Joel Frederiksen appears as Caronte in Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo”

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo

Favola in Musica in fünf Akten mit Prolog
Konzertante Aufführung /Libretto: Alessandro Striggio

Orfeo – Gyula Orendt (Baritone)
Caronte – Joel Frederiksen (Bass)
La Musica/Euridice – Pia Davila (Soprano)
Ninfa/Echo – Franziska Eberhardt (Soprano)
Messagiera/Proserpina – Ida Aldrian (Alto)
La Speranza – Georg Bochow (Altus)
Pastore 1 – Christian Pohlers (Tenor)
Pastore 2 – Martin Platz (Tenor)
Plutone/Apollo – Cornelius Uhle (Bass)

lautten compagney BERLIN / Mus. Direction: Wolfgang Katschner

L'Orfeo (SV 318), sometimes called La favola d'Orfeo is a late Renaissance/early Baroque favola in musica, or opera, by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio. It is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, and tells the story of his descent to Hades and his fruitless attempt to bring his dead bride Eurydice back to the living world. It was written in 1607 for a court performance during the annual Carnival at Mantua. While Jacopo Peri's Dafne is generally recognised as the first work in the opera genre, and the earliest surviving opera is Peri's Euridice, L'Orfeo is the earliest that is still regularly performed.

Sunday, 21 Juli 2019 – Burghof, Lörrach (STIMMEN-Festival)

A tribute to one of the greatest singer/songwriters of the past 50 years…

a requiem to Nick Drake (1948-74), composed by Joel Frederiksen. Drake´s visionary songs speak to the human condition with titles such as “Which will you go for?”, “From the morning”, and “Time has told me”. Under fine melodic lines is a rhythmically driving guitar part which Frederiksen has orchestrated for Renaissance instruments. Parts of the plainsong Requiem Mass interweave with Drake’s finely crafted songs and songs of master songwriters from the English Renaissance, all arranged and adapted by Joel Frederiksen, to form one moving piece in remembrance of this modern day Renaissance Man.

Echo Prize 2013

“An idea that’s so spot-on it’s a wonder nobody thought of it before.” - NEW YORK MUSIC DAILY

"Every once in awhile there’s a perfect confluence of concept, repertoire and performance in the recording studio, and a kind of miracle occurs. Joel Frederiksen and his Ensemble Phoenix Munich have given us just such a miracle with Requiem for a Pink Moon. The concept works brilliantly and the music will haunt you. I don’t think there’s been a better album this year " - ARIAMA

"A Crossover Album You Won't Want To Cross Back From" / "a new album so beautiful, so moving, that I'm welling up just thinking about it." - WFCR / New England Public Radio

"It's the real deal. Frederiksen sings both beautifully and unselfconsciously, but what makes this recording one of the most affecting I have heard in years is that the interleaving of Drake's songs with Elizabethan laments and parts of a Gregorian-chant Requiem Mass makes such a powerful connection to the universal human experiences of loss and grief, and not just to a particular artist." - STEREOPHILE (12/12)

Musicians: Joel Frederiksen – bass, lute, musical direction / Timothy Leigh Evans – tenor / Domen Marincic – viola da gamba / Axel Wolf – theorbo

Music of the middle ages in the mirror of the present

Er zählt zu den am besten dokumentierten Persönlichkeiten des Mittelalters: Der Tiroler Oswald von Wolkenstein, geboren zwischen 1376 und 1378, war Musiker, Diplomat und Ritter, ein Dichter und „Toparrangeur“. Mit dem Spürsinn und der Inspiration eines versierten Liedermachers verwob er Musik, die er auf seinen zahlreichen Reisen durch ganz Europa gehört hatte, mit seinen eigenen kompositorischen und textlichen Ideen. So entstand z. B. sein einstimmiges Lied In Suria ain braiten hal auf der Pilgerfahrt durchs Heilige Land. Aus dem unbeschwerten burgundischen Liebeslied La plus jolie et la plus belle wird bei ihm eine Schimpftirade auf die norditalienische Lombardei. Die Künstler stellen Wolkensteins Lieder und Vorlagen zudem in einen heutigen musikalischen Kontext, der historischen Aufführungskriterien folgt, zugleich aber weit darüber hinausgeht.

