Ensemble Santenay
Encyclopedia
Ensemble Santenay's roots lie in the Institute of Early Music in Trossingen
, Germany
. It was established in May 2004 by four musicians of four different nationalities specialising in their studies in the historically informed interpretation and performance of music from the 14th and 15th centuries
, late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance.
The formation of the ensemble using voice
and instruments
(copies of original instruments) perfectly suits the music of the Burgundian courts
known as the Chansons Courtoises and reveals its poetical character along with its complex polyphony
. The fact that this repertoire was so enthusiastically received in many past concerts of the ensemble makes it clear how relevant and alive this music is.
Ensemble Santenay has been receiving counsel, support and encouragement from musicians such as Carsten Eckert, Lorenz Duftschmid
and Kees Boeke.
The following are from a previous recording, recorded live in the Franziskaner Chorraum Villingen and MH-Trossingen in 2005:
Trossingen
Trossingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in a region called Baar, between the Swabian Alb and the Black Forest. Stuttgart is about an hour away, Lake Constance about half an hour, and the source of the river Danube can be reached in about twenty minutes by car.Trossingen...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It was established in May 2004 by four musicians of four different nationalities specialising in their studies in the historically informed interpretation and performance of music from the 14th and 15th centuries
Early music
Early music is generally understood as comprising all music from the earliest times up to the Renaissance. However, today this term has come to include "any music for which a historically appropriate style of performance must be reconstructed on the basis of surviving scores, treatises,...
, late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance.
The formation of the ensemble using voice
Vocal music
Vocal music is a genre of music performed by one or more singers, with or without instrumental accompaniment, in which singing provides the main focus of the piece. Music which employs singing but does not feature it prominently is generally considered instrumental music Vocal music is a genre of...
and instruments
Musical instrument
A musical instrument is a device created or adapted for the purpose of making musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. The history of musical instruments dates back to the...
(copies of original instruments) perfectly suits the music of the Burgundian courts
Duchy of Burgundy
The Duchy of Burgundy , was heir to an ancient and prestigious reputation and a large division of the lands of the Second Kingdom of Burgundy and in its own right was one of the geographically larger ducal territories in the emergence of Early Modern Europe from Medieval Europe.Even in that...
known as the Chansons Courtoises and reveals its poetical character along with its complex polyphony
Polyphony
In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords ....
. The fact that this repertoire was so enthusiastically received in many past concerts of the ensemble makes it clear how relevant and alive this music is.
Ensemble Santenay has been receiving counsel, support and encouragement from musicians such as Carsten Eckert, Lorenz Duftschmid
Lorenz Duftschmid
Lorenz Duftschmid is an Austrian viol player and conductor.- Biography :Born to a musical family, Duftschmid began studying music in an early age, and enjoyed the opportunity to learn from the great masters of the viol, such as Jordi Savall...
and Kees Boeke.
The Music
Ensemble Santenay has recently recorded a CD which will be publicly available later in 2007.The following are from a previous recording, recorded live in the Franziskaner Chorraum Villingen and MH-Trossingen in 2005:
- Guillaume DufayGuillaume DufayGuillaume Dufay was a Franco-Flemish composer of the early Renaissance. As the central figure in the Burgundian School, he was the most famous and influential composer in Europe in the mid-15th century.-Early life:From the evidence of his will, he was probably born in Beersel, in the vicinity of...
: L'alta bellezza tua - Gilles Binchois: Tristre plaisir
- Guillaume DufayGuillaume DufayGuillaume Dufay was a Franco-Flemish composer of the early Renaissance. As the central figure in the Burgundian School, he was the most famous and influential composer in Europe in the mid-15th century.-Early life:From the evidence of his will, he was probably born in Beersel, in the vicinity of...
: Belle que vous ay ie mesfait - Lochamer Liederbuch: Mit ganczem willen
Musicians
- Julla Schmidt - voiceVoiceVoice may refer to:* Human voice* Voice control or voice activation* Writer's voice* Voice acting* Voice vote* Voice message-In film:* Voice , a 2005 South Korean film* The Voice , a 2010 Turkish horror film directed by Ümit Ünal...
, organettoOrganettoOrganetto refers to two distinct instruments. The medieval organetto was a portable pipe instrument, while the modern organetto is a popular Italian folk instrument allied to the accordion.... - Elodie Wiemer - recorderRecorderThe recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple...
s - Szilárd Chereji - vielleVielleThe vielle is a European bowed stringed instrument used in the Medieval period, similar to a modern violin but with a somewhat longer and deeper body, five gut strings, and a leaf-shaped pegbox with frontal tuning pegs. The instrument was also known as a fidel or a viuola, although the French...
- Ori Harmelin - luteLuteLute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....