Calendar 2021

G.F. Händel: Dixit Dominus
J.S. Bach: Magnificat
Soloists of the Balthasar-Neumann-Chor
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor
Orchestra La Scintilla
Conducted by Riccardo Minasi
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G.F. Händel: Dixit Dominus
J.S. Bach: Magnificat
Soloists of the Balthasar-Neumann-Chor
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor
Orchestra La Scintilla
Conducted by Riccardo Minasi
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Cancelled due to pandemic restrictions

During her 68 years at the Collegio di Sant'Orsola in Novara, Isabella Leonarda composed over 200 works in twenty published volumes. Born into minor nobility in 1620, she entered the Orsoline convent at the age of 16, advancing to the position of Madre superior in 1686 and Madre vicaria in 1693. Her circa 100 solo motets, often set to texts which she apparently wrote herself, combine technical virtuosity with deeply personal religious emotion and offer a unique perspective on the theology and convent life of her era.

In spite of their high quality and virtuosity, most of her works remain widely unknown and relatively few have been recorded or published in modern editions. Julie Comparini highlights some of the works of this fascinating composer in this program, the CD recording of which will be released next year.

Julie Comparini, contralto
Rachel Harris und Wiebke Corßen, baroque violin
Jenny Westman, viola da gamba
Susanne Peuker, theorbo
Klaus Westermann, organ
Jörg Hitz, harpsichord
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J. S. Bach, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (BWV 106)
Cantata as part of church services
Johanna Bookmeyer, soprano
Julie Comparini, alto
Jan Schulenburg, bass
Cathedral Choir Vocal Ensemble
Stephan Leuthold, organ
Sebastian Schneider, pastor
Tobias Gravenhorst, musical direction
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Locomotive Breath
Musical revue of workers' songs and work songs

Manja Stephan, Katy aus dem Spring, Julie Comparini, Evelyn Gramel, vocals
Erik Blumenthal, guitars
Matthias Entrup, drums
Bremer Kaffeehaus-Orchester
Directed by Peter Schenk
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Born in 1844 in the modest North German coastal town of Esens, Sara Oppenheimer enjoyed a prominent and successful career on German and European opera stages. The city of Esens and the women's history project FrauenORTE Niedersachsen honor her with a lecture-concert celebrating her life and work.

Gerd Rohkar, lecture
Julie Comparini, contralto
Kristina Legostaeva, piano
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Locomotive Breath
Musical revue of workers' songs and work songs

Manja Stephan, Katy aus dem Spring, Julie Comparini, Evelyn Gramel, vocals
Erik Blumenthal, guitars
Matthias Entrup, drums
Bremer Kaffeehaus-Orchester
Stage direction by Peter Schenk

Heinrich von Herzogenberg: Vier Notturnos op. 22
Johannes Brahms: Vier Quartette op. 92
Heinrich von Herzogenberg: Drei Gesänge op.73 Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke

Anna Terterjan, soprano
Julie Comparini, alto
Uwe Gottswinter, tenor
Mathias Tönges, bass
Oliver Peuker, recitation

Bremer RathsChor
Johannes Dehning, piano
Conducted by Antonius Adamske
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Excerpts from
Locomotive Breath: Musical revue of workers' songs and work songs
Vernissage of the exhibition 100 Jahre Arbeitswelt
Arbeitnehmerkammer, Bremen
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Manja Stephan, Katy aus dem Spring, Julie Comparini, Evelyn Gramel, vocals
Erik Blumenthal, guitars
Matthias Entrup, drums
Bremer Kaffeehaus-Orchester
Directed by Peter Schenk

Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem op. 45
Version for soloists, choir and piano (4 hands)
Katharina Konradi, soprano
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor
Dénes Várjon, Izabella Simon, piano
Thomas Hengelbrock
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Andrea Luchesi: Miserere and Stabat Mater
Christian Gottlob Neefe: Der Regen strömt, der Sturm erwacht and Concerto pour le Clavecin
Ferdinand Ries: Requiem and Dies Irae
Ludwig van Beethoven: Ars longa vita brevis

Tobias Koch, fortepiano
Veronika Winter, soprano
Ulrike Mayer, alto
Simon Bode, tenor
Matthias Vieweg, bass
Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert

Conducted by Hermann Max
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Alessandro Melani (1639-1703): Vespers

Soloists of the Rheinischen Kantorei:
Marie-Luise Werneburg, Veronika Winter,
Margaret Hunter, Karin Gyllenhammar, soprano
David Erler, Julie Comparini, alto
Hans-Jörg Mammel, Georg Poplutz, tenor
Matthias Vieweg, Ekkehard Abele, bass
Das Kleine Konzert

Conducted by Hermann Max
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Gott hat alles wohl gemacht
Works by J.S. Bach and Georg Böhm
Julie Comparini, contralto
Claas Harders, viola da gamba
Klaus Westermann, organ
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Locomotive Breath
Musical revue of workers' songs and work songs

Manja Stephan, Katy aus dem Spring, Julie Comparini, Evelyn Gramel, vocals
Erik Blumenthal, guitars
Matthias Entrup, drums
Bremer Kaffeehaus-Orchester
Directed by Peter Schenk

Alessandro Melani (1639-1703): Vespers

Soloists of the Rheinischen Kantorei:
Marie-Luise Werneburg, Veronika Winter,
Margaret Hunter, Karin Gyllenhammar, soprano
David Erler, Julie Comparini, alto
Hans-Jörg Mammel, Georg Poplutz, tenor
Matthias Vieweg, Ekkehard Abele, bass
Das Kleine Konzert

Conducted by Hermann Max
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Notturno Open-Air Concert presented by "Sommer Sommarum"

Heinrich von Herzogenberg: Vier Notturnos op. 22
Johannes Brahms: Vier Quartette op. 92
Heinrich von Herzogenberg: Drei Gesänge op.73

Anna Terterjan, soprano
Julie Comparini, alto
Uwe Gottswinter, tenor
Mathias Tönges, bass

Bremer RathsChor
Johannes Dehning, piano
Conducted by Antonius Adamske
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Camille Saint-Saëns: La Jeunesse d'Hercule op. 50
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre op. 40
David Philip Hefti: Konzert für zwei Trompeten und großes Orchester (UA)
Gabriel Fauré: Messe de Requiem op. 48

Huw Morgan, trumpet
Immanuel Richter, trumpet
Katja Stuber, soprano
Benjamin Appl, baritone
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor
Sinfonieorchester Basel
Conducted by Ivor Bolton

Cancelled due to pandemic restrictions.

Camille Saint-Saëns: La Jeunesse d'Hercule op. 50
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre op. 40
David Philip Hefti: Konzert für zwei Trompeten und großes Orchester (UA)
Gabriel Fauré: Messe de Requiem op. 48

Huw Morgan, trumpet
Immanuel Richter, trumpet
Katja Stuber, soprano
Benjamin Appl, baritone
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor
Sinfonieorchester Basel
Conducted by Ivor Bolton

Cancelled due to pandemic restrictions.

Italian solo motet settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah
by Giacomo Carissimi and Giovanni Paolo Colonna

Christian Gotzen, pastor
Julie Comparini, contralto
Jenny Westmann, viola da gamba
Tobias Gravenhorst, organ