Jürgen Budday
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Maulbronn Abbey
Maulbronn Abbey
Maulbronn Monastery is the best-preserved medieval Cistercian monastery complex in Europe. It is situated on the outskirts of Maulbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and is separated from the town by fortifications. Since 1993 the monastery is part of the Unesco World Heritage.- History :The...
, of the choir 'Maulbronner Kantorei' and of the Maulbronn Chamber Choir
Maulbronn Chamber Choir
The Maulbronn Chamber Choir was founded in 1983 and is directed by Jürgen Budday.First place at the Baden-Württemberg Choir Competition in 1989 and 1997, second place at the 3rd German Choir Competition in Stuttgart in 1990, first prize at the 5th German Choir Competition in Regensburg in 1998 and...
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Biography
Jürgen Budday studied music education, church music and musicology at the Academy of Music in StuttgartStuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
and, since 1979, has been teaching music at the Evangelical Seminary Maulbronn, a Protestant private
Independent school (UK)
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boarding school
Boarding school
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in Maulbronn
Maulbronn
Maulbronn is a city in the district of Enz in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.-History:Founded in 1838, it emerged from a settlement, built around a monastery, which belonged to the Neckar Community in the Kingdom of Württemberg. In 1886, Maulbronn officially became a German town and was an...
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For his teaching and artistic activity, he has received many awards, including the Bundesverdienstkreuz
Bundesverdienstkreuz
The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany is the only general state decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has existed since 7 September 1951, and between 3,000 and 5,200 awards are given every year across all classes...
am Bande (German Cross of Merit) and the Bruno Frey Prize from the Baden-Württemberg State Academy of Music, Ochsenhausen.
Since 2002, Jürgen Budday has also held the chair of the choral committee of the German Music Council. Several concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
recordings have been made under his artistic direction.
These have included the Handel
HANDEL
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oratorio
Oratorio
An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias...
s Jephtha, Samson, Judas Maccabaeus, Saul and the Messiah
Messiah (Handel)
Messiah is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742, and received its London premiere nearly a year later...
with highly distinguished soloists such as Emma Kirkby
Emma Kirkby
Dame Carolyn Emma Kirkby, DBE is an English soprano singer and one of the world's most renowned early music specialists. She attended Sherborne School For Girls in Dorset and was a classics student at Somerville College, Oxford, and an English teacher before developing a career as a soloist...
, Michael Chance
Michael Chance
Michael Chance CBE is an English countertenor.Chance was born in Penn, Buckinghamshire, into a musical family. After growing up as a chorister he attended Eton College, Berkshire, and later King's College, Cambridge...
, Nancy Argenta
Nancy Argenta
Nancy Maureen Argenta is a Canadian soprano singer, best known for performing music from the pre-classical era. She has won international acclaim, and is considered by many as the leading Handel soprano of her time.She was born in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada...
, David Thomas
David Thomas (singer)
Bass David Thomas was a member of the choir of King's College, Cambridge. He has since become a well known early music / baroque music singer, who has won particular acclaim for his performances of works by Monteverdi, Purcell, Bach, Handel, and Mozart....
, Stephen Varcoe
Stephen Varcoe
Stephen Varcoe is an English classical bass-baritone singer, appearing internationally in opera and concert, known for Baroque and contemporary music and a notable singer of Lieder.- Professional career :...
, Miriam Allan
Miriam Allan
Miriam Allan is an Australian Soprano.-Education:Miriam Allan graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Newcastle, Australia, with first class honours and the University Medal...
, Joanne Lunn
Joanne Lunn
- Professional career :Joanne Lunn studied at Royal College of Music, where she graduated and received the Tagore Gold Medal.Lunn performed in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, Gluck's operas Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste, and in Verdi's Falstaff...
and many others.
In 2011, Jürgen Budday has been awarded the honorary title Professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
by the Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
, who dignified Mr Budday to be an illustrious musical ambassador of Baden-Württemberg.
OratorioOratorioAn oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias...
s by G.F.HandelGeorge Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...
Historically informed performanceHistorically informed performance
Historically informed performance is an approach in the performance of music and theater. Within this approach, the performance adheres to state-of-the-art knowledge of the aesthetic criteria of the period in which the music or theatre work was conceived...
s in English
- Jephtha - Oratorio in three acts. An historically informed performance in English with Emma KirkbyEmma KirkbyDame Carolyn Emma Kirkby, DBE is an English soprano singer and one of the world's most renowned early music specialists. She attended Sherborne School For Girls in Dorset and was a classics student at Somerville College, Oxford, and an English teacher before developing a career as a soloist...
