RedHerring Baroque Ensemble

La Muse et La Mise (en concert)

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Label: Antarctica
UPC: 0608917730326
Catnr: AR 003
Release date: 06 May 2016
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Antarctica
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0608917730326
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AR 003
Release date
06 May 2016

"There’s definitely a lot of talent present in RedHerring, as well as an awareness of style."

Fanfare Magazine, 01-6-2017
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The “what you see (in a score) is what you get”-principle sometimes makes us blind to the fact that improvisation and “on the spot” arrangement were much more important in earlier times than they are today. A fascinating case in point is the 18th century Mise en concert-practice, the impromptu “pimping” of solo keyboard music for multiple instruments during chamber concerts in Versailles or in the aristocratic salons.
In the preface to his Concerts Royaux of 1722, François Couperin introduces the genre as follows:
“The pieces which follow are of a different kind than the one I have performed up to now. They are not only suited to the harpsichord, but also to the violin, the hobo, the viol, and the bassoon. I had fashioned them for the intimate Concerts de chambre, to which Louis Quatorze bid me almost every Sunday of the year.”
By scaling up from solo music to chamber ensemble, recorder prodigy Patrick Denecker and his ensemble RedHerring unpack the stories and the dances hidden in the harpsichord suites written by composers such as Couperin or the lesser known Charles Dieupart. But chamber concerts in the Parisian salons were not restricted to instrumental music. Molière has his Bourgeois gentilhomme decree that a decent home ensemble should convene some melodic instruments (violin, flute,…), an accompaniment section consisting of harpsichord, theorbo and viol, but also a number of singers. In keeping with this tradition, RedHerring engaged young soprano Soetkin Elbers – whom Opernwelt called “gracious”, in possession of a “translucent soprano voice”, and “perfect gestures” – to perform Airs de cour by Jean-Baptiste Lully and François Bouvard.
What struck the performers while recording these pieces was the almost unlimited liberty inherent in the Mise en concert-formula: “we doubled parts”, says Denecker, “changed the instrumentation, added or omitted notes, turned base lines into thorough bass; we even went back to the “original” harpsichord score sometimes. The only guideline we unwaveringly respected was le bon gout”.
A pivotal feature of this Mise en concert-experience was the palpable chemistry sparked by the musical intimacy between very old friends; in RedHerring, Denecker convenes some of the pioneers of the Belgian baroque scene, including cembalo player Guy Penson, viol virtuoso Kaori Uemura, as well as violinist and concertmaster Ryo Terakado. The sonorous delight which emanated from their interaction was further amplified by the period ambiance of the ancient Antwerp Begijnhof church.
Antarctica has been fortunate to capture this extraordinary harmony on record. Just like the label “Mise en bouteille au château” pertains to the winemaker’s ability to catch not only the wine, but also the moment and the spirit of its bottling under the cork, Mise en concert captures the live thrill of utterly refined music making in the salons of the French connoisseurs…
Die schriftliche Tradition der westlichen Kunstmusik verschließt uns oft genug die Augen davor, dass Improvisation und das Stegreif-Arrangement in früheren Zeiten deutlich wichtiger waren als heute. Ein faszinierendes Beispiel stellt die Mise en concert-Praxis aus dem Frankreich des 18. Jahrhunderts dar, das impromptu-Ausweiten von Solo-Klaviermusik für mehrere Instrumente in Kammerkonzerten etwa in Versailles oder den aristokratischen Salons. Couperin führt das Genre in seinen Concerts Royaux von 1722 so ein: "Die folgenden Stücke sind anders als diejenigen, die ich bisher aufgeführt habe. Sie sind nicht nur für das Cembalo passend, sondern auch für die Violine, die Oboe, die Viola und das Fagott. Ich habe sie für die intimen Concerts de chambre sonntäglich bei Louis XIV. entworfen.

