Several liturgical reconstructions designed to restore the original ritual context to spectacular Early Baroque music. The project originated in the co-founding of the Baroque orchestra Cappella Confluentes in Koblenz by music director, Jörn Hinnerk Andresen and artistic director, Christopher Fülling. The first vespers project was prepared during a two week residency at the Benedictine monastery of Maria Laach and the related second project was recorded later that year: Easter Vespers at the Royal Polish Chapel, ca 1615. These projects featured modern premieres of the Polish court’s Italian maestro di cappella, Asprilio Pacelli, whose 8part, double choir vesper psalm settings were discovered and reconstituted by Polish soprano and musicologist, Maria Skiba.
Pacelli Project Concerts. Torri Superiore & Calvi dell’Umbria: 2009
This concert of selections of Pacelli’s (and related Italian composers) was performed near his tiny hometown.
Composers: Asprilio Pacelli, Luca di Marenzio, Cipriano di Rore, Heinrich Schutz,
Music Director: Christopher Fülling
Featuring: Phoebe Alexander, Amy Green, Christopher Fülling, Matthew Acuff, Gerd Amelung, Ziv Braha, Ewa Chmielewska, Daniel Zorzano
Lutheran Ascension Vespers. Sophienkirche, Berlin: 2004
Composers: Heinrich Schütz, Samuel Scheidt, Heinrich Schein, Michael Prætorius
Concept & Liturgy Reconstruction: Christopher Fülling
Music Directors: Jörn Hinnerk Andresen (Cappella Confluentes) & Thomas Noll (Sophienkantorei & Kinderchor)
Featuring: Amy Green, Jacqueline Krohne,Christopher Fülling, Rainer Killius, Werner Blau, Hendrike Sack, Claudie Mayer, Benjamin Dreßler, Carsten Hundt, Jörg Leitz, Sebastian Rathman, Elisabeth Kaufhold, Knut Trautvetter, Heiko Schmiedel, Jörn Hinnerk Andresen, Thomas Noll, Sophienkantorei & Kinderchor
Easter Vespers at the Polish Royal Court of Zygmunt III Waza, ca 1615. Zwickau, Waldheim, & Berlin: 2004
Composers: Asprilio Pacelli, Mikolaj Zielenski, Andreas Hakenberger, Luca dir Marenzio, Orfeo Vecchi, Andrzej Rohaczewski, Adam Jarzebski
Concept: Christopher Fülling & Jörn Hinnerk Andresen Music restitution: Maria Skiba & Gerd Amelung
Liturgical Reconstruction: Christopher Fülling, Maria Skiba, Matthew Baker
Music Director: Jörn Hinnerk Andresen (Cappella Confluentes & Zwickauer Kammerchor)
Director: Christopher Fülling
Featuring: Maria Skiba, Jacqueline Krohne, Lydia Steir, Alan Dornak, Christopher Fülling, Reinhard Rönnecke, Matthew Baker, Matthew Acuff, Ewa Chmielewska, Hendrike Sack, Benjamin Dreßler, Niclas Trüstedt, Waltraut Gumz, Elizabeth Kaufhold, Martina Bulla, Sebastian Rathman, Carsten Ahner, Ercole Nisini, Heiko Schmiedel, Ziv Braha, Gerd Amelung, Jörn Hinnerk Andresen, Zwickauer Kammerchor
Sunday Vespers for Quadragesima at the Polish Royal Court of Zygmunt III Waza, ca 1615. Maria Laach, Andernach, & Utrecht: 2004
Composers: Asprilio Pacelli, Mikolaj Zielenski, Andreas Hakenberger, Luca di Marenzio, Andrzej Rohaczewski, Adam Jarzebski
Concept: Christopher Fülling & Jörn Hinnerk Andresen
Music restitution: Maria Skiba & Gerd Amelung
Liturgical Reconstruction: Christopher Fülling, Maria Skiba, Matthew Baker
Music Directors: Jörn Hinnerk Andresen (Cappella Confluentes) & Sebastian Holz (Ensemble Morgenster)
Director: Christopher Fülling
Featuring: Maria Skiba, Lydia Steir, Alan Dornak, Christopher Fülling, Reinhard Rönnecke, Matthew Baker, Matthew Acuff, Ewa Chmielewska, Hendrike Sack, Benjamin Dreßler, Niclas Trüstedt, Waltraut Gumz, Elizabeth Kaufhold, Martina Bulla, Sebastian Rathman, Carsten Ahner, Ercole Nisini, Heiko Schmiedel, Ziv Braha, Gerd Amelung, Jörn Hinnerk Andresen, Ensemble Morgenster