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beauty and spiritual power of Gregorian chant and Romanesque and
Gothic polyphony, these four musicians founded their ensemble with
the purpose of combining early vocal music with modern improvisation
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One of the special qualities of ensemble
nun is its use of a concert venue’sentire space, bringing to
life its full acoustic range. The singers and saxophonist move at
times around and amongst the audience, while the guitar sends its
sound around the entire room via loud-speakers, in a fusing of sound
as “transient space” and architecture as “frozen
sound”. This can be equally compelling in a Romanesque or Gothic
church, the contemporary architecture of a modern church, a former
industrial hall or factory, or any other appropriate concert venue,
as long as it has a church-like acoustic. |
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„Radices Musicae“ – Improvisation on liturgical music of the Middle Ages (doc, 32 kb) |
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creature from sandstone comes to life, snarls, and whips its tail
dangerously. The creature softens as sweet singing is heard. Rather
than a fabulous creature, the saxophonist Gert Anklam appears on stage.
The musical presentation is supported by guitarist Falk Zenker, who
moments later enters into dialogue with the sax and singers Rebecca
Bain and Katherine Hill. Musical worlds, separated by centuries, come
together.“ Helga Heilig, Naumburger Tagblatt, 07.11.03 „`Nun´ (the now) is timeless; in other words, time becomes transcendental, at once beyond time and time abundant… (ensemble nu;n’s) music actually `grasps´ this `now´. In connecting the `old´ with the `new´, it explores the boundaries of time and brings them closer together.“ Sister Hannah, St. Erentraud/ Berg „It was deeply moving music, filled with longing, intelligent but light-hearted, sprinkled with humour, and the audience enjoyed it thoroughly. Transfixed and transported to another world, at times it felt as though one was floating...“ G. Meyer, OTZ, 10.11.03 „The concert was delightfully made up of continuous live experiments, bringing together ancient ritual music and modern performance practice.“ Thüringer Allgemeine, 02.08.05 „Sound coming from all corners, it almost seems as if the
old walls are vibrating…past and present unite in the moment…
The applause is never ending. “Wonderful” is whispered
through the audience. The musicians must bow repeatedly: another
moment in the here and now…“ Freies
Wort, 01.08.05 |
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Concert recording
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CD "Salutare" released 2006 at Raumklang You may order now by www.falk-zenker.de Audio Samples:
DVD Concertmanagers can order a dvd. |
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| 02.07. Magdeburg Kathol. Universitätskirche St. Petri - 19:30 |
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05.07. Oldenburg-Eversten Ansgari-Kirche - 20:00 |
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| 03.07. Hildesheim Michaeliskloster - 20:00 |
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Rebecca Bain | ||
| · | born in Montréal, Canada | ||
| · | played trumpet and violin and sang in various ensembles for folk, jazz and early music in Canada, 1980-1988 | ||
| · | studied at the renowned Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland from 1992 to 1996, receiving a diploma in medieval music performance in voice and medieval fiddle | ||
| · | has worked since 1991 with several ensembles for early music, touring throughout North America, Europe and Australia, and singing on many cd recordings; these groups include the renowed Ensemble Sequentia (Germany), the vocal ensemble Mora Vocis (France), and Sarband (Germany) | ||
| · | co-founded the vocal trio Zorgina (USA, Austria) in 1993, and Ensemble Belladonna (Germany) in 1997; toured extensively with these groups and recorded several CDs (including "Triplicité", Zorgina, 2000 Raumklang; "Shout Sister, Shout!", Zorgina, 2002 twinberg records; Melodious Melancholie", Ensemble Belladonna, 2004 Raumklang) | ||
| · | given numerous workshops on medieval music for students of all levels
in France, Germany and North America |
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Katherine Hill | ||
| · | born in Toronto, Canada, and presently lives in Amsterdam | ||
| · | has worked as a freelance musician since finishing her graduate
studies in music at the University of Toronto in 1996 |
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| · | studied early music in Europe with Max von Egmond and with ensembles Sequentia and Diphona, and has sung as soloist in various ensembles such as Elyma (France), Super Librum (Netherlands), and Grotest Maru (Germany) | ||
| · | records and gives concerts regularly with the Canadian ensembles Aradia Ensemble, The Toronto Consort, and Sine Nomine | ||
| · | plays the medieval fiddle and has helped realise many projects which
combine early music with such forms as arabic music, electronic music,
and experimental theater |
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Gert Anklam | ||
| · | born in 1969 in Berlin, and has worked there as a freelance saxophist and composer since 1988 | ||
| · | from 1989 played with various ensembles including the "Manfred Schulze Wind Quintet" | ||
| · | received much acclaim for his solo concerts on the baritone saxophone | ||
| · | has worked closely with the artist Beate Gatscha since 1997 on multi-media projects, combining such things as dance, slide projections and water instruments | ||
| · | has toured and studied in India, Africa and the USA | ||
| · | has worked often in the theater and with radio and recorded and
produced 2 cd recordings (solo CD "konzert für b",
1997; "Musik aus Luft und Wasser" 2003) |
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Falk Zenker | ||
| · | born in 1967 in Mittweida, (Germany) and lives presently in Thüringen | ||
| · | studied classical guitar at the conservatory in Weimar from 1987 to 1992 and has worked as a freelance musician ever since | ||
| · | performed for many years on international stages with the Spanish flamenco group "Trio Romero" and with the prominent Chilean singer Oscar Andrade | ||
| · | apart from his various solo projects, has realised many experimental and multi-media projects with artists of all kinds (theater, dance, slide projections, readings, sonic installations, tv...) | ||
| · | 2 CDs to his name ("Landschaften"‚ 2000, and "Cinema"‚
2002) under the label Acoustic Music/Zomba |
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| Falk Zenker Am Bäckerberg 6, D 99510 Kapellendorf, Tel.: +49 36425/ 509 82, +49 171/ 75 62 460, music@falk-zenker.de |
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Gert Anklam Raabestr. 11, D 10405 Berlin, Tel.: +49 30 44/ 16 292, +49 163/ 53 21 553, anklam.gatscha@t-online.de |
| Rebecca Bain Montreal, Canada, becca_bain@hotmail.com |
Katherine Hill Amsterdam, Holland, Hillka@hotmail.com |
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Links http://www.falk-zenker.de http://www.gert-anklam.de http://www.zorgina.com http://www.raumklang.de |
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