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Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (Baroque Orchestra & Choir) |
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Orchestra founded: 1979 - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Choir founded: 1992 |
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The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (= ABO&C), founded in 1979 by Ton Koopman, are a group of musicians from all over the world, with a particular passion for the Baroque. About seven times a year they get together to perform live and make CD-recordings under the inspired direction of Ton Koopman.
For the musicians each concert is a new experience. Ton Koopman's boundless energy and enthusiasm are a sure guarantee of a lively performance with many surprises, again and again. Live performances take the orchestra to the great concert halls, for example The Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Barbican Centre (London), Konzerthaus (Vienna), Lincoln Center (New York) and Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space (Tokyo).
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra has been recording for the French label Erato, a subsidiary of the Time Warner media group, for fifteen years. And not without success. Among the accolades the orchestra has received are the Gramophone Award, Diapason d'Or, "10-Repertoire", "Stern des Monats-Fono Forum", "Must-Compact Discipline Magazine", "4 Clés Télérama", "10 in Luister", the Prix Hector Berlioz, two Edison Awards and the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis.
In 1992 the Amsterdam Baroque Choir was founded. The choir consists mainly of young Dutch professional singers. The choir made its debut in 1992 during the Holland Festival of Early Music in Utrecht, where the programme consisted of the Requiem (for 15 voices) and Vespers (for 32 voices) by H.I.F. Biber. For both works this was the world premiere. The recording of these works won the Cannes Classical Award for the best performance of 17th/18th century choral music.
In November 1994 Ton Koopman and his ABO&C embarked upon what the Guardian called "the recording project of the nineties". For the first time the complete Bach Cantatas, both sacred and secular, are being recorded and performed in concert as well.
The concerts take place in Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and Utrecht. Radiorecordings of the concerts are being made by AVRO and EO radio. The broadcasts include comprehensive background information. March and April 1997 Dutch TV broadcast a series of six documentaries dedicated to the project. Meanwhile 13 CD-boxes are already released. For the first 4 CD-boxes Ton Koopman and The ABO&C have received the "Deutsche Schallplattenpreis Echo Klassik 1997" in Germany, an award for the excellent recording of the cantatas. The project also encompasses 3 books about the cantatas edited by Christoph Wolff and Ton Koopman. Of these 3 books, the first has already been translated in English and Italian, the second is soon to follow.
By the time the 250th anniversary of J.S. Bach's death is commemorated in the year 2000, Ton Koopman recorded almost eighty per cent of J.S. Bach's total output. In October 2003 he finished recorded all the Bach Cantatas. |
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Members of Amsterdam Baroque Choir: |
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Sopranos |
Altos |
Tenors |
Basses |
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María-Luz Álvarez
Alicia Amo
Mariëtte Bastiaansen
Andrea van Beek
Amelia Berridge
Gela Birckenstaedt
Els Bongers
Martha Bosch
Isabel Delemarre
Esther Ebbinge
Elise van Es
Henriëtte Feith
Pauline Graham
Melanie Greve [MB]
Anne Grimm
Loes Groot Antink
Ellen van Ham
Susan Hamilton
Francine van der Heijden
Margareth Iping
Cécile Kempenaers
Vera Lansink
Mónica Monteiro
Anne-Kathryn Olsen
Annemieke Rademaker
Nadia Ragni [MB]
Hilde Van Ruymbeke
Josie Ryan
Caroline Stam
Christina Stegmaier
Lut Van de Velde [MB]
Orlanda Velez Isidro
Anita Veerling
Dorothee Wohlgemuth
Mieke Wouters
Johannette Zomer |
Pedro Adarraga
Betty van den Berghe
Iris Bouman
Tim Braithwaite
Richard Bryan
Robert Bryan
Annemieke Cantor
Stephen Carter
Jonathan De Ceuster
Anne-Marieke Evers
Eulàlia Fantova
Marleene Goldstein
Peter de Groot
Margareth Iping
Matthias Koch
Kaspar Kröner
Lester Lardenoye
Dorien Lievers
Hugo Naessens
Annette Stallinga
Carla Schaap
Martine Straesser
Mieke Wouters
Jan Zwerver |
Malcolm Bennett
Geert Berghs
Otto Bouwknegt
Jetse Bremer
Sebastian Brouwer
Wim-Jan van Deuveren
Peter Di-Toro
Florian Feth
Andreas Gisler
Guido Groenland
Henk Gunneman
Ivo Haun
Marc van Heteren
Raphael Höhn
Hans Hermann Jansen
Marco van de Klundert
Tilmann Kögel
Jörg Krause
Michiel ten Houte de Lange [MB]
Joost van der Linden
Falco van Loon
Kevin McLean-Mair
Aart Mateboer
Jeremy Ovenden
Tom Phillips
Jakob Pilgram
Chris Postuma
Marcel Reijans
Geraint Roberts
Huw Rhys-Evans
Geraint Roberts
Markus Schuck
Eitan Sorek
John Wright |
Jonathon Adams
Donald Bentvelsen
Julian Clarkson
Ralf Ernst
Philipp Goldmann
David Greco
Kees van Hees
Johan Lippens
Matthijs Mesdag
Lionel Meunier
Sebastian Myrus
Harjo Pasveer
Mitchell Sandler
René Steur
Bart Vandewege
Bas Verkuylen
Hans Wijers |
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Members of Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra: |
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Violins: Nicolo Cleminson, Marc Cooper, lona Davies, Kati Debretzeni, Margaret Faultless [Leader], Lisa Ferguson, Foskien Kooistra, Marshall Marcus, Carlo Marona, Carlo Marotto, Fanny Pestalozzi, David Rabinovich, Sebasliaan van Vucht, Chiara Zanisi
Violas: Morino Ascherson, Marlin Kelly, Jane Rogers
Viola d'amore: Margaret Faultless
Cellos/Violas da gamba: Jaap ter Linden, Jonathan Manson
Double-bass/Violone: Nicholas Pap
Recorders: Sigrun Lefringhausen, Heiko ter Schegget, Reine-Marie Verhagen
Flutes: Brian Berryman, Marc Hantaï, Wilbert Hazelzet, Marion Moonen, Jan De Winne
Oboes/Oboes d'amore/Oboes da caccia: Alfredo Bernardini, Michel Henry, Marcel Ponseele, Ann Vanlancker
Bassoon: Marc Vallon
Trumpets: James Ghigi, Jonathan Impen, Stephen Keavy
Horn: Andrew Clark, Claude Maury
Trombones: Wim Becu, Cas Gevers, Simen van Mechelen, Charles Toet
Cornetts: Bruce Dickey, Jeremy West
Lute: Mike Fentross
Timpani: Luuk Nagtegaal
Organ: Jon Kleinbussink, Ton Koopman
Harpsichord: Ton Koopman |
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Sources:
Ton Koopman & Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir Official Website (August 1998)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (June 2001, August 2014, September 2015) |
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Links to other Sites |
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Ton Koopman & The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (Official Website) [English/Dutch]
Sony Classical Artist: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (International Directory of Musicians)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestrea & Choir (JRP Dynu) [French] |
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