Über Glaube: Ein Portrait Voicemade

• William Byrd (1543 - 1623): Sing Joyfully unto God Our Strength:
• 1Byrd: Sing Joyfully unto God Our Strength02:24
• Giovanni Gabrieli (1557 - 1612): Cantate Domino canticum novum:
• 2Gabrieli: Cantate Domino canticum novum01:36
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 - 1621): Gaude et laetare, Jerusalem, SwWV 168:
• 3Sweelinck: Gaude et laetare, Jerusalem, SwWV 16802:26
• Guillaume Bouzignac (1587 - 1643): Alleluya, Deus dixit:
• 4Bouzignac: Alleluya, Deus dixit02:46
• Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721 - 1783): An den Flüssen Babylons:
• 5Kirnberger: An den Flüssen Babylons03:06
• Kurt Thomas (1904 - 1973): Gott wird abwischen alle Tränen:
• 6Thomas: Gott wird abwischen alle Tränen03:52
• Robert Pohlers (b. 1994): Ach Herr, strafe mich nicht in deinem Zorn:
• 7Pohlers: Ach Herr, strafe mich nicht in deinem Zorn05:29
• Wilhelm Weismann (1900 - 1980): Psalm 121 "Ich hebe meine Augen auf zu den Bergen":
• 8Weismann: Psalm 121 "Ich hebe meine Augen auf zu den Bergen"06:58
• Volker Bräutigam (b. 1941): Gott ist unsre Zuversicht:
• 9Bräutigam: Gott ist unsre Zuversicht03:28
• Güther Ramin (1898 - 1956): Komm, Heiliger Geist:
• 10Ramin: Komm, Heiliger Geist01:13
• Paul Heller (b. 1971), Otto Abel (1905 - 1977): Von guten Mächten:
• 11Heller, Abel: Von guten Mächten04:49
• Bob Chilcott (b. 1955): Nunc dimittis "Lobgesang des Simeon":
• 12Chilcott: Nunc dimittis "Lobgesang des Simeon"04:12
• Evert Taube (1890 - 1976): Så skimrande var aldrig havet (Arr. A. Edenroth):
• 13Taube: Så skimrande var aldrig havet (Arr. A. Edenroth)03:40
• Damien Kehoe (b. 1990): Flow Water:
• 14Kehoe: Flow Water02:53
• Don MacDonald (b. 1966): Last Night of Stars:
• 15MacDonald: Last Night of Stars04:03
• Schwedische Volksweise: Gammal Fäbodpsalm (Arr. E. Lejonclou):
• 16Volksweise: Gammal Fäbodpsalm (Arr. E. Lejonclou)02:34
• Total Runtime55:29

Info for Über Glaube: Ein Portrait

Über Glaube – Ein Portrait (About Faith – A Portrait): This is the title of the debut album of voicemade, the outstanding Leipzig a cappella ensemble. With their program, the six young musicians span centuries to combine music of the Renaissance with modern times. The track list includes music by William Byrd, Giovanni Gabrieli, and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, compositions by Volker Bräutigam, Günther Ramin, and Bob Chilcott, as well as works by Robert Pohlers, Damien Kehoe and Paul Heller, the three youngest composers on the album, all of whom were born in 1990 or later. Their works are heard here as world premiere recordings. Tonal beauty and textual comprehensibility, used in the service of expression and depth of interpretation, are obvious instruments for voicemade. An extraordinary album in repertoire and programmatic approach!

voicemade, A cappella ensemble

voicemade
Founded in 2017, the voicemade sextet immediately established itself as a highly regarded part of the a cappella scene among Leipzig’s foremost vocal ensembles. The ensemble’s repertoire spans the centuries, from sacred Renaissance and Baroque motets through the works of Romantic and forgotten composers to world premiere recordings of New Music.

The ensemble places a strong focus on works from the 20 th and 21 st century in its engaging concert programming that is very popular with audiences, concert promoters and the media alike. Secular works from all periods of music history as well as exhilarating arrangements of well-known songs from the pop-jazz genre round off the ensemble’s wide range of programming.

voicemade – Lili Hein, Johanna Jäger, Ebba Lejonclou, Johann Jakob Winter, Friedemann Meinhardt and Vincent Berger – are six young singers who are enthusiastic about vocal music. The three men in the group already know each other from singing together in the Leipzig Thomanerchor. The three female singers come from the Leipzig choir scene and attended the University of Music and Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” Leipzig. The paths of the ensemble members are as varied in “real life” as their backgrounds, ranging from concert singing and school music through economics and international relations all the way to nursing.

Performing over 25 concerts a year in Germany and other European countries, the vocal sextet voicemade is a popular guest at well-known concert series and music festivals. In addition, the ensemble has an extensive discography of video productions and a recording with German broadcaster WDR from December 2021. voicemade now presents its debut album Über Glaube – Ein Portrait.

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