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Dear a cappella fans, We always pledged that the a cappella Festival would take place this year in some form or other. And even if we’d originally hoped for it to be a more extensive, more shared experience than is cur-rently possible, the 2021 festival will still deliver a broad and extraordinarily uplifting kaleidoscope of vocal music! Together with us members of amarcord, the ensembles VOXID from Leipzig, LaLeLu from Hamburg, and the German Gents from Berlin will be giving a series of a cappella performances by German groups that couldn’t be more different. You can look forward to consummate polyphony from the Renaissance, romantic songs and charming close-harmony sing-ing, as well as sassy comedy and sophisticated vocal pop.
We’re particularly delighted that two ensembles from the far reaches of Europe – the barbershop world champions Ringmasters from Sweden and the up-and-coming Renaissance quartet Cantoría from Spain – will also be contributing their qualities and traditions, hence bringing a cappella from abroad to the 2021 festival. The ensembles Ordinarius from the heart of South America, Anúna from Ireland (albeit with a highly international line-up), and Musica Univeralis (which brings together singers from France, Belgium and Germany) are, to our regret and theirs, currently unable to perform or travel – but at least they’ve been firmly scheduled for next year’s festival. In our singing, we intend to convey as much enthusiasm and confidence to them as we do to all the young compe-tition entrants whom we look forward to hearing in our International a cappella Contest next year.
We hope very much that you and all the participating artists enjoy a string of wonderful concerts. We’re determined to keep the (a cappella) music playing – so please keep coming back for more! As for us, we’re looking forward to every single minute!
Best wishes,
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It’s Showtime!Der Name Ringmasters steht für ausgezeichneten Barbershop-Gesang – made in Sweden und von bestechender Qualität. Tatsächlich wurde die Gruppe aus Stockholm 2012 bei der Welt-meisterschaft der Barbershopper als erstes nicht-amerikanisches Ensemble zum besten Barber-shop-Quartett der Welt gekürt. In Schweden hat ihr Sound Konjunktur, und die Ringmasters begeistern Zuhörer von Las Vegas bis Taipeh. Neben Barbershop-Klassikern singt das Quartett auch Songs von den Beatles, den Beach Boys oder ABBA, Evergreens aus Musicals und Disney-Filmen sowie traditionelle Lieder aus Schweden und der Welt. All das mit höchster Präzision, himmlischem Blending, viel Charme und großer Leidenschaft. Freuen Sie sich auf beeindruckende Stimmpower und wahrhaft goldene Kehlen aus dem hohen Norden!
7.15pm Introductory talk (free) onwww.youtube.com/c/acappellaleipzig
saturday 1 May 2021
8pm stream
on the sofia kyrka in stockholm
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Friday 30 April 2021
8pm Thomaskirche
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IN AETERNUM Josquin des Préz zum 500. Todestag
Franco-Flemish vocal polyphony finds its apogee in the work of a man who was courted by princes and music publishers, revered by contemporaries like Martin Luther, and respected by fellow composers and singers like no other: Josquin des Prez, darling of the gods. He managed to fuse contrapuntal arts with verbal expression, techne with ars, brain with heart in an unparalleled manner. Performing a programme of Josquin’s Marian masses and motets in this, the 500th an-niversary of his death, amarcord will be paying tribute to a man whose work moved people – and who simultaneously aspired to eternity.
7.15pm Introductory talk (free) on www.youtube.com/c/acappellaleipzig8.00pm Conzert free on ARTE+ https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/103385-000-A/josquin-des-prez-zum-500-todestag-ensemble-amarcord/
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Everybody’s Talking about Corona: Singing and professional vocals in the Covid-19 eraIn 2020, the seminar on the voice held by Professor Michael Fuchs, head of the Department of Phoniatry and Audiology at Leipzig University Hospital, was livestreamed for the first time. It went down so well with the a cappella audience that we’ve decided to host this year’s seminar devoted to singing and coronavirus online, too – this time with additional input from Dr Corinna Pietsch, a well-known virologist and infection epidemiologist from Leipzig Univer-sity. Fans of vocal music can put their questions to the ENT specialist and the virus expert both before and during the video chat – and pick up plenty of new, essential tips straight from the horses’ mouth!Questions are welcomed by email [email protected] or can be posted on the festival’s Facebook page.The live chat can be seen on 1 May on www.a-cappella-festival.de as well as on the festival’s YouTube channel www.youtube.com/c/acappellaleipzig. Don’t forget to tune in!
saturday 1 May 2021
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Family Concert on Sunday Afternoon‘LaLeLu’ may be a popular lullaby in Germany, but this lively ensemble named after it isn’t exactly known for its gentle good-night songs. Quite the contrary: LaLeLu from Hamburg prefer to hit the spot with their lyrics, while musically they go full blast, making the stage wobble and the diaphragm tremble! The 2020 Family Concert will feature an abridged (but still fantastic!) overview of the group’s greatest hits. LaLeLu are known for sweeping their audience away in mad masquerades and also their unadulterated a cappella coupled with loads of fun, making the Family Concert a must for vocal music fans of all ages!
