Ensemble La Ninfea
Creative ensemble for early music from Bremen
"The Bremen ensemble La Ninfea [...] is one of the most vital and original baroque groups in Germany. In its concerts, La Ninfea not only delivers brilliant and highly virtuoso interpretations of music from the 17th and 18th centuries. Time and again, the ensemble also presents very special program concepts and presents itself as a musical storyteller." (Radio Bremen)
With a core line-up of 4 musicians, La Ninfea realizes projects with a focus on music of the 17th and 18th centuries in project-related, variable line-ups ranging from duo to chamber orchestra. Ensemble La Ninfea enjoys working across genres and in creative mediation formats or is dedicated to the rediscovery of unjustly forgotten repertoire.
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DANZAS – From Taboo to Triumph Anniversary Album & Release concerts
Anniversary Album & Release Concerts
Release Singles
26.7.24 Violatango (Paolo Pandolfo, arr. La Ninfea)
13.8.24 Folias criollas (Trad. 16./17. Jahrhundert: improvisation)
30.8.24 La Cumparsita (Gerardo Hernán Matos „Becho" Rodríguez)
Album release:
13.9.2024
Release-Konzerte:
Tue 17.9.2024 Wedeler Musiktage (D)
mit Catalina Lotte-Fooken & Thomas Lotte (Tango argentino)
Thu 19.9.2024 Eilenriedstift Hannover (D)
instrumental
Sun 22.9.2024 Glocke Bremen
Excerpts from the program with Catalina Lotte-Fooken & Thomas Lotte (Tango argentino) at the concert "Erdbeeren mit Sahne - musikalische Leckerbissen frisch serviert" (anniversary concert La Ninfea)
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Ensemble La Ninfea celebrates 15th Anniversary
There is much to celebrate - celebrate with us!
Tue 17.9.24 19:30 Uhr DANZAS with Catalina Lotte-Fooken & Thomas Lotte (Tango argentino) at Wedeler Musiktage (D)
Thu 19.9.24 18.00 Uhr DANZAS (instrumental) at Eileniedestifts Hannover (D)
Sun 22.9.24 17:00 Uhr Erdbeeren mit Sahne – musikalische Leckerbissen frisch serviert! at Glocke Bremen
Further highlights of the anniversary season (click on the image to continue reading)
Tickets available now! Glocke Bremen (Großer Saal)
Tickets 12/8€
Sun 22.9.2024 5.00 pm at Glocke Bremen (D) (großer Saal):
Erdbeeren und Sahne – musikalische Leckerbissen frisch serviert!
"Strawberries and Cream" by John Playford was a real hit in England in the 17th century! How about bringing it and other famous melodies such as Greensleeves into our modern world? This is exactly what you can experience in La Ninfea's festive anniversary concert for young and old, in which the ensemble presents its own song texts, dances and arrangements with the Mädchenkantorei am Bremer Dom - witty, cheeky and modern!
Tip! In the workshop before the concert, small instruments can be made and played during the concert. From 4 pm!
A cooperation with "Musik im Ohr" of the Glocke
Ensemble La Ninfea
La Ninfea (Italian the water lily) “is one of the liveliest and most creative early music ensembles in Germany.” (Radio Bremen)
The ensemble feels just as at home in renowned venues such as the Musikverein Wien or the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg as it does in small music societies or schools. This is because La Ninfea is convinced that music belongs to all places and can fascinate everyone, everywhere. La Ninfea‘s work focuses on concept-based programs, often developed as interdisciplinary projects with puppetry, text or dance, and thus reaches various people interested in culture in a direct and creative way. Historically informed performance practice, detailed research and creative communication do not contradict each other, rather combination they are the driving force for the ensemble. “This is how music should be performed: as if the ink wasn‘t yet dry, spontaneous and fresh, but with the mostprecise research beforehand.” (Ö1)
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Trailer „Gentleman for a Day"
An eventful day as a gentleman in London around 1700 with music by Handel, Playford and Purcell
Our Programs
La Ninfea offers a wide range of different programs: here is a small foretaste. You can find more in the menu “Programs“
Szenic / Performance
with puppetry, with dance... a little more than a concert!
Our interdisciplinary programs “The Day, the Cicada sang”, “Kokopelli - a strange bird" and “DANZAS – from Taboo to Triumph” combine music with puppetry, acting and dance, offering a unique, cross-genre experience for different age groups.