Performers: Sabine Lutzenberger – Soprano, Bells, Recorder / Bernd Oliver Fröhlich – Tenor, Saxophone / Joel Frederiksen – Bass, Lutes

REQUIEM de Johannes OCKEGHEM (+1497)

REQUIEM de Pierre de la RUE (+1518)

Les deux premiers Requiem polyphoniques de notre histoire, deux chefs-d’œuvre magnifiés par les voix graves et profondes de l’ensemble Diabolus in Musica.

Ces deux Requiem développent des sonorités profondes grâce à une utilisation stupéfiante et inédite des registres graves, et des audaces musicales peu communes (ambitus, jeux rythmiques, contrastes saisissants, expressionnismes inhabituels…). Ockeghem et La Rue font ici preuve d’une maîtrise et d’une virtuosité étonnantes, toujours au service de l’émotion.

L’ensemble Diabolus in Musica est heureux de faire revivre ces deux œuvres emblématiques et visionnaires, de deux compositeurs majeurs de l’automne du Moyen Âge. L’équipe de 7 chanteurs y montrera tous ses talents de polyphonistes acquis au cours de longues années de pratique commune de ces répertoires magnifiques.

Repertoire of France and Italy of the Renaissance and 17th century

Ensemble Gilles Binchois in dialogue with the organ (Vincent Bernhardt)

Festival Silbermann

17H00 église priorale de Saint-Quirin

 « En son temple sacré »

Vincent Bernhardt, orgue & Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Direction Dominique Vellard 

Orgue,  grégorien et polyphonies anciennes

Sublime découverte ovationnée par le public du festival Silbermann l’an passé, l’ensemble Gilles Binchois, internationalement réputé et grand spécialiste des répertoires anciens du grégorien et des polyphonies anciennes propose cette année un riche programme dans une formation mixte. Dans une flânerie qui emmènera les auditeurs du grégorien aux psaumes de la Réforme et au baroque espagnol, les voix réveilleront la présence monastique du prieuré et dialogueront avec l’orgue Silbermann, qui retrouvera son rôle premier, tenu par l’un de ses plus fervents admirateurs…

Pentecost Festival 2019

Opening concert of the new Huelgas Ensemble festival!

For the first time in its existence, the Huelgas Ensemble presents and sings in its own festival, based on a new concept:  for three days the audience is engaged in an auditory adventure of unknown works (on which experiments are sometimes carried out), new forms, and interaction between performer and audience, all taking place in an exceptional location - the village of TALANT - with its beautiful late Romanesque church.The audience is actively involved, both before, during and after the concerts.  A festival never to be forgotten.

Ballads and Dances from Scotland, Ireland and England by Thomas Campion, Henry Purcell and in new versions on the theme of fire

Like threads, images of fire are sewn together through the poetry in these pieces of this program, creating a rich tapestry. At the center is the Scottish song, "The Flaming Fire", where all of the qualities of fire are addressed, including the most effective method to quench it: water! Music from Robert Johnson, a lutenist/composer who worked closely with Shakespeare, Henry Purcell, the greatest of the English Baroque songwriters, arrangements by Joel Frederiksen and original works by Marthe Perl complete this fascinating and colorful program.

Performers: Hille and Marthe Perl (viola da gamba) / Timothy Leigh Evans (tenor) / Joel Frederiksen (bass and lute)

Brancaccio and the sensuous-virtuosic art of the Three Ladies of Ferrara

The fourth concert of our series “Between Mars and Venus XII” begins in Secreta: The public is divided and moves from one “secret” place in the museum to the next hearing each of the ladies and Branccacio (Joel Frederiksen) speak about themselves and sing. In the second part of the program the public meets in the Mars-Venus Hall to hear more exciting music from Naples and Ferrara. More Information Here.

