Grenzenlos Bernd Stegmann

• Bernd Stegmann (b. 1952): Grenzenlos:
• 1 Stegmann: Grenzenlos 02:01
• Gedankengänge:
• 2 Stegmann: Gedankengänge 04:18
• Seitenwechsel:
• 3 Stegmann: Seitenwechsel 07:32
• Meine Welt:
• 4 Stegmann: Meine Welt 04:46
• Mit wem:
• 5 Stegmann: Mit wem 03:30
• Zählen:
• 6 Stegmann: Zählen 03:59
• Singet dem Herrn:
• 7 Stegmann: Singet dem Herrn 05:00
• Kyrie eleison:
• 8 Stegmann: Kyrie eleison 02:18
• Ehre sei Gott:
• 9 Stegmann: Ehre sei Gott 02:57
• Credo:
• 10 Stegmann: Credo 04:12
• Wenn dem so ist:
• 11 Stegmann: Wenn dem so ist 02:43
• Gebet:
• 12 Stegmann: Gebet 02:20
• Christe du Lamm Gottes:
• 13 Stegmann: Christe du Lamm Gottes 03:32
• Utopie:
• 14 Stegmann: Utopie 04:05
• Winterlied:
• 15 Stegmann: Winterlied 03:55
• Baum der Erkenntnis:
• 16 Stegmann: Baum der Erkenntnis 05:23
• Heute will ich leben:
• 17 Stegmann: Heute will ich leben 05:07
• Nachtlied:
• 18 Stegmann: Nachtlied 02:34
• Was mich bewegt:
• 19 Stegmann: Was mich bewegt 03:53
• Total Runtime 01:14:05

Info for Grenzenlos

The musical language of Bernd Stegmann (*1952) moves in seemingly very different stylistic spheres: Elements of old a cappella culture stand next to hammered recitativo passages, big band effects next to minimal music sections, medieval-sounding drone fifths next to su ‘ffy Latin jazz harmonies. These heterogeneous building blocks are held together by an all-embracing motoric structure.

Stegmann’s musical language is something special. It moves in seemingly completely different stylistic spheres. There are elements of old a cappella culture next to hammered recitative passages, big band effects next to minimal music sections, medieval-sounding drone fifths next to palatable Latin jazz harmonies. These heterogeneous building blocks, this postmodern mix of styles, are held together by an all-encompassing motoric system; (…). The listener wanders through a diverse, boundless soundscape in which everything seems to be connected to everything else.

A special feature of this collection of songs is that the lyrics and music were written by a single source and are directly related to each other. The songs revolve around everyday life and experiences and are meant to encourage us to really take hold of our own existence.

Stegmann’s musical demands always prevent him from slipping into kitsch and parsimony. His music is alive and does not freeze in piety. It does not emulate musical modernism and presents melody as the highest good of singing.

The instrumental and vocal soloists and the ensemble HK ImPuls do a solid job under the inspiring direction of the composer and delight the ear with fresh and honest singing.

Jan Polivka, piano
Anna-Katharina Look, accordion
Rosanna Zacharias, double bass
HK ImPuls
Bernd Stegmann,conductor

Bernd Stegmann
studied in Detmold and Berlin. His teachers included Martin Behrmann, Helmut Barbe, Heinz Werner Zimmermann, and Ernst Pepping. In 1975, he passed the A-exam at the Berlin Church Music School. He continued his studies in orchestral conducting in Vienna and with Sergiu Celibidache. From 1977 to 1985, Stegmann was organist and cantor at the Pauluskirche in Berlin-Zehlendorf and artistic director of the Berlin Bach Society. In 1986, he became professor of choral and orchestral conducting at the Heidelberg School of Church Music. From 2006 to 2018, he also served as its rector.

He conducts the Badischer Kammerchor, the Berliner Vokalensemble, the Heidelberger Kantorei, and collaborates with renowned orchestras and instrumental ensembles such as the "Concerto Armonico" (Budapest), the "Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie," the "Concerto Palatino" (Bologna), and "Musica Fiata" (Cologne).

Several contemporary works, some of which are dedicated to him or his choirs, have been premiered. CDs, such as the Mörike Choral Songbook, Op. 19 (Musicaphon M 51820), Hugo Distler's Sacred Choral Music, Op. 12 (Cantate C 57007), Arnold Mendelssohn's Sacred Choral Music, Op. 90 (Cantate C 58005), German Folk Songs (Musicaphon M 56816), and Helmut Barbe's "Thoughts About Time" (Cantate C 58014), as well as Ernst Pepping's Missa "Dona nobis pacem" and other motets (Cantate C 58027), have received considerable acclaim.

Recently, Bernd Stegmann has also become known as a composer and arranger. His "Songs with Words" based on Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Carus) and his "Spiritual Songs" based on piano works by Robert Schumann (Strube) are now performed and appreciated by numerous choirs.

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