(Soprano), Melinda Paulsen (Mezzosoprano), Charles Humphries (Countertenor), Julian Podger (Tenor), Stephen VarcoeStephen VarcoeStephen Varcoe is an English classical bass-baritone singer, appearing internationally in opera and concert, known for Baroque and contemporary music and a notable singer of Lieder.- Professional career :...
(Bass), Maulbronn Chamber ChoirMaulbronn Chamber ChoirThe Maulbronn Chamber Choir was founded in 1983 and is directed by Jürgen Budday.First place at the Baden-Württemberg Choir Competition in 1989 and 1997, second place at the 3rd German Choir Competition in Stuttgart in 1990, first prize at the 5th German Choir Competition in Regensburg in 1998 and...
, Barockorchester der Klosterkonzerte (1998, concert recording, Maulbronn Monastery Edition)
- Samson - Oratorio in three acts. An historically informed performance in English with Sinéad Pratschke, Michael ChanceMichael ChanceMichael Chance CBE is an English countertenor.Chance was born in Penn, Buckinghamshire, into a musical family. After growing up as a chorister he attended Eton College, Berkshire, and later King's College, Cambridge...
, Mark LeBrocq, Raimund Nolte, David ThomasDavid Thomas (singer)Bass David Thomas was a member of the choir of King's College, Cambridge. He has since become a well known early music / baroque music singer, who has won particular acclaim for his performances of works by Monteverdi, Purcell, Bach, Handel, and Mozart....
, Maulbronn Chamber ChoirMaulbronn Chamber ChoirThe Maulbronn Chamber Choir was founded in 1983 and is directed by Jürgen Budday.First place at the Baden-Württemberg Choir Competition in 1989 and 1997, second place at the 3rd German Choir Competition in Stuttgart in 1990, first prize at the 5th German Choir Competition in Regensburg in 1998 and...
, Barockorchester der Klosterkonzerte (1999, concert recording, Maulbronn Monastery Edition)
- Judas Maccabäus - Oratorio in three acts. An historically informed performance in English with Sinéad Pratschke (Soprano), Catherine King (Mezzosoprano), Charles Humphries (Countertenor), Mark LeBrocq (Tenor), Christopher Purves (Bass), Maulbronn Chamber ChoirMaulbronn Chamber ChoirThe Maulbronn Chamber Choir was founded in 1983 and is directed by Jürgen Budday.First place at the Baden-Württemberg Choir Competition in 1989 and 1997, second place at the 3rd German Choir Competition in Stuttgart in 1990, first prize at the 5th German Choir Competition in Regensburg in 1998 and...
, Musica Florea Prag (2000, concert recording, Maulbronn Monastery Edition)
- Saul - Oratorio in three acts. An historically informed performance in English with Nancy Argenta (Soprano), Laurie Reviol (Soprano), Michael Chance (Countertenor), Marc LeBrocq (Tenor), Michael Berner (Tenor), Stephen VarcoeStephen VarcoeStephen Varcoe is an English classical bass-baritone singer, appearing internationally in opera and concert, known for Baroque and contemporary music and a notable singer of Lieder.- Professional career :...
(Bass), Steffen Balbach (Bass), Hanoverian Court Orchestra/Hannoversche HofkapelleHannoversche HofkapelleThe Hanoverian Court Orchestra , located in Hannover , remains totally faithful to the tradition of historic court orchestras and performs both chamber music and symphonies...
(on period instruments), Maulbronn Chamber ChoirMaulbronn Chamber ChoirThe Maulbronn Chamber Choir was founded in 1983 and is directed by Jürgen Budday.First place at the Baden-Württemberg Choir Competition in 1989 and 1997, second place at the 3rd German Choir Competition in Stuttgart in 1990, first prize at the 5th German Choir Competition in Regensburg in 1998 and...
(2002, concert recording, Maulbronn Monastery Edition)
- Solomon - Oratorio in three acts. An historically informed performance in English with Nancy Argenta (Soprano), Laurie Reviol (Soprano), Michael Chance (Countertenor), Julian Podger (Tenor), Steffen Balbach (Bass), Hanoverian Court Orchestra/Hannoversche HofkapelleHannoversche HofkapelleThe Hanoverian Court Orchestra , located in Hannover , remains totally faithful to the tradition of historic court orchestras and performs both chamber music and symphonies...
(on period instruments), Maulbronn Chamber ChoirMaulbronn Chamber ChoirThe Maulbronn Chamber Choir was founded in 1983 and is directed by Jürgen Budday.First place at the Baden-Württemberg Choir Competition in 1989 and 1997, second place at the 3rd German Choir Competition in Stuttgart in 1990, first prize at the 5th German Choir Competition in Regensburg in 1998 and...