The family concert can be viewed free of charge on www.youtube.com/c/acappellaleipzig
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It Began with a Kiss at the Front DoorPrize-winners’ concert
The German Gents caused a sensation as both acclaimed winners and audience favourites of the 2019 International a cappella Contest. Having met in the Berlin State and Cathedral Choir in 2018, the four singers are still only in their early twenties, yet their magnificent vocal maturity belies their age. They’re especially fond of music for male choirs from the Romantic era and folk songs as well as early music, classical modern music and barbershop. Their prize-winners’ concert will show us that this is a group that’s going places! Their new programme tells of the joys and sorrows of love, and takes us from the romantic worlds of Felix Mendelssohn to the frivolous times of the Comedian Harmonists and barbershop music. Love simply can’t be avoided in vocal music – and especially not during this performance by the German Gents!
7.15pm Introductory talk (free) on www.youtube.com/c/acappellaleipzig
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Monday 3 May 2021
8pm Live-stream
from the Lutheran reformed Church
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Lenguas MalasAlthough only founded in 2016, the young quartet Cantoría has already made a name for itself with performances at numerous European festivals and prominent venues where vocal music is cultivated, especially in their native Spain and the Benelux countries. Their programme may be about ‘malicious tongues’, but it’s full of glorious a cappella sounds. In selected Spanish works of secular polyphony from the 15th and 16th centuries, the quartet helps us understand how just how important earthly passion and religious devotion – both separately and together – were for the people of the time. Their performance will include music from the ‘Cancioneros’ (historical Spanish anthologies) as well as ensaladas by Mateo Flecha el Viejo.
7.15pm Introductory talk (free) on www.youtube.com/c/acappellaleipzig
Friday 7 May 2021
8pm stream from »sala Domenech
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Beauties and the BeastLaLeLu from Hamburg have been combining pure a cappella with unerring comedy and humour in their shows for 25 years. This tireless quartet is continuously creative, as the members have demonstrated in countless live concerts as well as in recent months in a series of video podcasts and livestreams. ‘Beauties and the Beast’ is the 15th programme by these three men apparently accompanied by Superwoman! In it, they address vital themes, such as whether declarations of love can legitimately be grunted and what Papageno does on holiday on Majorca. With classical music meeting pop, Mozart appears alongside Shakira, Serge Gainsbourg and even football coach Joachim Löw! LaLeLu deliver unsurpassed quickfire harmony vocals, parody and slapstick. It’s not for nothing that this group has been described as the yardstick of German music comedy heaven. Well, now they’re in a cappella heaven in Leipzig!
7.15pm Introductory talk (free) on www.youtube.com/c/acappellaleipzig
sunday 2 May 2021
8pm Live-stream
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As usual, the 21st a cappella Festival will conclude with a joint final concert. Five ensembles covering the wide range of a cappella music will be singing their hearts out! Look forward to a programme of singing with very different roots, connections and harmonies, for diversity has always been high on the agenda at the a cappella Festival and its individual concerts. Enjoy the show – and keep the music alive in your hearts until the 2022 a cappella Festival!
sunday 9 May 2021
7pm livestream
from the Gewandhaus, Großer saal
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Shades of Light Pt. 2VOXID continues the history of the group tonalrausch, founded in 2006, who toured successfully with vocal jazz in Germany and abroad. In 2016, the group acquired a new musical countenance and a new name, VOXID, which stands for vocal pop experience. VOXID’s smooth, groovy, captivating sound poised between pop, soul and R&B re-established the quintet’s reputation as a creative, professional ensemble in the modern a cappella genre. However, 2021 will also mark the end of an era with the current line-up of VOXID giving one of their final performances at a cappella. Nevertheless, once again, their songs are nevertheless guaranteed to put listeners in a good mood and put their cares behind them!
7.15pm Introductory talk (free) on www.youtube.com/c/acappellaleipzig
saturday 8 May 2021
8pm Livestream
from kupfersaal
VOXID GermanyPhoto: Marcus Fröhner
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Anúna irlandThursday 28 April 2022
Ordinarius BrasilienFriday 29 April 2022
Dear audience,
Sadly, the performances by Musica Universalis & Clemens Goldberg, Anúna and Ordinarius cannot go ahead during the 2021 a cappella Festival. Due to the global pandemic and the rules in force, the ensembles’ international membership means they’re unable to travel, perform or rehearse together. Instead, these concerts have been postponed until the 2022 a cappella Festival. The dates have already been announced. We apologise for any inconvenience.
The dates of next year’s a cappellaFestival and also full details of this year’s concerts can be found on www.a-cappella-festival.de.
Postponed until 2022