Countless formations have appeared on our stage. But we’ve never yet had a trio of basses! Joel Frederiksen, Thomas E. Bauer and Harry van der Kamp present a unique anthology of Baroque music from 17th century Germany. At the time, Italian music was enticing many composers to cross the Alps, including Heinrich Schütz, who went to Venice twice. He studied there with Giovanni Gabrieli and sampled the pioneering work of Claudio Monteverdi. Like Franz Tunder, Christoph Bernhard and Johann Caspar Kerll, Schütz combined the Italians’ dramatic panache with the spiritual depth and contrapuntal complexity of the German Baroque. Ensemble Phoenix Munich has chosen the most beautiful solos, duets and trios for this spirited programme: some are melodic and dancing, others are patient narratives, but all are magnificently expressive. Through the pages of the score, the bass reveals itself as so much more than a harmonic foundation: its deep, bronze register represents majesty, wisdom and power, in good times and bad.
Program
H. Schütz: Himmel und Erde vergehen (SWV 300) | Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener (SWV 352) | Von Aufgang der Sonnen (SWV 362) and other works | F. Tunder: O Jesu dulcissime, creator generis humani | Salve coelestis pater misericordiae | C. Bernhard: O welch eine Tiefe des Reichtums | J.C. Kerll: Dominus regnavit | Estote fortes in bello and other works.
Performers
Thomas E. Bauer, Harry van der Kamp, bass | Joel Frederiksen, bass, archlute & artistic leader | Félix Verry, Aleksandra Brzóskowska, violin | Ryosuke Sakamoto, theorbo | Domen Marincic, viol & violone | Michael Eberth, organ & harpsichord