An Afternoon at The Pleasure Gardens
Kesselberg Ensemble
David Munderloh, Tenor
Program: George Frideric Handel
The American-born Swiss tenor David Munderloh is known for his dramatic interpretations of cantatas and oratorios, especially Handel's works. He has performed and recorded with "Hesperion XXI" and "Le Concert des Nations", the "Collegium Vocale Gent", the "Ricercar Consort", "The Harp Consort", "Le Poème Harmonique", "American Bach Soloists", "The Bach Consort" and the baroque orchestra "Capriccio Basel", among others. As a member of Chanticleer (Grammy Award - 2000), David Munderloh has performed with many renowned orchestras - the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic and has sung concerts in some of the most important concert halls in the world: the Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.), the Lincoln Center in New York, the Wigmore Hall in London and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
The Kesselberg Ensemble was founded in 2004 by Ilze Grudule, baroque violoncello, together with graduates of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel. The group is committed to reviving the music of forgotten Swiss baroque composers and has realized extensive projects on the Geneva composer Gaspard Fritz (1716 - 1783) and the Italian Carlo Donato Cossoni (1623 - 1700). The rediscovery of sheet music, its arrangement, CD recordings, concerts and performances that combine historical material with modern elements are all part of the ensemble's versatile activities.
to the versatile activities of the ensemble. The result is the renaissance of the composers and their lively music that sounds again. The name Kesselberg refers to the district of Riga where Johann Gottfried Müthel (1728 - 1788), Latvia's most famous composer of the 18th century and J.S. Bach's last pupil, lived.