Motetta Brevia de Tempore Studium Chorale & Hans Leenders

• 1 Si qua est consolatio 06:31
• 2 Confi temini Domino 05:39
• 3 Exurgat Deus 05:26
• 4 Insurrexerunt in nos inimici nostri 05:35
• 5 O Jesu lux 05:38
• 6 State sistite 04:42
• 7 Sonent citharae 06:13
• 8 O benigne Salvator 05:54
• 9 O Domine illumina 06:07
• Total Runtime 51:45

Info for Motetta Brevia de Tempore

Marcus Teller, son of Hendrick Teller and Cornelia Janssen, was baptized as ‘marcus henrici teelder’ on 17 December 1682 in St. Nicholas in Maastricht. The family name of Teller also appears in the archives as Tellers, Teelder, Teelers, Telders, or Tellder.

The surviving works of Teller consist of two printed editions and a number of manuscripts. In 1726 the collection Musica sacra stylo plane Italico & Cromatico was published as opus 1 by Joannes Lotter in Augsburg. It was dedicated to the canon Arnold Hyacinthus Wynants, provost of St. Servatius and neighbour of Marcus Teller’s parents at the Grote Looiersstraat.

Besides the nine motetta brevia pro tempore recorded here, the print contains two missae solemnes for four soloists, four-part choir and instruments.

In these times of dramatic cuts in the arts and culture, the Orchestra and I set ourselves the goal of introducing a larger audience to the phenomenon of the “Symphonic Wind Orchestra.” Due to the specific instrumentation, extended with a rhythm section, the orchestra allows standard repertoire to be combined with innovative crossover music. By showing how a traditional orchestra is transformed into a ‘hip’ ensemble, the Inspiration Orchestra is an important ambassador for Dutch wind music. The unique evidence of this is the bonus track “Inspire the Environment”

“A surprising gain” (Leeuwarder Courant)

Studium Chorale
Hans Leenders, conductor

Studium Chorale
was founded in 1972 and has developed into one of the leading chamber choirs in the Netherlands. The repertory of the choir spans five centuries of choral music, from polyphony to newly commissioned works. This new releases features the world premiere recording of a motet by Dutch composer Marcus Teller. Composed in 1726 the motet reveals a rich harmonic idiom and excellent craftsmanship in vocal and instrumental writing.

Hans Leenders
is one of the most talented and inspiring Dutch conductors of the new generation in The Netherlands of the middle ’90’s . He studied conducting and percussion at the Rotterdam Conservatory. During his studies, he received the 'Kranichsteiner Musikpreis' at the 'Ferienkurse für neue Musik' in Darmstadt (1992). Early in his career, Hans Leenders was awarded the 'Anton Kersjes' scholarship for young conductors which enabled him to follow master classes with Ilja Moesin, Valery Gergiev and Jorma Panula. He was finalist at the International Kirill Kondrashin Competition for conductors.

In 1999, Leenders was appointed assistant-conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra with Valery Gergjev. In 2004, he won the Cadaquès conductors competition. His career as a conductor really took off in 2001 when he gave an impressive performance when replacing Maestro Valery Gergiev at the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra for the opening concert of the Gergiev Festival, followed by a concert in the Matinee Series in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. The concert of this most important concert series in The Netherlands was broadcasted live on television. Both performances in Rotterdam as well in Amsterdam were enthusiastically acclaimed both by audience and the press.

In August 2004, Hans Leenders made an outstanding debut with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. All major newspapers unanimously considered this performance as very convincing and spectacular. Since then, he conducted many Dutch orchestra such as The Hague Philharmonic, The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, the North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and the Brabants Symphony Orchestra. In 2008, he conducted during the National Liberation Day on the 5th of May in Amsterdam the official concert in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

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