Performers: Giovanna Baviera — Soprano and Viola da Gamba / Sabine Lutzenberger — Soprano and Recorder / Tanja Vogrin — Mezzo and Baroque Harp / Giovanni Cantarini — Tenor and Lute / Joel Frederiksen — Bass and Archlute / Michael Eberth — Harpsichord

*This concert is made possible thanks to the funding of the Bezirk Oberbayern and the support of the Bavarian National Museum.

Order Tickets Here:

Directly through Ensemble Phoenix Munich: Tel. +49 89 8575604 / Email: epm@gmx.de

Prices: 28,00 € | reduced 23,00 € (handicapped) and 14,00 € (students)

Tickets also through Ticketino or München Ticket (extra fees apply)

St. Mathew Passion by J.S. Bach

Joel Frederiksen, Jesus

Annedore Neufeld, Conductor

with the Basler Münsterkantorei and the Baroque Orchestra Capriccio

St. Mathew Passion by J.S. Bach

Joel Frederiksen, Jesus

Annedore Neufeld, Conductor

with the Basler Münsterkantorei and the Baroque Orchestra Capriccio

A musical journey to spirituality in the East and West

>> KONZERT:

Igrexa da Universidade de Santiago (Church of the University of Santiago, Santiago de Compostela)

Sábado 13 de abril, 20.30 h (Saturday, 13 April, 8:30 pm)

Camiños para a espiritualidade

PÓRTICO MUSICAL ENTRE ORIENTE E OCCIDENTE

Rebal Alkhodari, canto e oud (Voice and Oud)

Joel Frederiksen, canto e laúde (Voice and Lute)

Marisol Mendive, órgano (Organ)

>> O órgano sae á rúa (Pre-concert Talk—please join us!!):

Vide Vide! Espazo enocultural

Fonte de Santo Antonio,10

Venres 12 de abril, 19.30 h

An informal conversation with Joel Frederiksen and Rebal Alkhodari

Musicians: Rebal Alkhodari (voice, oud), Joel Frederiksen (voice, lute)

Two artists from the Muslim and Christian worlds meet in concert: The American singer and lutenist, Joel Frederiksen, and the Syrian singer and oud player Rebal Alkhodari, sing and accompany themselves in moving songs from their religious traditions. Together they sing in the language of Syriac, a dialect of aramaic, the „Abon Dbashmayo“ (Lord's Prayer) and they find in religiously ecstatic Sufi and Shaker music and dance a common ground. Parallel stories from the holy books are told: Jubilant singing for Mohammad as he enters Medina and the triumphal "Hosanna filio David" (Hosanna to the son of David) for Jesus as he enters Jerusalem are presented side by side. The two musicians make it possible to experience that, even in the guise of different cultures, we live in the same human world of experience with the same existential questions.

A musical journey to spirituality in the East and West

>> O órgano sae á rúa (Pre-concert Talk—please join us!!):

Vide Vide! Espazo enocultural

Fonte de Santo Antonio,10

Venres 12 de abril, 19.30 h

An informal conversation with Joel Frederiksen and Rebal Alkhodari

>> KONZERT:

Igrexa da Universidade de Santiago (Church of the University of Santiago, Santiago de Compostela)

Sábado 13 de abril, 20.30 h (Saturday, 13 April, 8:30 pm)

Camiños para a espiritualidade

PÓRTICO MUSICAL ENTRE ORIENTE E OCCIDENTE

Rebal Alkhodari, canto e oud (Voice and Oud)

Joel Frederiksen, canto e laúde (Voice and Lute)

Marisol Mendive, órgano (Organ)

Two artists from the Muslim and Christian worlds meet in concert: The American singer and lutenist, Joel Frederiksen, and the Syrian singer and oud player Rebal Alkhodari, sing and accompany themselves in moving songs from their religious traditions. Together they sing in the language of Syriac, a dialect of aramaic, the „Abon Dbashmayo“ (Lord's Prayer) and they find in religiously ecstatic Sufi and Shaker music and dance a common ground. Parallel stories from the holy books are told: Jubilant singing for Mohammad as he enters Medina and the triumphal "Hosanna filio David" (Hosanna to the son of David) for Jesus as he enters Jerusalem are presented side by side. The two musicians make it possible to experience that, even in the guise of different cultures, we live in the same human world of experience with the same existential questions.

