Quadriga Consort aka Quadriga Early Music Band is an

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. Founded in 2001 by harpsichordist Nikolaus Newerkla, the ensemble plays rearranged early British and Irish traditional music performed on period instruments. Quadriga Consort has collaborated with South African-born jazz and pop singer Elisabeth Kaplan and has appeared at festivals in Austria, Europe and the United States. In 2019 Austrian singer Sophie Eder has taken over the part of the ensemble's voice. Their record "On a Cold Winter's Day - Early Christmas Music and Carols from the British Isles" (SONY/Deutsche Harmonia Mundi) has become a classical music bestseller album. * Sophie Eder (voice) * Angelika Huemer (recorders, treble viol) * Karin Silldorff (recorders) * Dominika Teufel (tenor viol) * Philipp Comploi (baroque cello/basse de violon) * Tobias Steinberger / Laurenz Schiffermüller (percussion) * Nikolaus Newerkla (harpsichord, vibrandoneon, voice, arrangements, composition, direction)

Former members

* Elisabeth Kaplan (voice) * Peter Trefflinger (baroque cello) *

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(treble viol) (†2005)

Discography

*2003 ''Ground,'' HARP, Berlin *2005 ''As I Walked Forth: Songs & Tunes of the Isles,'' ORF, Vienna *2007 ''By Yon Bonnie Banks: Traditional Early Music of Scotland,'' ORF, Vienna - 5 stars, Goldberg Magazine, June 2007 *2009 ''Quadriga Live: DVD,'' make, Vienna *2009 ''Songs from the British Isles, Live,'' GRAMOLA, Vienna *2011 ''Ships Ahoy!: Songs of Wind, Water and Tide, Alpha, Paris'' - "Pasticcio" award, radio ORF 1 *2012/13 ''On a Cold Winter's Day: Early Christmas Music and Carols from the British Isles,'' Carpe Diem Records, Bremen (First Edition), later SONY/Deutsche Harmonia Mundi *2014 ''14 Tales of Mystery,'' SONY/Deutsche Harmonia Mundi *2015 ''Winter's Delights,'' SONY/Deutsche Harmonia Mundi *2021 ''Midsummer: Songs and Tunes from Scandinavia and the British Isles,'' SONY/Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Sheet Music

*Nikolaus Newerkla: ''Playford Dances & Carolan Tunes'', Moeck, Celle, Germany, 2007 *Nikolaus Newerkla: ''Scarborough Fair'', Moeck, Celle, Germany, 2008 *Nikolaus Newerkla: ''Ancient Tunes in New Consorts'', Moeck, Celle, Germany, 2008 *Nikolaus Newerkla: ''Turlough O'Carolan - The Music of an Irish Harper'', Bärenreiter, Kassel, Germany, 2012 *Nikolaus Newerkla: ''The English Dancing Master'', Bärenreiter, Kassel, Germany, 2012

References

External links

Quadriga Consort homepage

Quadriga Consort "The Undaunted Female" official video

Quadriga Consort "14 Tales of Mystery" (Album Trailer)

Quadriga Consort " Winter's Delights" (Album Trailer)
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