Für ihre zweite Aufnahme bei Antarctica Records verstärken Flötenvirtuose Patrick Denecker und das RedHerring-Ensemble Solo-Musik zur Kammerbesetzung und enthüllen so die Geschichten und Tänze, die sich in den Cembalo-Suiten von Couperin oder dem weniger bekannten Charles Dieupart verbergen.
Zum ordentlichen Hausorchester bei den Konzerten in den Pariser Salons gehörte allerdings auch eine Gruppe von Sängern, wie Molière im Bourgeois gentilhomme beschreibt. Im Sinne dieser Tradition haben RedHerring die vielversprechende junge belgische Sopranistin Soetkin Elbers mit ins Boot geholt, die die Opernwelt als "anmutig", im Besitz einer "transluzenten Sopranstimme" und "perfekter Gesten" adelt. Sie ist auf der Aufnahme mit den Airs de cour von Jean-Baptiste Lully und François Bouvard zu hören.

Bei den Arbeiten zu dieser Aufnahme waren die Interpreten selbst begeistert von den Freiheiten der Mise en concert-Formel: "Wir haben Stimmen verdoppelt", sagt Denecker, "haben die Instrumentationen verändert, Noten hinzugefügt oder ausgelassen, haben Bass-Linien in einen Generalbass verwandelt; wir sind sogar manchmal zur 'originalen' Cembalo-Besetzung zurückgekehrt. Wir haben uns dabei nur am bon gout als Richtlinie orientiert." Es ist das erste Mal, dass Cembalomusik auf diese Weise, mit hinzugefügten Instrumenten oder neuen Arrangements umgesetzt wird und auf diese Weise erschließt sich ein völlig neues Repertoire.
Zum Glück sind diese außergewöhnlichen Klänge und Experimente bei Antarctica in einer Aufnahme konserviert und werden so auch dem Hörer der CD zugänglich. Genau wie das Etikett “Mise en bouteille au château” die Fähigkeit des Winzers beschreibt, nicht nur den Wein, sondern auch den Moment und den Geist der Abfüllung unter dem Korken einzufangen, so steht Mise en concert dabei für den Live-Nervenkitzel des kultivierten Musizierens in den Salons der französischen connoisseurs.

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RedHerring Baroque Ensemble

RedHerring was founded in 2011 by Patrick Denecker as a logical consequence of the way paved by La Caccia, his Renaissance ensemble.  Specifically dedicated to the baroque repertory, RedHerring aspires to bring well-known as well as undiscovered works of the 17th and 18th centuries to the concert platform. Knowledge of 16th century music provides musical insights into the repertory of the baroque period and forms a logical and chronological continuation of adventurous explorations.  As always, their programmes are based on in-depth studies of historical performing practices.  Patrick Denecker is convinced that exciting concerts can be realized by immersing oneself in the spirit of the times in which the composer lived. The re-creating of music needs a strong base… this is silence. The listener...
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RedHerring was founded in 2011 by Patrick Denecker as a logical consequence of the way paved by La Caccia, his Renaissance ensemble. Specifically dedicated to the baroque repertory, RedHerring aspires to bring well-known as well as undiscovered works of the 17th and 18th centuries to the concert platform. Knowledge of 16th century music provides musical insights into the repertory of the baroque period and forms a logical and chronological continuation of adventurous explorations. As always, their programmes are based on in-depth studies of historical performing practices. Patrick Denecker is convinced that exciting concerts can be realized by immersing oneself in the spirit of the times in which the composer lived. The re-creating of music needs a strong base… this is silence. The listener is witness to this ‘new’ music, which is played as if just created, and thus brought with imagination and inventiveness. RedHerring performs as a chamber music ensemble and as an orchestra. In its short existence, RedHerring has already played in major festivals, including the MA Festival Bruges, The Utrecht Early Music Festival, Festival of Flanders, and others. RedHerring runs its own concert series in Belgium and is regularly invited to create thematic programmes.

