Wolfgang Saus's Blog News (11)

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Am 20. Mai 2010, 15:05-16:00 Uhr, befasst sich die Sendereihe "Thema Musik" in SWR2 mit den Entwicklungen des europäischen Obertongesangs. Unter dem Titel "Stimmung aus zwei Tönen", werden eine Stunde lang mit zahlreichen Klangbeispielen (unter anderem mit dem… Continue

Find a nice BBC documentary on Siddharta from 2003 with a soundtrack from London composer Glenn Keiles performed by my Aachen Overtone Choir in its early days.

Listen live to Jan's concert in Oetkerhalle Bielefeld. Radio live stream: http://www.wdr.de/wdrlive/radio.phtml?channel=wdr3

German information about the concert:
http://radioprogramm.ard.de/viewEvent.php?id=28477631524

It's not overtone singing, but I love this piece. It is an important part of my musical background and it gives light on who we are, how we developed our society. I stood in for somebody at short notice, joint the rehearsal today. I don't know how often I performed J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion in the last 30 years, 30 - 40 times? As highlights I remember the Israel tour with Seeliger (where our bus was attacked and I later faced a bomb attack without injuries), Paris with Helmut Rilling… Continue

Sven Grawunder, PhD, phonetician and scientist from Max Planck Society Leipzig, published a very recommendable scientific book on Siberian throat singing. It's the most sophisticated and comprehensive disquisition on the topic I found until now.

Grawunder, S.: On the Physiology of Voice Production in South-Siberian Throat Singing. 1. Ed. : Frank & Timme, 2009 – ISBN 386596172X

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Recommended!
http://stuarthinds.com/soundclips.php

Hofmeister publishing house, Leipzig Germany, published the scores of three pieces of American composer Stuart Hinds, written for overtone choir a cappella and choir/piano.

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These pieces will lead to a new level of overtone choir singing. Together with the conductors Jan Stanek and Prof. Steffen Schreyer we premiered them on Bohemia Cantat Festival and Nové Hrady Festival in… Continue

I am excited to announce that Prof. Steffen Schreyer, the conductor of the European Overtone Choir, EOC, won the first price in the international choir competition in Bratislava, Slovakia, with his Aachen Childrens Choir. As a specialist in contemporary music the choir of 8 to 14 year old girls and boys accomplished a most demanding program of solely 21st century works of young composers including a premiere… Continue

Hi Friends,

Kiva from Canada, an exellent overtone musician, who is right now staying at my place in Aachen, is going to perform on Respect-Festival in Prague on 27th and 28th (together with Tagaq, Inuit throat singer). She's looking for accomodation from June 28th till July 5th in Czech Republic. Please contact her here on this forum if you are interested in spending a great time improvising music with her or just hang around, I… Continue