The Sinfonietta Dresden is a chamber orchestra from

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founded in 1994.

History

The sinfonietta Dresden emerged in 1994 from the ''Young Dresden Chamber Orchestra''. The versatile ensemble performs works of choral symphonic and

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. A large number of world premieres of works by contemporary composers such as

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Karsten Gundermann Karsten Gundermann (born 1 October 1966) is a German composer. Life Born in Dresden, Gundermann attended Hans Jürgen Wenzel's children's composer class and then studied at the Dresdner Musikhochschule with Udo Zimmermann. From 1990 he studie ...

, , Uwe Krause and bear witness to the chamber orchestra's commitment to Neue Musik. The Sinfonietta Dresden frequently performs together with other ensembles, for example with the , the Dresdner Bachchor and the

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. The Sinfonietta Dresden also works with numerous other ensembles, such as the , and the . The Sinfonietta has also performed at important festivals. They performed at the Koblenz Mendelssohn Tage, the

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and the

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s. Productions with

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and the

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, as well as its own CD recordings, round off the chamber orchestra's work. The Sinfonietta Dresden is a member of the .

Premieres

Orchestral works

* 2002: San-Eun Lee – ''Concerto for piano'' * 2002: Steven Rosenhaus – ''Concerto for violin'' * 2002:

– ''Concerto for three violins'' * 2004: Johannes Korndörfer – ''Horch!'' * 2005:

Lothar Voigtländer Lothar Voigtländer (born 3 September 1943) is a German composer. Life Voigtländer was born in Leisnig. He received his formative musical education between 1954 and 1962 as a choirboy and later as choir prefect in the Dresdner Kreuzchor under R ...

– ''Orchestermusik III'' * 2005: Peter Helmut Lang – ''in the scream of the sea'' * 2005: Friedemann Sammler – ''Intermezzo für Kammerorchester'' * 2005:

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– ''I dream you dreamed about me'' * 2006: Thuon Burtevitz – ''Son tamdadam, Konzertreihe Spannungen'' * 2006: Uwe Krause – ''...Land in Sicht...'' * 2007: Carsten Hennig – ''Die Angst des Flusses vor der Mündung'' * 2007:

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– ''Im Überschwang des Raumes'' * 2008: Lydia Weisgerber – ''Des Kleinen Zähmungskraft'' * 2008:

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– ''Felder, Dresdner Fassung'' * 2008: Silke Fraikin – ''Grazioso 222 Quod libet für Kammerorchester'' * 2009:

– ''Quantenzeit'' * 2009: Andreas Kersting – ''é nijal tout'' * 2010: Alexander Morawitz – ''Arktisches Licht'' * 2010:

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– ''Spiegelungen'' * 2010:

Annette Schlünz Annette Schlünz (born 23 September 1964) is a German musician and composer. Biography Schlünz was born in Dessau, East Germany. She studied music at the Dresden Music School from 1983 to 1987 with Udo Zimmermann and at the Academy of Arts in Ber ...

– ''Spuren'' * 2011: Konrad Möhwald – ''Gestern bis morgen, Vier Tageszeiten für Orchester'' * 2012: Franziska Henke – ''Guitar concerto'' * 2014:

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– (''z wjacorka, z wjacorka) wjelika śma'') * 2014: Torsten Reitz – ''Jede Taube'' * 2014:

Christian Münch Christian Münch (born 11 April 1951) is a German composer, organist, pianist and conductor. Life Münch was born in Freiberg in 1951 in a cantor's family. With his father he learned trumpet and organ. Since his childhood he received piano and ...

– ''Piano concert'', fragment * 2015: Alexander Morawitz – ''Auf der Schwelle'' * 2015:

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– ''Fragile'' (Concerto for clarinet) * 2015:

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– ''Tabu-Suite für Orchester No.2'' * 2016: Christian Schiel – ''1. Sinfonie'' * 2016: Tobias E. Schick – ''Schichtungen'' * 2017:

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– ''music by numbers III'' * 2018: Carsten Hennig – ''Vorstieg'' * 2019:

– ''Wind'' *2020/21:

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– ...''suggests that something may be''

Choral symphonic works

* 1995:

– ''Prager Kantate'' * 1995: Ludger Vollmer – ''Veni creator spiritus'' * 1995: Thomas Kupsch – ''Stabat Mater'' * 1998: Dietrich Lohff – ''Requiem für einen polnischen Jungen'' * 2004: Matthias Drude – ''Für Deine Ehre habe ich gekämpft, gelitten'' * 2006: Manfred Weiss – ''Wo der Herr nicht das Haus baut'' * 2006: Manfred Weiss – ''Confessio Saxonica'' * 2007:

– ''MenschenZeit'' * 2008: Friedbert Wissmann – ''If there be nothing new'' * 2010: Manfred Weiss – ''Te Deum'' * 2011: Karoline Schulz – ''In einer dunklen Nacht'' * 2012: Wilfried Krätzschmar – ''fragmentum'' * 2013: Alexander Keuk – ''Ein Tropfen, ein Schluck in der Höhe'' * 2014:

Jörg Herchet Jörg Herchet (born 20 September 1943) is a German composer. Life Born in Dresden, Herchet grew up as the son of a driver and a worker in modest circumstances. As a pupil he received Recorder (musical instrument), recorder and cello lessons, la ...

– ''Cantata para la Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe'' * 2014: Matthias Drude – ''Poetische Kommentare zu Bachs Weihnachtsoratorium 1–6'' * 2015: Alexander Keuk – ''Statements'' * 2016: Matthias Drude – ''Zusage'' * 2016: Franz Kaern-Biederstedt – ''Rätselhaftes'' * 2016:

– ''Christmas Oratorio'' (world premiere of the complete work) * 2017: Matthias Drude – ''Wir können mit dir unser Leben wagen'' * 2017:

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–''Berichte'' * 2017:

– ''Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein Kantate zur Reformation'' * 2017: Matthias Drude – ''Poetischer Kommentar zu BWV 80'' * 2017: Thomas Stöß – ''Missa Misericórdiae''

References

External links

* * {{authority control Chamber orchestras 1994 establishments in Germany