German representative at EU Music Festival
The ensemble earned an international reputation for their historically informed performance practice, a practice requiring musicians to perform on period instruments or modern copies of the original instruments. The ensemble is frequently invited to perform at Innsbruck Festival of Early Music (Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik), Early Music Days at Herne (Tage Alter Musik Herne), Gent Festival’s OdeGand, International Festival of Sacred Music (Festival Internacional de Arte Sacro) in Madrid or Prague Spring International Music Festival (Prager Frühling) and Budapest Spring Festival (Budapester Frühlingsfestival), to name just a few. The ensemble’s repertoire consists of works from Renaissance and Baroque periods. Additionally, the ensemble also commissions pieces from contemporary composers.
Since its establishment in 2003 by Joel Frederiksen, Ensemble Phoenix Munich has received numerous awards for their recording albums and live concerts in regard to early music genre (albums released: The Elfin Knight, Rose of Sharon, Requiem for a Pink Moon).
The ensemble of six with Joel Frederiksen will be accompanied by multi-awarded soprano Julla von Landsberg. The performance is part of the tour “Fürchtet Euch nicht!” (“Fear Ye Not!”) with a program of 17 pieces, among them works of Schütz and Monteverdi.
artists
Joel Frederiksen
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He studied vocal and lute in New York and Michigan, where he graduated with a master’s degree. He has collaborated with leading American early music ensembles such as The Boston Camerata and Waverly Consort. He is also a noted opera and oratorio singer.
His foreign engagements include Vancouver Summer Festival and various festivals in Hong Kong and Brisbane. After a successful debut in 1998 at the Salzburg Festival (Salzburger Festspiele), Joel Frederiksen since then settles in Europe. Based in Munich, he travels regularly within Germany and abroad to perform as soloist with other notable early music ensembles (including Jordi Savall, Huelgas Ensemble, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra).
Additionally, Joel Frederiksen dedicates himself intensively to his specialised field of early music: Renaissance and early Baroque songs self-accompanied by lute; which earns him prestigious awards for such originality and artistic style.
www.joelfrederiksen.com
Julla von Landsberg
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Soprano Julla von Landsberg began her studies at Munich Conservatory (Münchner Konservatorium) and continued her musical education at the Institute for Early Music University of Music Trossingen; where in 2003 with fellow students, she established Ensemble Santenay – Music of the Middle Ages.
She graduated with a diploma at the University of Music and Theater Leipzig in 2009. Since then she works as a freelance vocalist in Berlin. Her strong presence in early music field has garnered international reputation and recording work
Influences of her artistic activities is also noted thanks to her recent collaboration with independent Berlin music-theater ensemble
Nico and the Navigators.
www.jullavonlandsberg.de
Program
Performers:
- Julla von Landsberg, Soprano
- Joel Frederiksen, Bass, Lute, Conductor
- Theona Gubba-Chkheidze, Baroque Violin (1st chair)
- Emily Deans, Baroque Violin (2nd chair)
- Domen Marinčič, Viola da Gamba
- Axel Wolf, Theorbo
- Michael Eberth, Harpsichord
| Program |
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*Herr, wer wird wohnen in deiner Hütten[1]
Lord, who may abide in Thy tabernacle, Psalm 13:1 |
Christoph Bernhard (1628-1692) |
*Eile mich, Gott, zu errette[1] (SWV 282)
Make haste, O Lord, to save me, Psalm 40:14-17 |
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) |
*Ich liege und schlafe (SWV 310)
I lay down and sleep, Psalm 3:5-8 |
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) |
*Wann unsre Augen schlafen ein (SWV 316)
(When our eyes close in sleep) |
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) |
| Toccata No. 1 (Book 4) |
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (1580-1651) |
*Herr, wenn ich nur dich hab (BuxWV. 38)
Lord, whom have I in heaven but Thee, Psalm 73:25-26 |
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) |
| Sonata No. 2 in E-minor for two violins and basso continuo |
Johann Rosenmüller (1619-1684) |
*Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener im Friede fahren (SWV 352)
Lord, now lettest thou Thy servant depart in peace, Luke 2:29-32 |
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) |
*Fürchtet euch nicht
Fear ye not, for behold, Luke 2:10-11 |
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) |
| - PAUSE - |
Fugge il verno dei dolori, SV 232 (Scherzi musicali No. 3, 1607)
The winter of sorrows flees, SV 232 (Musical Jokes No. 3, 1607) |
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) |
Dalla porta d’oriente
(Nuove Musiche e nuova maniera di scriverle, Florence, 1614)
From out of the gateway of the Orient
(New music and new manner of writing, Florence, 1614) |
Giulio Caccini (1551-1618) |
Maledetto sia l’aspetto, SV 246 (Scherzi musicali No. 1, 1632)
Cursed be the countenance, SV 246 (Musical Jokes No. 1, 1632) |
Claudio Monteverdi |
Dolci miei sospiri, SV 242 (Scherzi musicali No. 13, 1607)
My sweet sighs, SV 242 (Musical Jokes No. 13, 1607) |
Claudio Monteverdi |
Damigella tutta bella, SV 237 (Scherzi musicali No. 13, 1607)
Damsel all fairest, SV 237 (Musical Jokes No. 13, 1607) |
Claudio Monteverdi |
Io che nell’otio nacqui e d’otio vissi (Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi, Book VIII, 1638)
I, who was born in idleness and lived in idleness (Madrigals of War and Love, Book VIII, 1638) |
Claudio Monteverdi |
| Trio Sonata sopra “La Monica”, Op. 8 (Sonate, symphonie, canzonette, 1629) |
Biagio Marini (1594-1663) |
O rosetta, che rosetta, SV 237 (Scherzi musicali No. 8, 1607)
Oh rose, what a rose, SV 237 (Musical Jokes No. 8, 1607) |
Claudio Monteverdi |
(*note: otherwise noted, these following vocal pieces are called cantatas)
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