Oakland Symphony Orchestra with the Oakland University Symphony Chorus

I am very pleased to be singing the bass solos in the Verdi Requiem at my Alma mater for the first time in Michigan!

Oakland Symphony Orchestra’s final concert of the season at Detroit’s Orchestra Hall. Along with four soloists, Oakland University Symphony Chorus, Detroit Concert Choir and Madrigal Chorale, the orchestra will present Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem. All of the soloists are alumni of the Oakland University Department of Music.

Soloists: Ann Toomey, soprano; Lisa Agazzi, mezzo-soprano; Jason Wickson, tenor; and Joel Frederiksen, bass. Michael A. Mitchell, conductor.

$22 general, $12 students. Tickets will be on sale September 1 at startickets.com.

Location: Max M. Fisher Music Center / 3711 Woodward Avenue / Detroit , MI 48201

Contact Information: School of Music, Theatre and Dance 248-370-2030 smtd@oakland.edu

Barocke Rarities at the time of Fasting

• Lamentationes of Johann Christoph Bach and Johann Rosenmüller

• Rosenkranz-Sonatas from Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

Works of stunning virtuosity for Solo Bass and Solo Violin from the German Baroque.

Performers: Joel Frederiksen – Bass, Archlute / Eva Saladin – Baroque Violin / Christoph Eglhuber – Theorbo / Michael Eberth - Organ

Order Tickets Here:

Directly through Ensemble Phoenix Munich: Tel. +49 89 8575604 / Email: epm@gmx.de

Prices: 28,00 € | reduced 23,00 € (handicapped) and 14,00 € (students)

Tickets also through Ticketino or München Ticket (extra fees apply)

An Elizabethan Tribute to Nick Drake

We are honored to be guests at this year’s Arte Sacro Festival in Madrid!

Click HERE for more information on this award-winning program.

Sala Cuarta Pared, Madrid

Looking forward to the next concert of this program!

Join my masterclass in Albacete, Spain! See the email address below to register.

In Boston this December with the Boston Camerata!

A joyful celebration of the season, with virtuoso voices and instruments performing magnificent Italian works of the Renaissance and early Baroque. Music ranging from intimate simplicity to sumptuous splendor including sacred songs of devotion, instrumental fantasias, and resplendent choral masterpieces of Venice’s Golden Age. Music of Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Cipriano, Marenzio and many more performed by voices, cornetto, viola da gamba, harp, brass and organ. A Camerata premiere not be missed!

4:00pm, United Parish in Brookline, 210 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA

16th and 17th Century Christmas music from Spain and Latin America - CD with SONY/DHM from November 2018!

Monday, December 10, 2018 at 19:00

Wohnstift Rathsberg, Concert Hall

Ensemble Phoenix Munich invites you on a musical voyage leading from Spain to Latin America. Under the direction of bass singer and vihuela player Joel Frederiksen, Christmas motets, instrumental works, and “Ensaladas”, a special form mixing textures and even languages in a sort of musical “salad”, come to vivid life.

Important sources for this program are four different “Cancioneros” or songbooks which contain compositions from two great Spanish composers of the Renaissance, Tomás Luis de Victoria (O magnum mysterium) and Francisco Guerrero (Los Reyes siguen l´Estrella). Works from Colombian composer José de Cascante (Oiga niño mio de mi corazón), active at the Cathedral of Bogotá in the 17th century, and of Gaspar Fernandez (Vaya la princesa, vaya) – a Portugese composer who worked in Guatemala und Mexiko – usher us safely into the New World.

