreet Honig in Amsterdam. He took courses in acting with Ruth Berghaus and Theo Adam. On the opera stage he performed as a guest artist at the Frankfurt Opera and the Theater Basel. He was a member of the Semperoper in Dresden from 1994 to 1999, singing especially parts of Mozart and Rossini. Since 1998 he has been a guest at the Staatsoper Berlin. In concert he performed in Mendelssohn’s ''Elijah'' with Philippe Herreweghe at the Salzburg Festival. He also collaborated with conductors such as Peter Schreier, Wolfgang Gönnenwein and Friedemann Layer. In 2002, he recorded the tenor arias in Bach's ''St Matthew Passion'', conducted by Enoch zu Guttenberg, with Marcus Ullmann as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munich
Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is not a state of its own. It ranks as the 11th-largest city in the European Union. The metropolitan area has around 3 million inhabitants, and the broader Munich Metropolitan Region is home to about 6.2 million people. It is the List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions, third largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Munich is located on the river Isar north of the Alps. It is the seat of the Upper Bavaria, Upper Bavarian administrative region. With 4,500 people per km2, Munich is Germany's most densely populated municipality. It is also the second-largest city in the Bavarian language, Bavarian dialect area after Vienna. The first record of Munich dates to 1158. The city ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Gönnenwein
Wolfgang Gönnenwein (29 January 1933 – 26 July 2015) was a German conductor and an academic teacher. Biography Born in Schwäbisch Hall, Wolfgang Gönnenwein studied music and German studies at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Tübingen. In 1959 he became the conductor of the choir (South German Madrigal Chorus). He also conducted the choir of the from 1969 until 1973.Wolfgang Gönnenwein on the bach-cantatas website In 1968 he was appointed Professor for choral conducting at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart. In 1973 he was elected Rektor (president), serving until 1982. He also direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonhalle Düsseldorf
Tonhalle Düsseldorf is a concert hall in Düsseldorf. It was built by the architect Wilhelm Kreis. The resident orchestra, the ''Düsseldorfer Symphoniker'', play symphonic repertoire at the Tonhalle as well as opera at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. History It was built in 1926 for the GeSoLei exhibition as a planetarium, the biggest in the world at the point of construction. During the 1970s it was converted into a concert hall. References Culture in Düsseldorf Buildings and structures in Düsseldorf Concert halls in Germany Tourist attractions in Düsseldorf Modernist architecture in Germany Music venues completed in 1926 Defunct planetaria {{NorthRhineWestphalia-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frieder Bernius
Frieder Bernius (born 22 June 1947) is a German conductor, the founder and director of the chamber choir Kammerchor Stuttgart, founded in 1968. They became leaders for historically informed performances. He founded the Stuttgart festival of Baroque music, Internationale Festtage Alter Musik, in 1987, and is a recipient of the Edison Award (1990), Diapason d'Or (1990) and the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1993). Career Frieder Bernius was born in Ludwigshafen-Oppau, the second child of the Protestant minister Helmut Bernius and his wife Inge, a church musician. After his Abitur at the Karl-Friedrich-Gymnasium in Mannheim he studied music and musicology at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart and at the University of Tübingen. In 1968, his first year at the Musikhochschule, he founded the Kammerchor Stuttgart (Stuttgart chamber choir). They first concentrated on a cappella music of the 19th and 20th century, but expanded their repertoire. Since 1977, Bernius has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kammerchor Stuttgart
The Kammerchor Stuttgart is a professional chamber choir based in Stuttgart, founded in 1968 by Frieder Bernius who has remained its leader. The choir performs in changing size, according to the music, from 16-part vocal ensemble to 80 voices in an oratoria choir. The choir is organised as a for around ten projects per year. Kammerchor Stuttgart has been regarded as one of the leading ensembles in Germany. History Frieder Bernius founded the Kammerchor Stuttgart in 1968 while he was a music student in Stuttgart. The choir has been invited to European festivals. The group has toured to Israel from 1984 every other year. regular tours to North America and Asia from 1988, and once also to South America. It has performed at the first, fourth and tenth World Symposia on Choral Music, in Vienna, Sydney and Seoul. The choir's wide repertoire includes Early music, Romantic music and contemporary music. The choir has collaborated with and Hofkapelle Stuttgart, founded by Bernius in 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eberbach Abbey
Eberbach Abbey (German: Kloster Eberbach) is a former Cistercian monastery in Eltville in the Rheingau, Germany. On account of its Romanesque architecture, Romanesque and Gothic (architecture), early Gothic buildings it is considered one of the most significant architectural heritage sites in Hesse. In the winter of 1985/86 some of the interior scenes of ''The Name of the Rose (film), The Name of the Rose'' were filmed here. The abbey is List of Rheingau Musik Festival locations, a main venue of the annual Rheingau Musik Festival. History Abbey The first monastic house at the site was founded in 1116 by Archbishop Adalbert I of Mainz, Adalbert of Mainz, as a house of Augustinians, Augustinian canons. It was then bestowed by him in 1131 upon the Benedictines. This foundation failed to establish itself, and the successor, ''Kloster Eberbach'', was founded in 1136 by Bernard of Clairvaux as the first Cistercian monastery on the east bank of the Rhine. Eberbach soon became one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Beck
