Folk Songs Calmus Ensemble

• M. Zequinha de Abreu (1880–1935):
• 1 Tico-Tico no fubá 03:32
• Gustav Holst (1874–1934):
• 2 I Love My Love 03:53
• Mykola Dmytrowytsch Leontowytsch (1877–1921):
• 3 Shchedryk 03:28
• August Zarnack (1777–1827):
• 4 Ich hab die Nacht geträumet 03:03
• Gonzalo Benitez Gomez (1915–2005):
• 5 Vasija de barro 04:33
• Cecil Sharp (1859–1924):
• 6 Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron 02:38
• Christian Knud Frederik Molbech (1821–1888):
• 7 Roselil og hendes moder 04:14
• Traditional:
• 8 Tra Bo Dau 03:12
• Traditional:
• 9 The Wild Colonial Boy 04:02
• Traditional:
• 10 Swa I Yan 03:58
• Traditional:
• 11 Vai žirge, žirgeli 04:08
• Traditional:
• 12 Ol' Kaunis Kesäilta 03:43
• T. William Butler Yeats (1865–1939):
• 13 Down by the Salley Gardens 03:44
• Traditional:
• 14 Till Österland vill jag fara 03:20
• Traditional:
• 15 Aya ngena 01:53
• Traditional:
• 16 Lo guarracino 01:59
• Percy Grainger (1882–1961):
• 17 I'm Seventeen Come Sunday 03:37
• Traditional:
• 18 Es geht ein dunkle Wolk herein 02:30
• Rósa Guðmundsdóttir (1795–1855):
• 19 Visur Vatnsenda-Rósu 01:31
• Traditional:
• 20 Korobeiniki 03:29
• Traditional:
• 21 Finnegan's Wake 03:07
• Total Runtime 01:09:34

Info for Folk Songs

The LIEDERPROJEKT on a musical journey of discovery: With FOLK SONGS, the Calmus Ensemble invites you on a vocal journey around the world! From Ireland and England to Scandinavia, Russia, Taiwan, South Africa and all the way to Ecuador! And all this with only five singers? Yes, indeed!

21 Folk songs from five continents, 17 countries and 14 languages can be heard on this album, the spectrum ranging from traditional, simple settings to highly virtuoso new arrangements made especially for Calmus.

Calmus Ensemble:
Anja Pöche, soprano
Sebastian Krause, alto
Tobias Pöche, tenor
Ludwig Böhme, baritone
Manuel Helmeke, bass
Peter A. Bauer, percussion (Track 15)

Calmus Ensemble
Homogeneity, precision, lightness and wit - these are the hallmarks of the Calmus Ensemble and make the quintet one of Germany's most successful vocal groups. The wide range of tonal colors, the joy of music-making that the musicians convey on stage, their sound culture and their varied and imaginative programs never fail to inspire. As a result, the five musicians from Leipzig have won a whole series of international prizes and competitions - most recently the OPUS Klassik 2019 "Best Choral Work Recording". With 50 to 60 concerts a year, Calmus is always a welcome guest throughout Europe and up to three times a year in the USA.

The repertoire range of Calmus is almost unlimited: influenced by the tradition of the Thomaner and other great German boys' choirs, the singers are naturally at home in the vocal music of the Renaissance, Baroque and Romantic periods, but music of our own time is also of great concern to them. They have commissioned and premiered numerous compositions over the years, including works by Paul Moravec (Pulitzer Price Winner), Mathew Rosenblum, Bernd Franke, Steffen Schleiermacher, Wolfram Buchenberg, Bill Dobbins, Mia Makaroff, Dan Dediu, and Harald Banter. They also enjoy singing and arranging pop, folk and jazz, as evidenced by numerous sheet music publications.

Partnerships with colleagues such as the MDR Symphony Orchestra (Weill, Seven Deadly Sins), the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet, the Hamburg Ratsmusik, the Bigband of the Hessischer Rundfunk, the Capella de la torre, amarcord (Disputation) or Elke Heidenreich (Nachtgedanken) further enrich Calmus' repertoire and already two projects connect Calmus with the Lautten Compagney Berlin ("BachArkaden" / "Mitten im Leben").

Calmus dedicates a part of his time to the promotion of young musicians: teaching, workshops and jury activities are part of their daily routine, at home in Leipzig and on the road, e.g. as artist in residence at the STIMMEN Festival Lörrach or at the Bachwoche Stuttgart, very often also in the USA. No wonder that Calmus has more and more fans all over the world.

Booklet for Folk Songs