Anima Eterna Brugge

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Deutschland und diverse Länder

Anima Eterna Brugge ist ein internationales Orchester mit Sitz in Brügge, Belgien. Der Klangkörper ist auf Repertoire aus der Zeit zwischen 1750 und 1945 spezialisiert und kann je nach Repertoire seine Größe zwischen sieben bis zu achtzig Musikern variieren. Historische Aufführungspraxis ist der Schwerpunkt, der sich als roter Faden durch die musikalische Geschichte von Anima Eterna Brugge zieht. Jedes neue Projekt ist von einer Atmosphäre des Forschens, Entdeckens und künstlerischen Experimentierens geprägt. Seit 2020 arbeitet Anima Eterna mit vier verschiedenen Dirigenten zusammen, von denen jeder seinen eigenen künstlerischen Weg mit dem Orchester geht: Giovanni Antonini ist auf der Suche nach einem historischen Belcanto, Pablo Heras-Casado beschäftigt sich intensiv mit Anton Bruckner vor, Bart Van Reyn nimmt das Orchester mit in die Geburtsstunde der Sinfonie und Midori Seiler definiert den Klang der Romantik neu. Anima Eterna Brugge hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, die künstlerische Forschung der Orchestermitglieder durch innovative Konzertformate wie Anima Insight und Atelier Anima aktiv auf der Bühne umzusetzen - sowohl in großen Konzertsälen als volles Orchester als auch in intimerem Rahmen mit Kammermusik.

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1987 von dem Dirigenten, Cembalisten und Pianisten Jos van Immerseel gegründet, ist Eterna Brugge heute aus der internationalen Musikszene nicht mehr wegzudenken. Die Einspielung aller Klavierkonzerte von Mozart sowie sämtlicher Schubert-Sinfonien in den 1990er Jahren stellen nur einige Meilensteine innerhalb der reichhaltigen musikalischen Geschichte des Orchesters dar. Auch der 2008 aufgenommene Zyklus der Beethoven-Sinfonien erwies sich als Referenzaufnahme.

Im Laufe der Jahre haben Jos van Immerseel und Anima Eterna Brugge die Grenzen des eigenen Repertoires immer wieder verschoben. Während sich das Orchester in seinen Anfängen auf Barockmusik konzentrierte, drang es nach und nach Richtung Klassik, Romantik und sogar Musik des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts vor. Für jede dieser unterschiedlichen Epochen setzte Anima Eterna Brugge sukzessive neue Maßstäbe im Bereich der Aufführungspraxis; mittels seiner intensiven Forschung und durch Auftritte in den großen Konzertsälen der Welt, darunter u.a. im Lincoln Center in New York, Sydney Opera House, im Musikverein in Wien, der Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg und natürlich dem Brügger Concertgebouw, wo Anima Eterna seit 2002 Artist in Residence ist.

Das Orchester verfügt über eine besonders umfangreiche Diskographie mit über fünfzig Veröffentlichungen bei den Labels Channel Classic Records, Zig-Zag Territoires und Alpha Classics, die weltweit von Outhere Music vertrieben werden. Gemeinsam mit Pablo Heras-Casado wird das Orchester ab 2022/23 Sinfonien von Anton Bruckner für das Label Harmonia Mundi aufnehmen.

Im Jahr 2021 trat Jos van Immerseel als künstlerischer Leiter zurück, unterstützt das Orchester aber weiterhin mit Meisterkursen. Außerdem wird er in den kommenden Jahren dazu beitragen, das Archiv von Anima Eterna Brugge zu erweitern, darüber hinaus tritt er weiterhin einmal pro Saison mit seinem Lieblingsorchester auf.

Mehr Informationen: https://animaeterna.be

Stand: Saison 2022/23

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  • Weitere Termine auf Anfrage

    Anima Eterna Brugge (7 Musiker) - Midori Seiler

    Johannes Brahms

    Programm:

    Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
    Trio for pianoforte, violin and Waldhorn op. 40 – 35’
    Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115 – 40’

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  • Anima Eterna Brugge (46 Musiker) - Alexander Melnikov (Klavier & Leitung)

    Central European Landscapes - At the Heart of European Music

    Programm:

    Antonín Dvořák (arr. Josef Suk) - Auszüge aus Les Cyprès B.152 (Cypřiše)
    Leoš Janáček - Concertino (1925)
    Vítězslava Kaprálová - Partita für Streicher & Klavier solo (1939)

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    Béla Bartók - Musik für Saiteninstrumente, Schlagzeug und Celesta (1936)

     

    At the Heart of European Music

    Alexander Melnikov and Anima Eterna explore, on period instruments, three masterpieces that shape the musical landscape of Mitteleuropa at the time.It is first to 19th-century Czech music that Alexander Melnikov and Anima Eterna pay tribute at the outset of this journey. For Dvořák is undoubtedly the first to infuse a deeply Czech inspiration into the European musical spirit. Janáček’s Concertino is an ode to nature where horns become hedgehogs and clarinets squirrels, while owls sing at nightfall. The now-famous Partita Op. 20 by Kaprálová is the culmination of her work in Paris with Martinů, revealing the extraordinary talent of a composer whose life was tragically cut short. Finally, the Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta stands as one of Bartók’s masterpieces. From its austere and somber opening fugue to its brilliant, folk-tinged finale, passing through its magical and evocative nocturne, it is an exceptional distillation of the composer’s artistry.