Performers: Maria Andrea Parias, Soprano / Petra Noskaiová, Mezzosoprano / Andrés Silva, Tenor / Joel Frederiksen, Bass, Vihuela, Direction / Paul Kieffer, Vihuela, Baroque Guitar / Andreas Haas, Flute / Domen Marinčič, Viola da Gamba / Bruno Caillat, Percussion 

Supported by: Goethe-Institut e.V., Foreign Affairs Office Germany, Sony/DHM, Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Bildung und Kultus, Wissenschaft und Kunst, City of Erlangen

16th and 17th Century Christmas music from Spain and Latin America - CD with SONY/DHM from November 2018!

Sunday, December 9, 2018 at 12:00 noon
10:30 am Guided tour through the exhibition of Nativity sets of the Museum

Ensemble Phoenix Munich invites you on a musical voyage leading from Spain to Latin America. Under the direction of bass singer and vihuela player Joel Frederiksen, Christmas motets, instrumental works, and “Ensaladas”, a special form mixing textures and even languages in a sort of musical “salad”, come to vivid life.

Important sources for this program are four different “Cancioneros” or songbooks which contain compositions from two great Spanish composers of the Renaissance, Tomás Luis de Victoria (O magnum mysterium) and Francisco Guerrero (Los Reyes siguen l´Estrella). Works from Colombian composer José de Cascante (Oiga niño mio de mi corazón), active at the Cathedral of Bogotá in the 17th century, and of Gaspar Fernandez (Vaya la princesa, vaya) – a Portugese composer who worked in Guatemala und Mexiko – usher us safely into the New World.

Performers: Maria Andrea Parias, Soprano / Petra Noskaiová, Mezzosoprano / Andrés Silva, Tenor / Joel Frederiksen, Bass, Vihuela, Direction / Paul Kieffer, Vihuela, Baroque Guitar / Andreas Haas, Flute / Johanna Seitz, Spanish Harp / Domen Marinčič, Viola da Gamba / Bruno Caillat, Percussion

Supported by: Goethe-Institut e.V., Foreign Affairs Office Germany, Sony/DHM, Instituto Cervantes Munich, Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Bildung und Kultus, Wissenschaft und Kunst, Bavarian National Museum

Tickets:

Direct through Ensemble Phoenix Munich: Tel. +49 89 8575604 / Email: epm@gmx.de

Prices: 30€ | reduced 25€ (handicapped) and 15€ (students)

Tickets also through Ticketino or München Ticket (extra fees apply)

Mars-Venus-Saal, Bavarian National Museum (Prinzregentenstraße 3, 80538 Munich)

Christmas music from Spain and Latin America of the 16th and 17th centuries

Saturday, December 8 from 3-4 pm: Open Rehearsal

(Free with museum entrance fee of 7 € / reduced 6 €)

Come and learn more about the Spanish double-harp or the vihuela, special instruments we use in this program, the better to enjoy the full program the next day, Sunday, December 9.

Ensemble Phoenix Munich invites you on a musical voyage leading from Spain to Latin America. Under the direction of bass singer and vihuela player Joel Frederiksen, Christmas motets, instrumental works, and “Ensaladas”, a special form mixing textures and even languages in a sort of musical “salad”, come to vivid life.

Important sources for this program are four different “Cancioneros” or songbooks which contain compositions from two great Spanish composers of the Renaissance, Tomás Luis de Victoria (O magnum mysterium) and Francisco Guerrero (Los Reyes siguen l´Estrella). Works from Colombian composer José de Cascante (Oiga niño mio de mi corazón), active at the Cathedral of Bogotá in the 17th century, and of Gaspar Fernandez (Vaya la princesa, vaya) – a Portugese composer who worked in Guatemala und Mexiko – usher us safely into the New World.

