Pentacost Vocal Ensemble
Pentacost | |
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 Pentacost in 1987 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Netherlands |
| Genres | a cappella music |
| Years active | 1981–2007 |
| Labels | Pentacost records
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Pentacost was a Dutch a cappella group active between 1981 and 2007.
The ensemble was dedicated to Renaissance music and they performed in a SATTB (soprano, alto, tenor, tenor, bass) formation, sitting in a semicircle facing the audience.
History[edit]
Members of the Eindhovens Kamerkoor[1] formed a quartet to sing close harmony under the name "Close Company". Soon the ensemble was expanded to a quintet managed by the Nederlands Impresariaat[2] (Dutch music Agency). To improve their performance they frequently attended the Deller Academy in Lacoste, hence the name: five (Penta) singers for La(cost)e. To find alternate and replacement singers often use was made of members of the Nederlands Kamerkoor[3].
Later the repertoire was expanded with contemporary music. Especially composed for Pentacost were "Cantique de Simeon" by Daan Manneke and "l'Albatros" by Mathieu Dijker
| Voice | 1981 | 1982 | 1988 | 1992 | 1993 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soprano | Renée Kartodirdjo | Renée Kartodirdjo | Ruth Carasso | Marieke van der Meer | Barbara Borden | Barbara Borden |
| Alto | Marjolein Sengers | Cecile Odijk | Cecile Odijk | Sytse Buwalda | Sytse Buwalda | Sytse Buwalda |
| Tenor 1 | Ludy Vrijdag | Erik Nelissen | Robert Coupe | Robert Coupe | Robert Coupe | |
| Tenor 2 | Willem Verkaik | Willem Verkaik | Willem Verkaik | Willem Verkaik | Willem Verkaik | Robert Getchell |
| Bass | Johan Feyen | Johan Feyen | Johan Feyen | Johan Feyen | Johan Feyen | Johan Feyen |
Academies[edit]
1981, 1982, 1989 Deller Academy Lacoste (F)
Festivals[edit]
1984 The Hilliard Festival of Voices, Lewes (UK)[4]
1985 Festival "East meats West", Athens (Gr)
1986 Dutch Manifestation, Budapest (H)
1988 5th International Day of Early Music, Alden-Biezen (B)[5]
1990 Stour Music Festival, Wye (UK)[6]
Radio/TV recordings[edit]
1987 WDR, Cologne (G)
1988 KRO/NCRV, Hilversum
CD recordings[edit]
1987 ‘Music of Orlando di Lasso and Giaches de Wert’
with Frans Moonen / kapel Paters Montfortanen, Oirschot
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1993 ‘In morte di Madonna Laura’ (lyrics: Petrarca )
with Timothy Burris, lute / Grote Kerk, Harderwijk
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1996 ‘An a cappella Christmas’ /van Otterdijk Studio, Waalre
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1999 Demo-opname / Luthers Kerkje, Monnickendam
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Incidental guest musicians[edit]
| Soprano | Alto | Tenor | Bass | Lute | Harpsichord | Gamba | Organ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tannie Willemstijn Marlies Claassen Wilke te Brummelstroete |
Ananda Goud Simon Schouten Hugo Naessens |
Peter-Paul Houtmortels Paul van den Bemt Neil Lunt |
Lucas van Dijk | Dorothy Linell Timothy Burris David van Ooijen Ireen Thomas Fred Jacobs |
Michael Haslam Ceciel Bogaerts |
Jan Spencer | Ad van Sleuwen Pablo Escande |
Seasonal Concert Repertoire[edit]
- Oltremontani (Orlando di Lasso, Giaches de Wert)
- Towards Baroque and Belcanto (de Rore, Merulo,Gesualdo,Marenzio, de Wert, Giovanni Gabrieli, Sigismondo d'India, Monteverdi)
- Birds(Jannequin, Arcadelt, Warlock, Escher, Hindemith, Vautor, Stockhausen, Dufay, Schlager, Marenzio, Nees, Dijker, Tallis, Monteverdi, Ravenscroft)
- The Cries of London (Weelkes, Gibbons)
- Biblical Songs (Lassus, Busnois, Josquin, Lechner, da Vittoria, Senfl, Tomkins, Byrd, Gesualdo, Sweelinck)
- Stations of the Cross (Severi, Purcell, Schütz, d'India, Frescobaldi, Sweelinck, Scheidt, Gibbons, Pergolesi, Huygens)
- Passio Domini nostri Iesu Christi secundum Matthaeum (Lassus)
- Tempus poenitentialis (Willaert, van Weerbeecke, Obrecht, de Kerle, Lassus, Gesualdo, Byrd, Dowland)
- An a cappella Christmas (Trad. (arr. Shaw,Feyen,Verkaik,Puerling,Bremer), Philips, Costeley, Poulenc, Brudieu, Byrd)
References[edit]
- ↑ "Home". www.eindhovenskamerkoor.nl.
- ↑ https://fvdwaa.home.xs4all.nl/art/vk0145.htm
- ↑ "Nederlands Kamerkoor - Netherlands Chamber Choir". Nederlands Kamerkoor.
- ↑ Voices, Theatre Of. ">Theatre Of Voices | Paul Hillier". Theatre Of Voices.
- ↑ "International Summer Academy Alden Biesen". March 21, 2016.
- ↑ "Stour Music: Festival of Music in East Kent". www.stourmusic.org.uk.
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