Lost Generation: Stephan / Butterworth / Coles Horenstein Ensemble

• Rudi Stephan (1887 - 1915): Music for Seven String Instruments:
• 1I. Sehr ruhig - Energisch bewegt14:31
• 2II. Nachspiel09:15
• George Butterworth (1885 - 1916):
• 3The Banks of Green Willow05:28
• Suite for String Quartet:
• 4I. Andante con moto, molto espressivo03:21
• 5II. Scherzando, non allegro00:54
• 6III. Allegro molto04:21
• 7IV. Molto moderato ed espressivo02:59
• 8V. Moderato03:24
• Cecil Coles (1888 - 1918): Four Verlaine Songs:
• 9No. 1 - Fantastic in appearance01:27
• 10No. 2 - A slumber vast and black02:12
• 11No. 3 - Pastoral, The sky is up above the roof01:14
• 12No. 4 - Let's dance the jig02:23
• Total Runtime51:29

Info for Lost Generation: Stephan / Butterworth / Coles

“Die Narbe / The Scar” is a project by Berlin-based photographer Martin U. K. Lengemann. On the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the war, Lengemann told the newspaper ”Welt am Sonntag“ his own personal history of the First World War from the perspective of his great-grandfather and events on Western Front. His wish is reconciliation instead of division. For decades, he has been committed to promoting understanding between Germans and Britons. For many years, he has researched the history, accounts and music of the Great War.

Lengemann, whose other great passion is classical music, found three composers who stand out in their generation. Now the Horenstein Ensemble, one of Germany's best known chamber ensembles, together with the soprano Barabara Krieger, has released a CD at ACOUSENCE. They are playing the music of these three composers who died in the Great War between 1914 and 1918: Rudi Stephan, George Butterworth und Cecil Coles, three composers, who unfortunately could not develop her youthful, very exciting work. What remains is the question: What would have left us this generation…

Sophia Jaffé, violine
Jana Krämer-Forster, violine
Matthias Benker, viola
Andreas Timm, violoncello
Ralf Forster, clarinet
Ronith Mues, harp
Gergely Bodoky, flute
Igor Prokopets, double bass
Julien Salemkour, piano
Barbara Krieger, soprano

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Horenstein Ensemble
The Horenstein Ensemble, founded in 2008, presents the great diversity of chamber music and the interplay of different instrument groups - strings, winds and harp.

The repertoire is not limited to a certain era of music but includes works by Rameau, Mozart, Spohr, Brahms, Ravel, Messiaen, Widmann and Yun. The ensemble is also dedicated to performing English chamber music which is seldom heard in Germany, such as the compositions of Vaughan Williams, Bax, Elgar, Somervell, Arnold, Butterworth and Britten. Their collaboration with contemporary composers such as Samir Odeh-Tamimi and Allain Gaussin has resulted in works especially composed for the instrumentation of the Horenstein Ensemble.

The ensemble is named in honour of the work of conductor Jascha Horenstein, who had a strong connection to Berlin and often conducted the Berlin State Opera and the Berlin Philharmonic.

In 2011, their debut album 'Tempelhof' appeared on CD and Vinyl-LP on ACOUSENCE recordings & records.

Varying and sometimes unusual combinations of instruments are a distinguishing character trait of the ensemble, which was founded by members of the Konzerthausorchester in Berlin. Guest artists expand the number of combinations possible and in this way enrich the group.

Thus, for the current CD project 'Lost Generation' the following guests were acquired: Sophia Jaffé, violin soloist and professor at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts; Gergely Bodoky, principal flutist of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Igor Prokopets, bassist of the Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin and Julien Salemkour, conductor and pianist.

Barbara Krieger
studied German and English literature and musicology in Mainz before studying voice at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, where she graduated with honours in 1996. She already began concertizing during her studies and participated in international competitions. She was a prize winner at the renowned Aslico voice competition of La Scala. Her first engagements and tours led the singer - initially a mezzosoprano - to Salzburg, Erfurt, Klagenfurt, Zagreb and to the Vienna Klangbogen Festival. In 1997, she was a member of the ensemble of the Vienna State Opera. Afterwards, she appeared as a lyric-dramatic soprano at prestigious opera houses including Gran Teatru del Liceu Barcelona, in Bregenz, Leipzig, Karlsruhe and at the Nationaltheater in Weimar, among others. Other career highlights include a concert tour with the world-famous bass-baritone Bryn Terfel (2007) and her appearance at Festival MúsicaMallorca with Verdi's Messa da Requiem in Teatre Principal de Palma. In 2008, Barbara Krieger performed in a gala concert with star tenor Roberto Alagna and in the summer of 2009, she gave a riveting performance at Classic Open Air in Berlin, this time with José Carreras at her side. In 2007, Barbara Krieger initiated the CLASSIC OPEN AIR concert series in Dresden in front of the Frauenkirche and from 2007 to 2011 brought thousands of music lovers together to help various charity organizations.

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