(2004, concert recording, Maulbronn Monastery Edition)
- Belshazzar - Oratorio in three acts. An historically informed performance in English with Miriam Allan (Soprano), Michael Chance (Countertenor), Patrick Van GoethemPatrick Van GoethemPatrick Van Goethem is a Belgian countertenor, known for performing early music.-Professional career:Patrick Van Goethem studied with Paul Esswood, Julia Hamari and Andreas Scholl...
(Countertenor), Marc LeBrocq (Tenor), Stephen VarcoeStephen VarcoeStephen Varcoe is an English classical bass-baritone singer, appearing internationally in opera and concert, known for Baroque and contemporary music and a notable singer of Lieder.- Professional career :...
(Bass), Maulbronn Chamber ChoirMaulbronn Chamber ChoirThe Maulbronn Chamber Choir was founded in 1983 and is directed by Jürgen Budday.First place at the Baden-Württemberg Choir Competition in 1989 and 1997, second place at the 3rd German Choir Competition in Stuttgart in 1990, first prize at the 5th German Choir Competition in Regensburg in 1998 and...
, Hanoverian Court Orchestra/Hannoversche HofkapelleHannoversche HofkapelleThe Hanoverian Court Orchestra , located in Hannover , remains totally faithful to the tradition of historic court orchestras and performs both chamber music and symphonies...
(on period instruments). (2005, concert recording, Maulbronn Monastery Edition)
- Der Messias (The Messiah) - Complete Recording Oratorio in three parts by George Frideric Handel in the arrangement of Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
. Performed according to the traditions of the time, sung in German, with Marlis PetersenMarlis PetersenMarlis Petersen is a German coloratura soprano, particularly known for her performances in the title role of Alban Berg's opera Lulu, and as Konstanze in The Abduction from the Seraglio and Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos....
(Soprano), Margot Oitzinger (Alto), Markus Schäfer (Tenor), Marek Rzepka (Bass), Hanoverian Court Orchestra/Hannoversche HofkapelleHannoversche HofkapelleThe Hanoverian Court Orchestra , located in Hannover , remains totally faithful to the tradition of historic court orchestras and performs both chamber music and symphonies...
(on period instruments), Maulbronn Chamber ChoirMaulbronn Chamber ChoirThe Maulbronn Chamber Choir was founded in 1983 and is directed by Jürgen Budday.First place at the Baden-Württemberg Choir Competition in 1989 and 1997, second place at the 3rd German Choir Competition in Stuttgart in 1990, first prize at the 5th German Choir Competition in Regensburg in 1998 and...
(2006, concert recording, Maulbronn Monastery Edition)
- Joshua - Unedited version in English from 1748. Performed according to the traditions of the time with Miriam Allan (Soprano), David Allsopp (Countertenor), Mark LeBrocq (Tenor), James Rutherford (Bass), Hanoverian Court Orchestra/Hannoversche HofkapelleHannoversche HofkapelleThe Hanoverian Court Orchestra , located in Hannover , remains totally faithful to the tradition of historic court orchestras and performs both chamber music and symphonies...
(on period instruments), Maulbronn Chamber ChoirMaulbronn Chamber ChoirThe Maulbronn Chamber Choir was founded in 1983 and is directed by Jürgen Budday.First place at the Baden-Württemberg Choir Competition in 1989 and 1997, second place at the 3rd German Choir Competition in Stuttgart in 1990, first prize at the 5th German Choir Competition in Regensburg in 1998 and...
(Maulbronner Kammerchor) (2007, concert recording, Maulbronn Monastery Edition)
Other OratorioOratorioAn oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias...
s and MassesMass (music)The Mass, a form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the invariable portions of the Eucharistic liturgy to music...
- Gioacchino RossiniGioacchino RossiniGioachino Antonio Rossini was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces...
: Petit Messe Solenelle - version for two pianos and harmonium with Laura de Souza (Soprano), Dalia Schaechter (Altus), Keith Ikaia Purdy (Tenor), Max Wittges (Bass), Ennio Pastorino und An Li Pang (Pianos), Carlotte Lootgieter (Harmonium), Maulbronn Chamber ChoirMaulbronn Chamber ChoirThe Maulbronn Chamber Choir was founded in 1983 and is directed by Jürgen Budday.First place at the Baden-Württemberg Choir Competition in 1989 and 1997, second place at the 3rd German Choir Competition in Stuttgart in 1990, first prize at the 5th German Choir Competition in Regensburg in 1998 and...
(1996, concert recording)
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Paulus with Brigitte Geller, Jolanta Michalska-Taliaferro, Lothar Odinius, Peter Lika, Kantorei Maulbronn, Mitglieder des SWF-Sinfonieorchesters (1998, concert recording)
- Charles GounodCharles GounodCharles-François Gounod was a French composer, known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette.-Biography:...
: Cäcilienmesse & Gioacchino RossiniGioacchino RossiniGioachino Antonio Rossini was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces...
