NeoBarock’s Oper to go
Les Indes galantes by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Grimme online award winner Michael Sommer, creator of the video channel ‘Sommers Weltliteratur to go’, has recreated the plot of Rameau’s ‘Les Indes galantes’ exclusively for NeoBarock with his Playmobil ensemble. NeoBarock is staging the opera in a video performance: in four acts, audiences young and old follow the trials and tribulations of love around the world – and encounter strong princesses, fighters who fall deeply in love and faithful souls.
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber’s Sonata violino solo representative for children
There’s a lot of excitement in the castle of Princess Fasola and her cat Tido: Prince Doremi is having all the birds in his kingdom captured! Will the princess and her friends succeed in outwitting the prince’s »Muskeltiere« to free the birds? The clever quail has a brilliant plan …
NeoBarock has already delighted audiences young and old with its musical adventure about Princess Fasola in numerous children’s concerts. Now the ensemble, under the artistic direction of violinist Maren Ries, has recorded this captivating parable about the value of freedom and the unifying power of music together with author Jolanda Steiner as narrator. The well-known Cologne illustrator Heribert Schulmeyer has provided the artwork for the accompanying picture book. The music includes Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber’s famous Sonata violino solo representativa.
Three quarters of an hour of listening fun for the whole family, a beautifully illustrated book to read aloud or read along with, and a child-friendly introductory text about Baroque music and its features.
Bach’s Musical Offering
The new programme reflects Bach’s Musical Offering in 20th century works by Isang Yun and Victor Kalabis. The baroque original can be experienced in a contemporary and intercultural declination.
“Rarely does one experience such a thoughtfully conceived, completely self-contained programme.” Gießener Allgemeine [3/2023]
Live recording from Moscow (Russia), 11.12.2021
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in C major for violin, violoncello and basso continuo
(an anonymous XVIII century adaptation of an early version of the Organ Sonata BWV 525)
II. Largo.
NeoBarock:
Maren Ries – baroque violin,
Ariane Spiegel – baroque cello,
Stanislav Gres – harpsichord
Live recording from Evangelical Baptist Cathedral in Bryansk (Russia), 30.11.2021
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Trio sonata in B-flat major for two violas and basso continuo
(reconstruction of presumed original version of BWV 1051 by Maren Ries/NeoBarock)
first movement
NeoBarock:
Maren Ries and Nazar Kozhukhar – baroque violas,
Ariane Spiegel – baroque cello,
Stanislav Gres – harpsichord
Live recording from Sophiensaal in Warendorf (Germany), 04.10.2020
Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770)
Pastorale for violin in scordatura and basso continuo op. 1:
III. Largo-Presto
NeoBarock:
Maren Ries (baroque violin in scordatura, Roger G. Hargrave after Gioffredo Cappa)
Ariane Spiegel (baroque violoncello, Ekkard Seidel after Antonio Stradivari)
Stanislav Gres (harpsichord, Bruce Kennedy after French models)
Live recording from Cologne, 25.06.2021
A Thundering Word from Earth
With works by Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006), Froberger, D’Anglebert, Couperin, Farina, Schmelzer and Bach.
NeoBarock:
Maren Ries – baroque violin, modern violin
Marco Thomas – clarinet
Stanislav Gres – harpsichord