Markus Fricker: Chorwerke a Cappella (Music for Choir a Cappella) Deutscher Kammerchor & Rainer Held

• Markus Fricker (b. 1943): Sterndeuter:
• 1 Fricker: Sterndeuter 02:42
• Und wäre ich (Nicht) geboren:
• 2 Fricker: Und wäre ich (Nicht) geboren 02:34
• Fülle des Lebens:
• 3 Fricker: Fülle des Lebens 01:53
• Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen:
• 4 Fricker: Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen 02:07
• Wer sich die Musik erkiest:
• 5 Fricker: Wer sich die Musik erkiest 01:31
• Nachts überm Wasser:
• 6 Fricker: Nachts überm Wasser: No. 1 In jenen Nächten 01:47
• 7 Fricker: Nachts überm Wasser: No. 2 Im Nachtboot 02:10
• In der Stille der Nacht:
• 8 Fricker: In der Stille der Nacht 03:52
• Dr Stärn:
• 9 Fricker: Dr Stärn 02:33
• S' Läbe:
• 10 Fricker: S' Läbe 01:49
• Verlorene Liebe:
• 11 Fricker: Verlorene Liebe: No. 1 Erinnerung 03:07
• 12 Fricker: Verlorene Liebe: No. 2 Rote Rosen 01:38
• 13 Fricker: Verlorene Liebe: No. 3 Herzensleid 03:56
• 14 Fricker: Verlorene Liebe: No. 4 Nordlicht 01:54
• Du ließest deine Güte regnen:
• 15 Fricker: Du ließest deine Güte regnen 02:07
• Eine große Stadt:
• 16 Fricker: Eine große Stadt 02:37
• Unser Vater:
• 17 Fricker: Unser Vater 02:16
• Die blühende Linde:
• 18 Fricker: Die blühende Linde 02:06
• Quand je vais au jardin:
• 19 Fricker: Quand je vais au jardin 03:23
• Mon hameau:
• 20 Fricker: Mon hameau 03:27
• Last Rose of Summer:
• 21 Fricker: Last Rose of Summer 03:26
• Abendlied:
• 22 Fricker: Abendlied 01:51
• 3 deutsche Volkslieder:
• 23 Fricker: 3 deutsche Volkslieder: No. 1 Erlaube mir, feins Mädchen 01:58
• 24 Fricker: 3 deutsche Volkslieder: No. 2 Da unten im Tale 01:43
• 25 Fricker: 3 deutsche Volkslieder: No. 3 Feinsliebchen 01:55
• Total Runtime 01:00:22

Info for Markus Fricker: Chorwerke a Cappella (Music for Choir a Cappella)

The Deutscher Kammerchor with its conductor Rainer Held present the world's first album exclusively with works by the Swiss composer Markus Fricker (*1943). The album shows the versatility and range of this composer, who is very well known and highly popular in Switzerland and has already won numerous prizes for his works. It contains sacred and secular pieces, arrangements of folk songs from various countries as well as original compositions for mixed choir and men's choir. Fricker does not rely on rhythmic or even arhythmic avant-garde, but wants to create a tangible sense of togetherness with his music, especially for the listeners who sing in a choir themselves.

Deutscher Kammerchor
Rainer Held, direction

German Chamber Choir
The conviction that together we can make a difference characterises our core ensemble of 16 singers. In the 15 years since our founding, we have earned and consolidated a reputation as one of the best freelance choirs in Germany - a reputation that also makes us welcome guests internationally. Openness to the diversity of the musical world characterises us just as much as an eye for the challenges of our time. That is why we not only want to inspire, but also to move: To more acceptance and dialogue, to thinking about pressing issues and to acting accordingly.

As a freelance ensemble without a permanent director, we rely on a concept that is clearly different from that of many other ensembles: It gives us the freedom to realise musical ideas on our own initiative or to open ourselves to the musical visions of inspired conductors and composers. At the same time, we have temporal, spatial and artistic flexibility. We are bound neither to schedules nor to venues. This allows us to devote ourselves entirely to the requirements of each project. Above all, each one of us feels responsible for the whole. This power of initiative is expressed in the agile charisma of our choir as well as in the precision of its sound. It does not matter whether it is a capella work in a small circle or a larger ensemble with instrumental accompaniment.

Enthusiastic reviews, renowned partners and select engagements testify to our high standards. They apply to the selection of our singers, the partners we work with and the works we perform. But praise is also an obligation, an incentive and a challenge. That is why we undergo regular internal quality controls as well as external coaching and further training. Each member sees himself as a supporting pillar of the overall concept. Our common appearance is characterised by unity and a focussed approach to our goals.

Freelance, unattached and for that very reason: responsible. That is the special quality that distinguishes us. Because every member stands behind the entire ensemble with his or her conviction: our musical ideas, our high artistic standards and our commitment to tolerance and sustainability. This energy and motivation carries the whole team - and is also shared on stage.

Rainer Held
(1964) from Landquart, lives in Lucerne, studied in Zurich and Lucerne and later continued his education in various master classes and stays abroad. Master's degrees in conducting, solo singing and school music.

He has conducted amateur choirs since his youth, as well as professional choirs in Belarus, Russia, Poland, Venezuela, Japan and South Korea. Worldwide engagements as an orchestra conductor. For many years Principal Guest Conductor of the Minsk Radio Symphony Orchestra. Various CD recordings (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, Royal Scottish National Orchestra Glasgow, Chamber Orchestra of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic).

For many years president of the music commission of the Swiss Choral Association SCV and member of the music commission of 'ECA -Europa Cantat'. Member of the artistic committee of the Europa Cantat Festivals 2012 Turin and 2015 Pécs.

Professor and head of the music department at the Lucerne University of Teacher Education. Coach for choirs and choir directors. Numerous engagements as course leader and jury member.

This album contains no booklet.