Hille Perl
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Hille Perl is a German
virtuoso performer of the viola da gamba and lirone
. She is considered to be one of the world's finest viola da gamba players, specializing in solo and ensemble music of the 17th and 18th centuries. She has a particular interest in French Baroque
repertoire for seven-string bass viola da gamba, which she plays with an almost vocal, yet refined tone. She also performs Spanish, Italian and German repertoire for the instrument and has released several CDs.
Her long-time performing partner is Lee Santana
, who plays the lute
, theorbo
, chitarrone, and baroque guitar
. She plays a seven-string Tielke replica made by Ingo Muthesius and a six-string Italian gamba made by Claus Derenbach.
Her father Helmuth Perl was a musicologist who specialized in Mozart. She decided to play the viola da gamba after attending a Wieland Kuijken
concert when she was five years old. She studied with Ingrid Stampa. Her daughter Marthe is a viol player too.
Perl lives in northern Germany and teaches at the University of the Arts Bremen
.
Germany
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virtuoso performer of the viola da gamba and lirone
Lirone
The lirone, the bass member of the lira family of instruments, is a bowed string instrument with between 9 and 16 gut strings. It is held between the legs in the manner of a cello or viol and like the viol its neck is generally fretted...
. She is considered to be one of the world's finest viola da gamba players, specializing in solo and ensemble music of the 17th and 18th centuries. She has a particular interest in French Baroque
Baroque music
Baroque music describes a style of Western Classical music approximately extending from 1600 to 1760. This era follows the Renaissance and was followed in turn by the Classical era...
repertoire for seven-string bass viola da gamba, which she plays with an almost vocal, yet refined tone. She also performs Spanish, Italian and German repertoire for the instrument and has released several CDs.
Her long-time performing partner is Lee Santana
Lee Santana
Lee Santana is an American lutenist who lives and teaches in Bremen, Germany.He has composed a variety of works for early instruments such as lutes, viols, recorders and small baroque orchestra....
, who plays the lute
Lute
Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....
, theorbo
Theorbo
A theorbo is a plucked string instrument. As a name, theorbo signifies a number of long-necked lutes with second pegboxes, such as the liuto attiorbato, the French théorbe des pièces, the English theorbo, the archlute, the German baroque lute, the angélique or angelica. The etymology of the name...
, chitarrone, and baroque guitar
Baroque guitar
The Baroque guitar is a guitar from the baroque era , an ancestor of the modern classical guitar. The term is also used for modern instruments made in the same style....
. She plays a seven-string Tielke replica made by Ingo Muthesius and a six-string Italian gamba made by Claus Derenbach.
Her father Helmuth Perl was a musicologist who specialized in Mozart. She decided to play the viola da gamba after attending a Wieland Kuijken
Wieland Kuijken
Wieland Kuijken is a Belgian musician and player of the viola da gamba and baroque cello.Kuijken started his career in music in 1952 with the Brussels Alariusensemble of which he formed part until 1972...
concert when she was five years old. She studied with Ingrid Stampa. Her daughter Marthe is a viol player too.
Perl lives in northern Germany and teaches at the University of the Arts Bremen
University of the Arts Bremen
The University of the Arts Bremen is a publicly funded university in Bremen, Germany and one of the most successful ones whose roots in music, arts and design date back to 1873...
.
Discography
- Sainte Colombe Retrouvé & Changé - Seven strings and more DHM 05472 77373 2
- J. S. Bach Sonatas for Viola da gamba & Harpsichord BWV 1027-1029 with Michael Behringer.
- Doulce Memoire Glosas, Passeggiati & Diminutions around 1600. DHM BMG Ariola 05472 77502 2
- Lee SantanaLee SantanaLee Santana is an American lutenist who lives and teaches in Bremen, Germany.He has composed a variety of works for early instruments such as lutes, viols, recorders and small baroque orchestra....
's music The Star and the Sea. Carpe Diem - 16264 - Tinto with Los Otros Lee SantanaLee SantanaLee Santana is an American lutenist who lives and teaches in Bremen, Germany.He has composed a variety of works for early instruments such as lutes, viols, recorders and small baroque orchestra....
and Steve Player. DHM BMG 05472 77861 2 - Why Not Here, English viol music with Friederike Heumann. Carpe Diem 16270
- MaraisMaraisMarais means "marsh" in the French language.Marais may also refer to:* Marais , a manufacturer of wheel trenchers, chain trenchers and micro-trenchers based in Durtal, France* Marais des Cygnes...
Pour la Violle et le Théorbe with Lee SantanaLee SantanaLee Santana is an American lutenist who lives and teaches in Bremen, Germany.He has composed a variety of works for early instruments such as lutes, viols, recorders and small baroque orchestra....
. DHM BMG 82876 58791 2 - Aguirre Sebastián de Aguirre, Antonio Martín y CollAntonio Martín y CollAntonio Martín y Coll was a Spanish organist, composer and collector of Baroque music.-Biography:Martín y Coll grew up in a monastery and eventually became a Franciscan friar. The last years of his life were spent in a the monastery of San Francisco el Grande in Madrid...
, Anthony HolborneAnthony HolborneAnthony Holborne was a composer of English consort music during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.-Life:Holborne entered Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1562. He was admitted to the Inner Temple Court in 1565. Holborne married Elisabeth Marten on 14 June 1584. On the title page of both his books he...
, Santiago de MurciaSantiago de MurciaSantiago de Murcia , was a Spanish guitarist and composer.-Biography:Until new research was published in 2008, few details about the life of Santiago de Murcia were known. However it is now known that he was born in Madrid and that his parents were Juan de Murcia and Magdalena Hernandez...
, Gaspar SanzGaspar SanzGaspar Sanz was an Aragonese composer, guitarist, organist and priest born to a wealthy family in Calanda in the Spanish comarca of Bajo Aragón. He studied music, theology and philosophy at the University of Salamanca, where he was later appointed Professor of Music...
. with Los Otros Lee SantanaLee SantanaLee Santana is an American lutenist who lives and teaches in Bremen, Germany.He has composed a variety of works for early instruments such as lutes, viols, recorders and small baroque orchestra....
and Pedro Estevan BMG 82876 60489 2, - Telemann. La Viola da Gamba Concertata. DHM Sony BMG 82876000000
- Kapsbergiana. Arrangements of the Libro Terzo of Kapsberger. DHM
- John DowlandJohn DowlandJohn Dowland was an English Renaissance composer, singer, and lutenist. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep" , "Come again", "Flow my tears", "I saw my Lady weepe" and "In darkness let me dwell", but his instrumental music has undergone a major revival, and has...
In darkness let me dwell Dorothee MieldsDorothee MieldsDorothee Mields is a German soprano concert singer of Baroque and contemporary music.-Career:Mields was born in Gelsenkirchen. She studied at the University of the Arts Bremen with Elke Holzmann, Harry van der Kamp and Gabriele Schreckenbach...
soprano. DHM.