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Erich Wenk
Born(1923-08-12)12 August 1923
Musikhochschule Köln

Erich Wenk (12 August 1923 – 30 March 2012) was a German

Musikhochschule Köln
.

Career

Wenk was born in

Liebesliederwalzer by Johannes Brahms on a tour through Germany with Erna Berger, Gertrude Pitzinger and Walther Ludwig.[1][2] He recorded the part of Don Fernando in Beethoven's Fidelio for the NDR, conducted by Carl Bamberger [de], with Gladys Kuchta and Julius Patzak in leading roles.[3] In 1960, he sang the part of nobleman from Genova in a recording of Franz Schreker's Die Gezeichneten of the NDR, with Thomas Stewart and Evelyn Lear in leading roles, conducted by Winfried Zillig.[4] In 1967, he recorded Georg Philipp Telemann's Pimpinone with the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, alongside Yvonne Ciannella.[5]

Wenk appeared in oratorios such as Haydn's

Radiosinfonieorchester Frankfurt, in the Rheingauer Dom in Geisenheim and the Marktkirche Wiesbaden, alongside soprano Klesie Kelly.[7]

Wenk is regarded as a specialist for the works of Johann Sebastian Bach.[2] He recorded Bach cantatas with Fritz Werner and Helmuth Rilling, among others. In a 1966 recording of the dramma per musica Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen, BWV 215, he performed the rage aria Rase nur, verwegner Schwarm.[1][8] Wenk recorded Bach's Mass in B minor in 1956/59 with the Schwäbischer Singkreis Stuttgart, conducted by Hans Grischkat.[9] He sang the bass part in Bach's St Matthew Passion in a live recording conducted by Ljubomir Romansky [de] at the Salle Pleyel, with Josef Traxel as the Evangelist and Helmut Fehn as the vox Christi.[10]

From 1969, Wenk was professor of voice at the

Musikhochschule Köln.[1][11] He died in Lohmar.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Erich Wenk (Bass-Baritone)". bach-cantatas.com. 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d Erich WENK ist am 30.3. in Lohmar-Honrath (Nordrhein-Westfalen) verstorben (in German). Online Merker. 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. ^ Tillmann, Thomas (2008). Ludwig van Beethoven / Fidelio / Eine wunderbare Leonore zu entdecken (in German). Online Musik Magazin. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Schreker Gezeichneten 1960 NDR". operapassion.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  5. ISBN 3-11-095596-2
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  6. ^ "Konzertspiegel" (PDF). Städtischer Musikverein Gütersloh. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. ^ Archiv Rheingauer Kantorei. Rheingauer Kantorei. 1985.
  8. ^ Mincham, Julian (2010). "Chapter 96 BWV 215 Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen / Value your good fortune, blessed Saxony". jsbachcantatas.com. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  9. ^ "Hans Grischkat & Stuttgart Choral Society & Bach Orchestra / Part 2". bach-cantatas.com. 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. ^ "Ljubomir Romansky / Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Wors". bach-cantatas.com. 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  11. ^ "J.S.Bach - Orgelkonzertreihe an der Klais-Orgel in St. Matthias Neuwied" (in German). Kammerchor Neuwied. 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.

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