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Patrick Denecker (recorder)

Ryo Terakado (viola)

Ryo Terakado was born in 1961 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He started to play violin at the age of 4, and won 2nd prize in the All Japan Youth Musical Competition when he was 14. Ryo studied violin, chamber music and conducting at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. In 1983, he took third prize in the All Japan Music Competition. Upon graduating from Toho Gakuen, he was invited to become concertmaster of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he held for two years.   Meanwhile, Ryo’s interest in Baroque music had been developing for some time: at the age of 19, he started to teach himself Baroque violin, and in 1985, he moved to the Netherlands to study the instrument at...
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Ryo Terakado was born in 1961 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He started to play violin at the age of 4, and won 2nd prize in the All Japan Youth Musical Competition when he was 14. Ryo studied violin, chamber music and conducting at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. In 1983, he took third prize in the All Japan Music Competition. Upon graduating from Toho Gakuen, he was invited to become concertmaster of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he held for two years.
Meanwhile, Ryo’s interest in Baroque music had been developing for some time: at the age of 19, he started to teach himself Baroque violin, and in 1985, he moved to the Netherlands to study the instrument at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague under the guidance of Sigiswald Kuijken, receiving a soloist diploma in 1989.
Since 1987, he has performed as concertmaster with Baroque orchestras in Europe and Japan including La Petite Bande, Les Arts Florissants, La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent, and Tokyo Bach Mozart Orchestra; he made regular appearances with these orchestras to perform the concertos of composers including Bach, Vivaldi and Mozart. Ryo is also the current concertmaster of Bach Collegium Japan, and is invited frequently to Italy, Poland, France and Australia as a soloist. Since 1994, he has been one of the featured artists in the Hokutopia International Music Festival in Tokyo, where he made his debut as a conductor. His repertoire as a conductor includes operas by Monteverdi, Purcell, Rameau, Gluck, Haydn and Mozart.
Ryo is a faculty member of the Hague Royal Conservatory (Holland), The Royal Conservatory in Brussels and his alma mater, Toho Gakuen School of Music (Japan). He teaches regularly at Yonsei University in Seoul and makes concert appearances in Korea.
His discography can be found on the Ricercar (Belgium), Accent (Germany) BIS (Sweden) and Denon (Japan) labels.

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Guy Penson (harpsichord)

Kaori Uemura (violin)

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François Couperin

François Couperin was a French composer. He is the most imporant and best known member of the Couperin family, which consisted of a whole dynasty of composers. Couperin was nicknamed 'Le Grand' (the Great), and is considered to be one of the most seminal composers of the Baroque period, especially in regard to his music for harpsichord. His keyboard music is characterised by a strong idiomatic nature, both in its personal style and in its close relation to the instrument's features.  Next to his harpsichord music, Couperin composed music for organ, vocal music, both sacred and secular, and chamber music. Moreover, he published several theoretical treatises on the playing techniques on the harpsichord and its role in the accompaniment of music. 
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François Couperin was a French composer. He is the most imporant and best known member of the Couperin family, which consisted of a whole dynasty of composers. Couperin was nicknamed 'Le Grand' (the Great), and is considered to be one of the most seminal composers of the Baroque period, especially in regard to his music for harpsichord. His keyboard music is characterised by a strong idiomatic nature, both in its personal style and in its close relation to the instrument's features.

Next to his harpsichord music, Couperin composed music for organ, vocal music, both sacred and secular, and chamber music. Moreover, he published several theoretical treatises on the playing techniques on the harpsichord and its role in the accompaniment of music.


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Jean-Baptiste Lully

Jean-Baptiste Lully, originally named Giovanni Battista Lulli, was an Italian-born composer from the Baroque period who is seen as the founder/designer of French opera. For the majority of his life, he worked for the court of the French king Louis XIV, from where he dominated the French music practice for decades. His work had a great influence on the development of West-European music. 
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Jean-Baptiste Lully, originally named Giovanni Battista Lulli, was an Italian-born composer from the Baroque period who is seen as the founder/designer of French opera. For the majority of his life, he worked for the court of the French king Louis XIV, from where he dominated the French music practice for decades. His work had a great influence on the development of West-European music.
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There’s definitely a lot of talent present in RedHerring, as well as an awareness of style.
Fanfare Magazine, 01-6-2017

Fono Forum - 09/2016
Fono Forum, 01-9-2016

klara - juni 2016
klara, 06-6-2016

5***** stars In all the converted harpsichord pieces you get very beautiful and divers instrument combinations.   
Klara, 06-6-2016

Interview - no quote possible
Toccata, 01-5-2016

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