Rolf Beck (15 January 1945) is a German conductor, especially a choral conductor. He was, from 1999 to 2013, Intendant of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. He founded several choirs and the (International Choral Academy Lübeck). Career Born in Michelstadt, Beck studied law at the Marburg University and Lausanne University. He studied conducting at the with Helmuth Rilling. He founded and directed the (Marburg Vocal Ensemble). From 1981, Beck was intendant of the Bamberg Symphony, where he founded the choir in 1983, and the instrumental ensemble Concerto Bamberg. From 1996 he was director of the sections orchestra and choir for the broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk. He was intendant of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival from 1999 to 2013. In 2013 he conducted with the festival choir and orchestra a charity concert of the President of Germany, Joachim Gauck, featuring Verdi's ' and Rossini's . He founded a Chorakademie as part of the festival, a place of study and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bamberger Symphony
The Bamberg Symphony (German: Bamberger Symphoniker – Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie) is a renowned German orchestra top-class orchestra that has been residing in Bamberg since its foundation in 1946 and travels the world as a touring orchestra. The Bamberg Symphony was founded in 1946 by musicians who as a result of the Beneš decrees had been driven out of Bohemia, Moravia, the Czech Sudetenland as well as from German cities and had ended up in Bamberg. The „core” of the orchestra comprised former members of the German Philharmonic Orchestra Prague. The first concert of the orchestra was performed on March 20, 1946, in Bamberg. In July 1946, the orchestra was renamed the „Bamberg Symphony“ (German: Bamberger Symphoniker). The orchestra is recognized as an outstanding touring orchestra and has performed more than 7,500 concerts in 64 countries and over 530 cities in its history. It has worked with more than 500 guest conductors to date. Since 2004, it has held the titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messiah (Handel)
''Messiah'' (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel. The text was compiled from the King James Bible and the Coverdale Bible, Coverdale Psalter by Charles Jennens. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742 and received its London premiere a year later. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio gained in popularity, eventually becoming one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western culture#Music, Western music. Handel's reputation in England, where he had lived since 1712, had been established through his compositions of Italian opera. He turned to English oratorio in the 1730s in response to changes in public taste; ''Messiah'' was his sixth work in this genre. Although its Structure of Handel's Messiah, structure resembles that of Opera#The Baroque era, opera, it is not in dramatic form; there are no impersonations of characters and no direct speech. Instead, Jennens's text is an ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rheingau Musik Festival
The (RMF) is an international summer music festival in Germany, founded in 1987. It is mostly for classical music, but includes other genres. Concerts take place at culturally important locations, such as Eberbach Abbey and Schloss Johannisberg, in the wine-growing Rheingau region between Wiesbaden and Lorch, Hesse, Lorch. Initiative and realisation The festival was the initiative of Michael Herrmann, who has served as its artistic director and chief executive officer. Like the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival founded in 1986, the Rheingau festival was intended to add life to a region rich in musical heritage. The Gothic architecture, gothic church of Kiedrich#Culture and sightseeing, Kiedrich houses the oldest playable organ in Germany, and has its own "dialect" of Gregorian chant that dates back to 1333. In more recent times, the Rheingau has inspired composers such as Johannes Brahms, who composed his Symphony No. 3 (Brahms), Symphony No. 3 in Wiesbaden and frequently stay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaus Mertens
Klaus Mertens (born 25 March 1949, in Kleve) is a German bass and bass-baritone singer who is known especially for his interpretation of the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach for bass voice. Career Klaus Mertens took singing lessons while attending school. He studied music and pedagogy, and had his vocal training with Else Bischof-Bornes and Jakob Stämpfli (song, concert, oratorio) and with Peter Massmann (opera). After graduating with distinction he worked first as a school teacher.Klaus Mertens on bach-cantatas, 2009 In the field of , Klaus Mertens has worked with |
Evangelist (Bach)
The Evangelist in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach is the tenor part in his oratorios and Passions who narrates the exact words of one of the Four Evangelists of the Bible, translated by Martin Luther, in recitative secco. The part appears in the works '' St John Passion'', ''St Matthew Passion'', and the ''Christmas Oratorio'', as well as the '' St Mark Passion'' and the ''Ascension Oratorio'' ''Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen'', BWV 11. Some cantatas also contain recitatives of Bible quotations, assigned to the tenor voice. Bach followed a tradition using the tenor for the narrator of a gospel. It exists (and is also often called ''the Evangelist'') in earlier works setting biblical narration, for example by Heinrich Schütz ('' Weinachtshistorie'', ''Matthäuspassion'', ''Lukaspassion'', ''Johannespassion''). In contrast, the vox Christi, voice of Christ, is always the bass in Bach's works, including several cantatas. Music and sources The Evangelist reports in secco rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
