カルムス・アンサンブル ： Calmus Ensemble Leipzig
The Calmus Ensemble Leipzig is a Leipzig vocal quintet founded in 1999 by five former Thomaners. His first album was released in 2001.
History
Sebastian Krause, Markus Arnold, Ludwig Bohme and Ulrich Barthel appeared for the first time at an internal event of the Leipzig Thomaner Choir in October 1996 together with "Ein Freund, ein gute Freund". Due to the positive response, they decided to continue to sing together, then mainly songs of the Comedian Harmonists and classical male choirs.
After all four singers left the St. Thomas Choir in 1998, they founded an ensemble. His first concert took place at the beginning of 1999 in a church near Leipzig. After the tenor Martin Lattke joined the ensemble, they called themselves in mid-1999 in Calmus , a combination of the initials from Arnold, Ludwig, Martin, Ulrich, Sebastian, supplemented by a C at the beginning.
Meanwhile, the cast consists of 4 male and one female voice. Concert tours have taken the group to numerous European countries, South America and the USA. In addition to the concert activity, a sheet music edition will be published, which includes, among other arrangements, which were written especially for Calmus. The arrangers include Philip Lawson (former baritone of the King's Singers ), Fredo Jung , Hannu Lepola (tenor of the group Rajaton ) and members of the ensemble. In addition, regular composition assignments are given. In the course of its existence, the quintet has received numerous awards and distinctions.