Schenectady, N.Y. (November 6,
2001) – Countertenor Andreas Scholl will perform A Musicall Banquet: Lute
Songs from Around the World, accompanied by Karl-Ernst Schroeder, at Union College's Memorial Chapel on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m. This performance marks Scholl's East Coast recital debut; he will then make his New York City debut at Carnegie Hall on Nov. 16. This performance was rescheduled from Friday, April 20, 2001 and all tickets will be honored.
Already regarded as the outstanding counter-tenor of his generation for his remarkable discography and performances in concert, Andreas Scholl's operatic debut as Bertarido (Rodelinda) for the Glyndebourne Festival Opera was greeted with unprecedented critical acclaim.
He has released a series of
extraordinary solo recordings including Vivaldi Motets with the Australian
Brandenburg Orchestra and Heroes – a disc of arias by Handel, Mozart, Hasse and Gluck. His discography also includes the Gramophone-award-winning recordings of Vivaldi's Stabat Mater, Antonio Caldara's Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo all under René Jacobs, and most recently Robert Dowland's A Musicall Banquet for Decca.
In concert, Scholl works regularly with the world's leading conductors; appearances include Bach Cantatas under John Nelson with The Cleveland Orchestra, B Minor Mass, Christmas Oratorio and St. Matthew Passion with Collegium Vocale under Philippe
Herreweghe. At the BBC Pomenade Concerts he has sung Julius Caesar and Bach's Magnificat with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under René Jacobs, the title role in Solomon with
the Gabrieli Consort under Paul McCreesh, and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. This year he sang Vivaldi and Handel arias with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra.
This season Scholl will make his
debut appearances in the title role in Giulio Cesare with the Royal Danish
Opera, will make his New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall and tour the
United States with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and tour Europe with Barbara
Bonney and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. An exclusive artist to Decca, Andreas Scholl's future releases will include Wayfaring Stranger, a collection of English and American folksongs specially arranged for him and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
Born in Germany, Andreas Scholl's early musical training was with the Kiedricher
Chorbuben. Between 1987 and 1993 he
studied with Richard Levitt and René Jacobs at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis where he was awarded a Diploma of Ancient Music. In 1992 he was awarded the Conseil de l'Europe and the Foundation Claude Nicolas Ledoux, and he is a graduate of the Foundation Ernst Göhner and Association Migros. Andreas Scholl is also a winner of the 1999 ECHO Awards and the Prix de l'Union de la Presse musicale belge.
Karl-Ernst Schröder studied guitar and lute with Professor T. Sasaki at the Hochschule für Musik Rhld., Aachen.
After receiving his diploma in Aachen, he went to Basel, Switzerland, to
specialize in the performance of early music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
where he studied lute with Eugen M. Dombois and Hopkinson Smith.
As well as his regular appearances as a soloist, Karl-Ernst Schröder also performs throughout Europe as a member of numerous Renaissance and Baroque ensembles including the Basel Consort / Andreas Scholl, Aurora / Enrico Gatti, Ensemble 415 / Chiara Banchini, Mala Punica / Pedro Memelsdorf, various ensembles with Rene Jacobs and the Freiburger Barockorchester.
Tickets at $20 ($8 for students) are available in advance at the Office of Communications, Union College (518) 388-6131 and at the door at 7 p.m. For more information, call 372-3651.
The Union College Concert Series is made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; additional support comes from the Times Union Newspapers. Memorial Chapel is located near the center of the Union College campus. Parking is available on campus and nearby side streets.
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