Concept / Storytelling
with speaker or moderation as an informative and exciting story concert
The experiences of the man in the iron mask, our musical guide to immortality, a perfect day as a London gentleman in Handel's time and much more awaits you in our moderated concept programs and story concerts.
Ausgrabungen
längst vergessenes Repertoire vom Staub der Jahrhunderte befreit und schwungvoll dargeboten
La Ninfea has also made a name for itself over the years with “excavations”: the sensation of the first recording of the recorder sonatas by A.H. Schultzen, the suites by Monsieur Toinon, the cantatas by A.M. Bononcini... there is a treasure hidden in almost every one of our programs. In this category, however, they appear in heaps, so to speak!
Übersicht aller Programme
(fast) alles aus La Ninfeas Repertoire und ein kleiner Blick in unsere Werkstatt zu neuen Ideen
La Ninfea offers a variety of exciting programs in a wide range of instrumentations and formats. Take a look around, there is a lot to discover: concerts with dance, scenic programs, family concerts, rediscovered repertoire that no one has heard for centuries, crossover with tangos, story concerts ... and a small glimpse into our workshop with concepts that are currently being developed. On request, we can of course also develop programs according to your ideas: please contact us!
Concert highlights of the past years (selection):
22.1.2024 Elbphilharmonie Hamburg (D)
Gentleman for a Day
with Barbara Heindlmeier, recorder
23.6.2023 Sendesaal Bremen (D)
Der Tag, als die Zikade sang
La Ninfea with Jennette Luft and Nicola Reinmöller (Figurenspiel)
presented by Bremen Zwei
20.5.2023 Rossini-Saal Bad Kissingen (D)
Blockflötenfesttage
Music is the Cure & Mirko Ludwig (Tenor)
24.4.2022 Großer Saal Glocke Bremen (D)
Verrucht & modern - Sarabande, Ciacona, Tango
La Ninfea with Catalina Fooken-Lotte & Thomas Lotte (Tango argentino)
31.3.2023 Brahmssaal im Musikverein Wien (Ö)
Concert series "Beethovens Medizinlöffel"
Music is the Cure
La Ninfea & Mirko Ludwig (Tenor)
29.3.2023 Haus der Musik im Fruchtkasten Stuttgart (D)
Music is the Cure
La Ninfea & Mirko Ludwig (Tenor)
4.2.2023 Zentrum für Kunst Bremen (D)
PEMIERE: Der Tag, als die Zikade sang
La Ninfea with Jennette Luft and Nicola Reinmöller (Puppetry)
27.2.2022 Theatermuseum Hannover
Kokopelli - ein seltsamer Vogel
La Ninfea & Jeannette Luft (Puppetry)
24.9.2021 Mayfair Saal im Metropoltheater Bremen
PREMIERE Kokopelli - ein seltsamer Vogel
La Ninfea & Jeannette Luft (Puppetry)
19.9.2021 Musikinstrumentenmuseum Berlin (D)
Alte Musik Live
Le Masque de Fer - the Iron Mask
2.12.2017 Himmelsburg (Schlosskapelle) Weimar (D)
La Masque de Fer - the Iron Mask
Bach Biennale Weimar
Hille Perl & Ensemble La Ninfea
19.3.2017 Traukirche Dornheim
Bachfestival Arnstadt
Ecce quam bonum!
Hille Perl & Ensemble La Ninfea
8.5.2016 Stockstadt am Rhein (D)
Stockstädter Blockflötenfesttage Schultzen & Friends
12.4.2016 Schubertsaal im Konzerthaus Wien (A)
Le Masque de Fer - the Iron Mask
13.9.2015 Musikinstrumentenmuseum Berlin (D)
Alte Musik Live
Teatime um 1700
19.10.2013 Händel-Haus Halle (D)
Teatime um 1700
15.9.2013 Maria Saal (A)
Trigonale Festival für Alte Musik
Für die "Flute douce..."
21.10.2012 St Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin (D)
Verbannet die Rache
Tage für Alte Musik Berlin
La Ninfea & Angela Postweiler (Soprano)
2.11.2011 Sendesaal Bremen (D)
Festival für Alte Musik Musicadia
Tutta fiamme
La Ninfea & Ulrike Hofbauer (Soprano)
Release Concert of the debut album "Sono amante" with cantatas and chambermusic of the Brothers Bononcini