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Sensuous baroque pleasures!
“Continuo spirits (...) that make one beg to be haunted.”
CONCERTO MAGAZINE
There is barely a festival or concert series in Germany and throughout
Europe, where the United Continuo Ensemble (UCE) hasn’t appeared
since its foundation in 1995.
The viola da gamba player Jörg Meder has gathered together a team of
leading basso continuo specialists. In variable constellations, they convey
baroque jollity, their own fascination for improvisation, and pure pleasure.
The audience’s enthusiasm speaks for itself.
Creative, interactive programmes with singers, dancers and actors, and
even complete baroque operas, have long been the United Continuo
Ensemble’s recipe for success.
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Continuo
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Baroque Ensemble
Vitali Bergamasca
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Photography UCE: © Bernd Bodtländer
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Concert programmes
bassi
From left to right: Axel Wolf, Johanna Seitz, Zita Mikijanska,
Jörg Meder, Jan Kobow (as guest), Dennis Götte (as guest),
Bernward Jaime Rudolph
CDs
(4-6 persons)
United Continuo Ensemble
Viola da gamba/violone | dulcian | trombone | lute/theorbo | baroque guitar | harpsichord/organ
Music by Vitali, Frescobaldi, Pellegrini, Castaldi &Colombi
for bass instruments from 16th and 17th century Italy
A rendezvous of the senses rooted in the depths of early baroque instrumentation!
In the 16th and 17th centuries the bass instruments conquered such forms as the
chaconne, passacaglia or the follia: captivating melodies, enriched with breathtaking ornamentation.
Die Musicalische Rüstkammer
bassi
Pan Classics 10272
Baroque Ensemble
(5-7 persons)
with Jan Kobow (tenor), Dr. Michael Maul (presenter) & United Continuo Ensemble
Viola da gamba | harp | theorbo | baroque guitar | harpsichord
United Continuo Ensemble
Concert with presenter ‐ The most popular arias from the collection „Musicalische
Rüstkammer“ & Stories from the baroque Leipzig opera house
The Opera House in Leipzig was one of the first in Germany. Unfortunately none
of the operas has survived, but the most popular arias by, for example, Telemann,
can be found in the manuscript “Musicalische Rüstkammer”. Tenor Jan Kobow
and the United Continuo Ensemble join Michael Maul to present these early operatic treasures in a captivating and enjoyable concert.
Telemann and the
Leipzig Opera
Ensemble members
Le Triomphe de l’amour
Jörg Meder
Adrian Rovatkay
Axel Wolf
Thor-Harald Johnsen
Thomas C. Boysen
Bernward Jaime Rudolph
Johanna Seitz
Zita Mikijanska
Italian music from the early baroque by Andrea Falconieri
Villanelles, arias, chiacconas, canzonas and fantasias by the Neapolitan composer
Andrea Falconieri (1586-1665) in a lively, varied concert with Belgian tenor Jan
van Elsacker.
Scenes by Molière combined with French music
from the court of Versailles
Intrigue, jealousy and amusement at the Sun King’s
court, as told in episodes by Molière and secular cantatas by Montéclair interwoven with works by Couperin
and Marais.
“Sparkling energy, passionate joy and brilliant virtuosity” NORTH GERMAN RADIO, Hamburg
Fiesta Española
Baroque opera
Dolci Sospiri
New
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with Jan van Elsacker (tenor) & United Continuo Ensemble (5-7 persons)
Viola da gamba/violone | harp | theorbo | baroque guitar | baroque violins
(6-9 persons)
CRO
Pan Classics 10237
Dolci
Sospiri
Compagnie Opéra Baroque & United Continuo Ensemble
Singers | viola da gamba/violone | theorbo | baroque guitar |
harpsichord | baroue violin | traverso (ca. 10 persons)
Raumklang
SSOV
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with Mercedes Hernández (soprano), Elva la Guardia (dance/vocals) & United Continuo Ens.
Flamenco guitar | lute | baroque guitar | chitarra battente | viola da gamba | percussion | cájon
Flamenco is rooted in early baroque Spanish music. In the 17th century, people
danced to folk songs and sang dances with rhythmic accompaniments. This early
music for voice, guitar and percussion, imbued with its elegant ornamentations,
already contains those elements that we know and love as Flamenco today.
Fiesta Española
Raumklang 2408
Viola da gamba, violone
Dulcian, bassoon
Lute, theorbo, arciliuto
Lute, theorbo, baroque guitar
Lute, theorbo, baroque guitar
Baroque guitar
Harp
Harpsichord, organ
“Wonderfully sung and played with a fine
sense of this light-hearted baroque music.” RADIO MDR FIGARO, Leipzig
Sardanapalus
“An astoundingly sophisticated treasure trove of plucked, bowed and wind sounds (…) technical finesse
(…) lively ensemble spirit”
KLASSIK.COM
Boxberg’s opera in an historically informed production
With this production, one of the earliest German operas from 1698 by Christian L. Boxberg is rediscovered.
It tells the story of the Assyrian king Sardanapalus.
“The United Continuo Ensemble is a superior accompanist and repeatedly surprises the listener with
ever-changing combinations of instruments.”
Compagnie Opéra Baroque, Dance Company l’espace & UCE
The encounter of Flamenco & Spanish music from the 16th and 17th centuries
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Music theatre
KULTURRADIO BERLIN BRANDENBURG
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