Markus Flaig
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Born | 1971 (age 52–53) Johann Sebastian Bach Competition |
Markus Flaig (born 1971) is a German bass-baritone who has focused on concerts and recordings of sacred music.
Career
Markus Flaig was born in
Flaig has collaborated on Lieder with Jörg Schweinbenz.[1] He premiered a cycle of orchestral songs, composed for him by Franz F. Kaern, based on poems by Thomas Bernhard.[2]
He performed regularly with the
Flaig has performed regularly with the
In 2004, he was the vox Christi in Bach's St John Passion, alongside Werner Güra's Evangelist, in concerts with the Camerata Vocale Freiburg, conducted by Toll, in the Konzerthaus of Freiburg and the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre, among others.[5]
In 2008, he sang the part of Jesus in Hugo Distler's chorale Passion Choralpassion op. 7, with the Kurt-Thomas Kammerchor in three concerts in and around Frankfurt to celebrate the centenary of Distler's birth in 1908.[6]
In 2011, he performed the bass part in Handel's Messiah in St. Martin, Idstein, with Katia Plaschka, Andreas Scholl and Ulrich Cordes.[7] His voice, referring to "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light", was described as excelling with a depth touching upon blackness, anchored in a bright altitude.[8]
Recordings
Flaig has recorded solo cantatas by
References
- ^ Naxos. 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Markus Flaig (Bass-Baritone)". bach-cantatas.com. 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ "The concerts since 2000". Frankfurter Kantorei. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ "Chronicle". Rheinische Kantorei. 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ "Konzertarchiv". Camerata Vocale Freiburg. 2011. Archived from the original on 18 September 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ "Letzte Projekte" (in German). Kurt-Thomas-Kammerchor. 2011. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ Beke Heeren-Pradt (21 September 2011). "Mit Hingabe und Präzision" (in German). Wiesbadener Tagblatt. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- ^ Doris Kösterke (20 September 2011). "Erhabene innere Ruhe" (in German). Wiesbadener Kurier. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
Eine in lichter Höhe verankerte, ins Schwarze reichende Tiefe zeichnete den Bassisten Markus Flaig aus.
- ^ "Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828) / Part-Songs". musicweb-international.com/. 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Markus Flaig at AllMusic