: Stabat Mater with Svetlana Strezeva, Jolanta Michalska-Taliaferro, Willi Stein, Nikita StorojevNikita StorojevNikita Storojev is a Russian bass singer,-Source:*http://www.nikitastorojev.com...
, Kantorei Maulbronn, Mitglieder des SWR-Sinfonieorchesters (1999, concert recording, Maulbronn Monastery Edition)
- Giacomo PucciniGiacomo PucciniGiacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire...
: Messa di Gloria & Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Christus with Willi Stein (Tenor), Thomas Pfeiffer (Baritone), Kantorei Maulbronn, Mitglieder des SWR-Sinfonieorchesters (2001, concert recording, Maulbronn Monastery Edition)
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Elias with Peter Lika (Bass), Heidi Elisabeth Meier (Soprano), Jolantha Michalska-Taliaferro (Altus), Hans Peter Blochwitz (Tenor), Kantorei Maulbronn, Mitglieder des SWR-Sinfonieorchesters (2003, concert recording, Maulbronn Monastery Edition)
- Max BruchMax BruchMax Christian Friedrich Bruch , also known as Max Karl August Bruch, was a German Romantic composer and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertoire.-Life:Bruch was born in Cologne, Rhine Province, where he...
: Moses with Peter Lika (Bass), Birgitte Christensen (Soprano), Stefan Vinke (Tenor), Kantorei Maulbronn, Russian Chamber Philharmonic St. Petersburg (2005, concert recording, Maulbronn Monastery Edition)
- Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
: Mass in B minor with Joanne LunnJoanne Lunn- Professional career :Joanne Lunn studied at Royal College of Music, where she graduated and received the Tagore Gold Medal.Lunn performed in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, Gluck's operas Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste, and in Verdi's Falstaff...
, Ursula Eittinger, Marcus UllmannMarcus Ullmann- Professional career :Marcus Ullmann received his first musical training as a choir boy in the Dresdner Kreuzchor. He studied at the Dresden Music Academy and graduated with honours in Lieder, Choral Work and Opera...
, Gotthold Schwarz, Maulbronn Chamber ChoirMaulbronn Chamber ChoirThe Maulbronn Chamber Choir was founded in 1983 and is directed by Jürgen Budday.First place at the Baden-Württemberg Choir Competition in 1989 and 1997, second place at the 3rd German Choir Competition in Stuttgart in 1990, first prize at the 5th German Choir Competition in Regensburg in 1998 and...
, Hannoversche HofkapelleHannoversche HofkapelleThe Hanoverian Court Orchestra , located in Hannover , remains totally faithful to the tradition of historic court orchestras and performs both chamber music and symphonies...
(2008, concert recording, Maulbronn)
- Louis SpohrLouis SpohrLouis Spohr was a German composer, violinist and conductor. Born Ludewig Spohr, he is usually known by the French form of his name. Described by Dorothy Mayer as "The Forgotten Master", Spohr was once as famous as Beethoven. As a violinist, his virtuoso playing was admired by Queen Victoria...
: Die letzten Dinge / The Last Judgement - The original version of the Oratorio from 1826, Miriam Meyer (Soprano), Ursula Eittinger (Mezzo-Soprano), Marcus UllmannMarcus Ullmann- Professional career :Marcus Ullmann received his first musical training as a choir boy in the Dresdner Kreuzchor. He studied at the Dresden Music Academy and graduated with honours in Lieder, Choral Work and Opera...
(Tenor), Josef Wagner (Bass), [Kantorei Maulbronn (Maulbronn Cantor Choir), Russian Chamber Philharmonic St. Petersburg (2010, concert recording, Maulbronn)
a cappella
- All meine Herzgedanken ~ Chormusik der Romantik, Maulbronn Chamber Choir (1991)
- Tröste mich wieder ~ Geistliche Chormusik, Maulbronn Chamber Choir (1993)
- From early dawn... until late at night, A daily musical routine according to the tradition of horary prayers with works by Orlando di Lasso, Joseph Rheinberger, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Rolf Schweizer, Johann H. Schein, Jozef Swider, Arvo Pärt, Sven D. Sandström and Max Reger. Maulbronn Chamber Choir (1999)
- Du verwandelst meine Klage in einen Reigen ~ Geistliche Chormusik, Maulbronn Chamber Choir (2003)
- Der Mensch lebt und bestehet ~ Geburt - Endlichkeit - Ewigkeit, Maulbronn Chamber Choir (2006)
- Transeamus usque Bethlehem ~ Europäische Weihnachtslieder und Motetten, Maulbronn Chamber Choir (2008)
- Die Nacht leuchtet wie der Tag, Maulbronn Chamber Choir (2010)