Performers: Maria Andrea Parias, Soprano / Petra Noskaiová, Mezzosoprano / Andrés Silva, Tenor / Joel Frederiksen, Bass, Vihuela, Direction / Paul Kieffer, Vihuela, Baroque Guitar / Andreas Haas, Flute / Johanna Seitz, Spanish Harp / Domen Marinčič, Viola da Gamba / Bruno Caillat, Percussion

For Sunday's Concert:

Tickets: regular price 30,00 € / Discount 25,00 € (Disabled) und 15,00 € (Students)

Pre-order Tickets through EPM: Tel. 089 8575604 / epm@gmx.de

www.muenchenticket.de (plus Handling Costs) / www.ticketino.de (plus Handling Costs)

*Box office opens 1 ½ hours before the concert

Mars-Venus-Saal, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum

(Prinzregentenstrasse 3, 80538 München)

Supported by: Goethe-Institut e.V., Foreign Affairs Office Germany, Sony/DHM, Instituto Cervantes Munich, Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Bildung und Kultus, Wissenschaft und Kunst, Bavarian National Museum

16th and 17th Century Christmas music from Spain and Latin America - CD with SONY/DHM from November 2018!

Friday, December 7, 2018 at 19:00 noon

Ibero-American Institute, Otto-Braun Hall

Free Entrance - Donations welcome!

More information

Ensemble Phoenix Munich invites you on a musical voyage leading from Spain to Latin America. Under the direction of bass singer and vihuela player Joel Frederiksen, Christmas motets, instrumental works, and “Ensaladas”, a special form mixing textures and even languages in a sort of musical “salad”, come to vivid life.

Important sources for this program are four different “Cancioneros” or songbooks which contain compositions from two great Spanish composers of the Renaissance, Tomás Luis de Victoria (O magnum mysterium) and Francisco Guerrero (Los Reyes siguen l´Estrella). Works from Colombian composer José de Cascante (Oiga niño mio de mi corazón), active at the Cathedral of Bogotá in the 17th century, and of Gaspar Fernandez (Vaya la princesa, vaya) – a Portugese composer who worked in Guatemala und Mexiko – usher us safely into the New World.

Performers: Maria Andrea Parias, Soprano / Petra Noskaiová, Mezzosoprano / Andrés Silva, Tenor / Joel Frederiksen, Bass, Vihuela, Direction / Paul Kieffer, Vihuela, Baroque Guitar / Johanna Seitz, Spanish Harp / Domen Marinčič, Viola da Gamba / Bruno Caillat, Percussion

Supported by: Goethe-Institut e.V., Foreign Affairs Office Germany, Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Bildung und Kultus, Wissenschaft und Kunst, Sony/DHM

Special Thanks to: Instituto Cervantes Berlin, Ibero-American Institute Berlin, Embassy of the Republic of Colombia

Musik des 17. Jahrhunderts zur Weihnachtszeit

Concert with Sabine Lutzenberger, Sopran und den Kollegen vom FAMA.

Sonntag, 2. Dezember 2018, 17 Uhr
Schaezlerpalais, Katharinenkirche
Für das 10-jährige Jubiläum plant das Forum Alte Musik Augsburg eine neue CD Produktion mit Musik des Frühbarock aus Augsburg und Schwaben, die sich speziell mit Werken um das Weihnachtsfest beschä!igt. Dabei werden durch Ersteinspielungen und Wieder-Uraufführungen vergessene musikalische Juwelen zu hören sein, welche die Bedeutung der Musikkultur der Freien Reichsstadt dieser Epoche unterstreichen. Ensemble des FORUM ALTE MUSIK AUGSBURG und Gäste

Messe with Sabine Lutzenberger and Per-Sonat

PER -SONAT Konzert in Sankt Moritz, Augsburg

Concert with Sabine Lutzenberger and Per-Sonat

PER -SONAT Konzert in Sankt Moritz, Augsburg