They are between 12 and 20 years old and play Vivaldi, Bach, or Zelenka on period instruments: the Bayerisches Jugend-Barockorchester upends the idea that Baroque music is a matter for specialists. An artistic and human adventure that reveals the zeal and high standards of a new generation.
With their ensemble La Rêveuse, Florence Bolton and Benjamin Perrot have devoted ten years to exploring English music of the eighteenth century. Their project, “London,” brought to life in the form of four recordings, stands out for its singular ambition: to link the musical history of that period with contemporary movements of populations and artists.
Three hundred years ago, the composer wanted more singers—and didn’t get them. But now, the Tölzer Knabenchor – as part of Ultra HIP music’s BACH-ENTWURFF-PROJEKT- is recording several of Bach’s cantatas using the vocal forces he wished for.
Designed at the Hochschule in Weimar, KATI generates choral harmonisations in the seventeenth-century style at the click of a button. A “chorale machine” that both relieves musicians and challenges the very notion of human creativity.
