Name: Ensemble Resonanz & Guests
Start: 2019-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2019-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Laeiszhalle

Artist

Admin

Singer

Soprano

Hanna Herfurtner

Sopran

Mezzo-soprano

Anna Huntley

Mezzosopran

Tenor

Benjamin Glaubitz

Bass

Simon Schnorr

Johannes Öllinger

Electric Guitar

Markus Schwind

Trumpet

Michael Petermann

Keyboards

Others

Ensemble Resonanz

Elbphilharmonie & Laeiszhalle Hamburg

Ensemble Resonanz & Guests

Utrecht

Netherlands

TivoliVredenburg

Bruges

Belgium

Concertgebouw Brugge

Amsterdam

Muziekgebouw

Eindhoven

Stadskerk St. Cathrien

Lübeck

Germany

Kulturwerft Gollan

Rendsburg

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

Hamburg

Laeiszhalle

Weihnachtsoratorium

Public

Private

Christmas Oratorio

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Conductor

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Ensemble Resonanz & Guests: Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 Bach,JS

There are many ways of celebrating Christmas. Ensemble Resonanz comes up with a musical ceremony based on a chamber version of the most popular work of the Advent season, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. The score remains untouched, regarding the instrumentation there are new aspects: an electric guitar or a hammond organ as continuo instruments, just one trumpet doing the job of three and the whole ensemble singing the chorals. True ‚Hausmusik’ of the 21st century.

Why would an ensemble that made its name performing rarities from early and contemporary music then turn to the most successful oratorio of the Baroque? Ensemble Resonanz would presumably answer, »Christmas without the Christmas Oratorio is only half the story. As often as you may have heard or played the piece, you still want to hear or play it again.«

The ensemble has been performing its own version of Bach’s Christmas classic for five years now – pared down and with unconventional instrumentation, a little like a concert at home for friends. The concert hall becomes a sitting room, the musicians become a choir, and the work becomes chamber music with Baroque violas, electric guitar and vintage keyboards.

English

Warum widmet sich ein Ensemble, das sich vor allem mit Raritäten alter und allerneuster Musik einen Namen gemacht hat, ausgerechnet dem erfolgreichsten Oratorium des Barock? Die Antwort des Ensemble Resonanz fiele vermutlich aus: »Weil Weihnachten ohne Weihnachtsoratorium nur die halbe Wahrheit ist. So oft man das Werk auch gehört und gespielt haben mag: Man will es immer wieder hören und immer wieder spielen.«

Seit mittlerweile fünf Jahren spielen die Musiker nun ihre eigene Fassung von Bachs Weihnachtsklassiker – abgespeckt, eigenwillig instrumentiert, quasi als Hausmusik unter Freunden. Der Konzertsaal wird zum Wohnzimmer, die Musiker zum Chor, das Werk zur Kammermusik mit Barockbratschen, E-Gitarre und Vintage Keyboards.

Allen Liebhabern des Weihnachtsoratoriums, bei denen diese Idee eher Skepsis auslöst als Neugier, sei von der Süddeutschen Zeitung versichert, »dass diese Version hinreißend rockt, dass da Basspassagen drin sind, die man so immer wieder hören will und dass der Trompeter immer wieder die Sterne zum Funkeln bringt. Am Ende wird sich dann jeder Weihnachtsmuffel auf Weihnachten freuen.«

Deutsch

Ensemble Resonanz & Guests by Bach, J. S., Thu 19 Dec 2019, From (2019/2019), Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany

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