Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach Singer Pur

• Lou Koster (1889 - 1973): Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano):
• 1 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Pfingsten war's 03:43
• 2 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Dunkeln Unheils lauernde Macht 01:57
• 3 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Hohen Hauptes mit festem Schritte 02:39
• 4 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Echternachs Geiger, der lange Veit! 02:08
• 5 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Und er fasst die Geige, die alte 04:20
• 6 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Sprach's und hob den schlichten Bogen 01:28
• 7 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Murrend stand im Kreis die Menge 03:02
• 8 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Sacht auf goldnem Sonnenpfad 01:56
• 9 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Endlos unterm Sonnenbrand dehnt sich aus der Wüstensand! 01:59
• 10 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Strandlos wogt das sand'ge Meer 02:56
• 11 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Im Wüstensande eine Beduinenbande 01:05
• 12 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): All der Wahnsinn dieser Stunde 01:41
• 13 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Dieser Feuerstrom von Tönen 01:07
• 14 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Mit strahlendem Gesicht schaut der Geiger in das Licht! 01:46
• 15 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Mächtig wie des Sturmes Laute braust es durch den hellen Tag! 01:33
• 16 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Wimmernd windet sich die Menge 01:13
• 17 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Gleich auf wundersame Weise legt der Töne Sturmflut sich 01:00
• 18 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Bittgebet 03:07
• 19 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Gott Du hast in Deiner Güte 01:15
• 20 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Dass ich diese stumpfen Geister durch mein Spiel bezwingen kann 00:53
• 21 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Also flehten Spielmann und Geige 00:39
• 22 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Rings der Kläger klägliche Runde 01:26
• 23 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Kichernd und kosend 03:01
• 24 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Und sie zwangen Weib und Mann unwiderstehlich in ihren Bann 01:42
• 25 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Strahlend von der Todesleiter schaut der Fiedler dem Rasen zu 01:45
• 26 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Heute spielte Dich Gottes Kraft 02:31
• 27 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Vater, du nahmst die Sünde von ihnen 02:29
• 28 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Und mit stolzem Siegerschritte 00:45
• 29 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Als er verschwunden in der Ferne 00:42
• 30 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Willibrord der Apostel 00:37
• 31 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Dann beginnt der mächtige Greis 01:40
• 32 Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach (Arr. C. Meister for Vocal Ensemble, Violin & Piano): Jedes Jahr am Tag wie heute 03:40
• Total Runtime 01:01:45

Info for Koster: Der Geiger von Echternach

The "Geiger von Echternach" deals with the origins of the Echternach Jumping Procession, which dates back to the Middle Ages and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The ballad tells the story of Tall Veit, who on his return from the Orient is sentenced to death by hanging for allegedly killing his wife. The composer and poet are equally interested in a detailed description of the different emotional states of the musician Veits, which modulate his violin playing and move the listener more and more until they fall into a dance rage from which only Saint Willibrord can free them.

Claude Weber, piano
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin
Singer Pur

Singer Pur
The aim to make a cappella singing the focus of their lives already developed at school: soon after leaving five former members of the famous Regensburger Domspatzen cathedral boys’ choir put it into practice and founded Singer Pur in 1991.

It was a fortunate love affair that brought a soprano into their ranks: soon afterwards the sextet with the unusual combination of voices (a soprano, three tenors, a baritone and a bass) won first prize in the 1994 Deutscher Musikwettbewerb (the German national competition) and a year later the coveted Grand Prix for vocal ensembles at the international Tampere Music Festival in Finland, and was launched on its road to becoming the leading German-speaking vocal group. Soon television and radio appearances, CD recordings, invitations to major festivals and concerts in almost 60 countries established an international career.

For several years Singer Pur has supported young musicians taking part in its international workshops for Europa Cantat, AMJ and Rhapsody in School.

There are no stylistic limitations to Singer Pur’s repertoire. Its programmes include anything performable by voices from medieval times to the avant-garde, a host of new compositions and arrangements written for the group, various forms of improvisation, co-operations with musicians as diverse as The Hilliard Ensemble, Ensemble Modern, Musikfabrik Köln, the composer and jazz clarinet player Michael Riessler or the young clarinet player David Orlowsky and orchestras such as the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, the Sinfonieorchester des WDR Cologne or the National Orchestra of China.

The Singer Pur discography consists of 25 CDs, several of which have received awards: two of them "Le Choc de l’Année" by the French music magazine "Le Monde de la Musique" and three more the ECHO Klassik Award in 2005, 2007 and 2011, considered the most prestigious classical music CD award in Europe. In 2013 Singer Pur received the prestigious Caeciliaprijs (Belgium). One of the three musical editions with arrangements by and dedicated to Singer Pur was named "Best edition of the year" during the 2009 Frankfurter Musikmesse.

In 2008 the City of Regensburg bestowed its Cultural Award on Singer Pur, in 2013 followed the Bavarian State Prize for Music, in 2014 the Fritz-Goller-Award and the Friedrich-Baur-Award of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. In 2015 the title “Ambassadors for the Friends of Choral Music in Europe” was bestowed on Singer Pur. On 8th March 2017 Singer Pur celebrated the 25th anniversary of its first concert and had the great honour of being joined on the stage of the Prinzregententheater in Munich by former members of the group as well as all of the former Hilliard Ensemble and some dear composer friends, with many more in the audience.

Many exciting concerts at festivals such as Rheingau Musikfestival, Europäische Wochen Passau or Musiksommer Rheinland Pfalz as well as workshops at the Musikhochschule Düsseldorf and the Landesmusikakademie Rheinland-Pfalz were accompanying Singer Pur through its anniversary year.

In 2018 Singer Pur made his debut in the new Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg invited by Kent Nagano and concert tours to Asia and many European countries such as Croatia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Spain, Czech Republik, Italy and Luxembourg.

This year Singer Pur looks forward to many concerts in Europe and new interesting projects like a new CD reording, taking over a festival for Renaissance music on the Adlersberg near Regensburg and the international Singer Pur workshop for vocal ensembles at the Landesakademie Rheinland Pfalz.

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