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  • Anima Eterna Brugge (46 Musiker) - Alexander Melnikov (Klavier & Leitung)

    Central European Landscapes - At the Heart of European Music

    Programm:

    Antonín Dvořák (arr. Josef Suk) - Auszüge aus Les Cyprès B.152 (Cypřiše)
    Leoš Janáček - Concertino (1925)
    Vítězslava Kaprálová - Partita für Streicher & Klavier solo (1939)

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    Béla Bartók - Musik für Saiteninstrumente, Schlagzeug und Celesta (1936)

     

    At the Heart of European Music

    Alexander Melnikov and Anima Eterna explore, on period instruments, three masterpieces that shape the musical landscape of Mitteleuropa at the time. It is first to 19th-century Czech music that Alexander Melnikov and Anima Eterna pay tribute at the outset of this journey. For Dvořák is undoubtedly the first to infuse a deeply Czech inspiration into the European musical spirit. Janáček’s Concertino is an ode to nature where horns become hedgehogs and clarinets squirrels, while owls sing at nightfall. The now-famous Partita Op. 20 by Kaprálová is the culmination of her work in Paris with Martinů, revealing the extraordinary talent of a composer whose life was tragically cut short. Finally, the Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta stands as one of Bartók’s masterpieces. From its austere and somber opening fugue to its brilliant, folk-tinged finale, passing through its magical and evocative nocturne, it is an exceptional distillation of the composer’s artistry.

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  • Anima Eterna Brugge (45 Musiker) & Midori Seiler (Violine & Leitung)

    Celebrating Beethoven

    Programm:

    Maria Antonia Walpurgis; Ouverture zu Talestri, Regina delle Amazzoni (c. 1760): I. Allegro
    Maddalena Sirmen (1745-1818): Duetto op 5 nr 1 in E Flat major
    Regina Strinasacchi (1761-1839): Violin concerto B flat Major
    Paul Wranitzky (1756-1808): Sinfonie C Major op.19 „the Emperors“, only Andante con moto and Finale: Presto
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    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ouverture „La Clemenza di Tito“
    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Symphony no 5 c minor

    The other Vienna

    This program features a well-known, an exceptionally famous piece from Vienna of the year 1808, when Beethoven was already on the peak of his fame. The four notes of the entry theme of his Symphony no 5 is maybe the most well-known classical melody of the world. Beethoven was a star in his chosen hometown Vienna, and many more musicians passed through this cultural centre of the Western world.

    One of them was the young female violinist Regina Strinasacchi. As female visibility has been a great issue in the arts of the past centuries, her legacy was preserved mainly by a coincidence: Leopold Mozart in 1785 heard her concert in Salzburg and wrote a letter to his son Wolfgang. In this letter he describes Regina as a very skilful 23 year old violinist who plays with outstanding sentiment, beauty and sense, as to prove that women are capable of playing with stronger expression than men. Strinasacchi commissioned Wolfgang to write a sonata for her, the famous sonata KV 454, which the two of them performed together in Vienna (again, we have knowledge of this concert only by a letter from Wolfgang to Leopold). Regina was also a star at her time, despite of the moral standards at that time, when women were not supposed to be on a stage. (The only exception of this standard were singers, whose fame was paid for with a dubious reputation.) She composed several works, one remaining in the British Library is the manuscript of her violin concerto in B major, which Midori Seiler has copied and put in a modern writing.

    Vienna was frequently visited by artists from England and Italy, but hardly any French composer came to visit, even if French music was played. So we can only speculate why Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint Georges, who travelled extensively through his life, never paid a visit to the metropole, if for traditional reasons or because of his origin, being the son of a former slave from Guadeloupe in 18th century society. There is strong evidence that Saint George had personal contact with Haydn and even commissioned Haydn’s Paris Symphonies (Nr 82-87), when Saint Georges was the conductor of „Loge Olympique“ in Paris. Both Mozart, when travelling to Paris in 1778 and Saint George were long term guests at the very same apartment of Baron Melchior Grimm and Louise d’Epinay- so there is a possibility, that although Saint George never travelled to Vienna, he met two of the most influential Viennese composers of his time.

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    Anima Eterna Brugge (15 Musiker)

    Twilight Serenades - Spohr and Dvorak. Romantic Glow to Bohemian Dusk

    Programm:

    Louis Spohr (1784 – 1859)
    Nonet in F major, Op. 31 (1813)

    Antonín Dvořák (1841 – 1904)
    Serenade for Winds in D minor, Op. 44 (1878)

    The richness of a symphony orchestra captured in the intimate setting of chamber music.An orchestra in pocket size. The refined Louis Spohr and the spirited Antonín Dvořák both composed music rooted in the tradition of the serenade, intended for relaxation, entertainment, and social connection.

    We hear music from two distinct worlds and eras. On one side stands the aristocratic elegance of Louis Spohr. As a composer on the threshold of Romanticism, his Nonet strikes a perfect balance between the familiar classical forms of the past and the romantic colors and harmonic richness of the new age. It is sophisticated music that once filled the chic salons of Vienna.

    In contrast, we find the earthy, vital power of Antonín Dvořák, born half a century later. Where Spohr sought the salon, Dvořák’s Serenade for Winds brings the atmosphere of the Bohemian countryside into the concert hall. Inspired by folk music and the tradition of street artists, he wrote a work brimming with rhythmic energy and nostalgic melodies.
    Although both composers opt for a relatively small ensemble, they blur the boundaries of chamber music. The result is a unique interplay featuring the transparency of soloists combined with the deep colors and overwhelming possibilities of a full orchestra.

    Whether it is the silky lines of Spohr or the robust winds of Dvořák, both works prove that music for entertainment can simultaneously be serious art of the highest caliber. The contrast in character makes the encounter complete: where Spohr’s Nonet is a constant, subtle dialogue between nine equal partners, Dvořák’s Serenade is one grand, compelling march and dance.

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