Jakob Stämpfli (bass)
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Died | 28 September 2014 | (aged 79)
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Organization | Hochschule für Musik Saar |
Jakob Stämpfli (26 October 1934 – 28 September 2014) was a Swiss bass concert singer and an influential academic teacher and director of the conservatory in Bern, also a teacher in Saarbrücken.
Career
Born in Bern, Jakob Stämpfli studied voice at the Bern Conservatory with Jakob Keller and at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt with Paul Lohmann.[1]
His first recording was in 1955 the bass part of Bach's
In 1963 he recorded Frank Martin's oratorio for soloists, choruses & orchestra In Terra Pax, written in 1944, with Ernest Ansermet conducting the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.[6]
Jakob Stämpfli was a teacher at the Conservatory of
From 2005 until 2007 he directed the festival Bachwochen Thun – Amsoldingen.[7] In 2007 the festival presented a performance of Bach's Mass in B minor with the ten singers of the Cantus Firmus Vokalensemble in the church of Amsoldingen.[8] He was acting chairman of the Swiss Music Pedagogic Association. He died in Thun.
References
- ^ a b c d Jakob Stämpfli on bach-cantatas, 2009
- ^ Cantata BWV 249a Entflieht, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen on bach-cantatas
- ^ Bach: Entfliehet, Verschwindet, Entweichet / Rilling ArkivMusic
- ^ J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion on bach-cantatas
- ^ Johann Sebastian BACH (1685–1750) The Cantatas - Volume 2 review by John Quinn on musicweb.international, 2005
- ^ "Martin: In Terra Pax". gramophone.net. 1964. Archived from the original on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ^ Bachwochen Archived 2012-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Eine glanzvolle Bach-Messe Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine review in the Thuner Tagblatt, 28 August 2007 (in German)
External links
- Jakob Stämpfli on the website of the Laudate-Chor Thun (in German)
- Jakob Stämpfli on the website of the Oratorienchor der Stadt Bern, 2000 (in German)
- Entries for recordings by Jakob Stämpfli on WorldCat