Ensemble Nobiles, a vocal a-cappella ensemble, gives a concert in the Cathedral on Friday 6 October 2023 at 7:30pm. The programme includes Thomas Tallis' Lamentations of Jeremiah, as well as music by a number of contemoprary composers.
In the ensemble members' own words:
"The Leipzig/Germany-based vocal quintet Ensemble Nobiles bridges the gap between Renaissance and modernity with its concert. Beginning with a contemporary meditation on eternity and infinity, the singers take us through romantic sounds to Tallis' Lamentations, finally ending in an exciting reflection on Martin Luther, originally composed for the King's Singers."
Ensemble Nobiles
Ensemble Nobiles was founded in January 2006, at a time when three of the five members were singing in the St Thomas Boys Choir in Leipzig. Its repertoire ranges from late medieval mass songs to contemporary works. The five musicians attach great importance to the works of German Romantic composers such as Schubert, Schumann and Mendelssohn Bartholdy, as well as to their extensive repertoire of church music.
The ensemble has successfully collaborated with several other artists, such as Daniel Hope, Juan de la Rubia, Sjaella, New York Polyphony and the composers Manfred Schlenker, Volker Bräutigam (GER), David Hamilton (NZ) and Jeremy Rawson (UK). Ensemble Nobiles has won a number of association and competition prizes over the years, including first prizes in Weimar at the German National Choir Competition 2014, vokal.total.2016 in Graz/Austria and Tampere Vocal Music Festival’s vocal ensembles competition in Finland (2019).
Under the Leipzig label GENUIN, the ensemble released the album A German Mass, Bis Willekomen and Landkjending, and under Rondeau the album Hugo Distler: 1908-1942. The first album under its own label, Vollxlied, Made in Germany, was released in 2020 and deals with the German language folk-song in its traditional and modern forms. The latest production by the ensemble and the ensemble Leipziger Salon is Es Rappelt im Salon: Rivalen der Comedian Harmonists. This double album is packed with music of the 1920s and -30s, originally performed and recorded by groups who unfortunately were not remembered as the comedian harmonists were. Extracts from several concerts and live recordings by Ensemble Nobiles continue to be broadcast in countries all over the world.
In addition to several performances in Germany, including at the renowned Bachfest Leipzig and Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival, the ensemble has also performed in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, France, Italy, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, USA, and the Netherlands.