Mayer-Spohn Ulrike
(1980)
Mayer-Spohn Ulrike
Bachlettenstrasse 16
CH-4054 Basel
Schweiz
Tel: +41 (0)61 681 12 43
Internet: www.ulrikems.info/
Bachlettenstrasse 16
CH-4054 Basel
Schweiz
Tel: +41 (0)61 681 12 43
Internet: www.ulrikems.info/
Biography
While still attending school Ulrike Mayer-Spohn completed her studies for playing organ and choral conducting in Stuttgart and, as a junior student, she studied the recorder at the Karlsruhe Music Academy under Ulrike Mauerhofer. She then continued her education at the Schola Contorum Basiliensis in Switzerland under Conrad Steinmann and Corina Marti and Dorothea Winter at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag. Masterclasses with Marion Verbruggen, Peter van Heyghen, Sebastien Marq and Gerd Lünenbürger complete her education. Baroque violin and viola she studied with Martina Graulich and David Plantier, fiddle with Randal Cook in Basel, composition and audiodesigne with Erik Oña at the "Studio für Elektronische Musik" and the Hochschule für Musik in Basel. Ulrike Mayer-Spohn works together with composers as Beat Gysin, Boris Yoffe, Gabriel Pareyon, Andreas Zurbriggen, Paul Newland. Numerous premieres of works dedicated to her she premieded and recorded for Swiss Radio. Together with the Swiss composer and singer Javier Hagen, Ulrike Mayer-Spohn formed in 2007 the duo Ums `N Jip, which is dedicated to new musical settings for recorder, voice and electronics. She works regularly as recorderplayer, violinist or fiddleplayer in specialized ensembles for early music as Amsterdam Barok Compagnie, Freitagsakademie, Collegium Musicum Stuttgart, La Chapelle Ancienne, Musica Poetica, Muscadin and La Morra.
Work list
Messe in A (2007)
for countertenor and recorder
Duration: 7' 00"
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for countertenor and recorder
Duration: 7' 00"
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Die Quadratur der Kreise (2007)
for voice and recorders (2-4 players)
Duration: 6' 00"-15' 00"
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for voice and recorders (2-4 players)
Duration: 6' 00"-15' 00"
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ONE (2008)
Chamber opera
Texts: Kafka; Breitenmoser; Brecht; UMS 'n JIP
Musical theatre with new music for voice, recorder and electronics.
One man, two obsessions: women and cars. A red circle on an empty black stage. 100 toy cars. She inside the circle, he outside. A suggestive and entertaining evening about existential loneliness and the craving for unity of the two sexes. German original language with English and French subtitles.
Duration: abendfüllend
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Chamber opera
Texts: Kafka; Breitenmoser; Brecht; UMS 'n JIP
Musical theatre with new music for voice, recorder and electronics.
One man, two obsessions: women and cars. A red circle on an empty black stage. 100 toy cars. She inside the circle, he outside. A suggestive and entertaining evening about existential loneliness and the craving for unity of the two sexes. German original language with English and French subtitles.
Duration: abendfüllend
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S.O.S. (shadows of sound) (2008)
for countertenor and recorder
Duration: 7' 00"
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for countertenor and recorder
Duration: 7' 00"
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Duo (2008)
for recorder and organ
Duration: 8' 00"
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for recorder and organ
Duration: 8' 00"
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Arrangements Walliser Volkslieder (2008)
for 3 part choir a cappella (S A Men)
-Geissbüäb
-Walliserbüäb
-Spinnerliedlij
-Hirtenknab
Manuscript
for 3 part choir a cappella (S A Men)
-Geissbüäb
-Walliserbüäb
-Spinnerliedlij
-Hirtenknab
Manuscript
Gebet (2008)
for choir a cappella (SATB)
Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke
Duration: 3' 00"
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for choir a cappella (SATB)
Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke
Duration: 3' 00"
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Matterhorn (2008)
for choir a cappella (SATB)
Texts: Pierre Imhasly
Duration: 3' 00"
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for choir a cappella (SATB)
Texts: Pierre Imhasly
Duration: 3' 00"
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Entre Mar Rose (2008)
for 6-part choir (S1 S2 A T B1 B2)
Texts: Pierre Imhasly
Duration: 9' 00"
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for 6-part choir (S1 S2 A T B1 B2)
Texts: Pierre Imhasly
Duration: 9' 00"
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TWO (2009)
Chamber opera
Texts: UMS 'N JIP
TWO - electropop chamber orchestra/musical theatre featuring works for voice, recorder and electronics by UMS 'n JIP.
Inspired by texts taken from "20 Minuten", UMS and JIP created a chamber opera in collaboration with director Wolfgang Beuschel and artist Gisela-Ethaner Schelble. Together they amalgamised elaborate music, everyday situations and texts about the latest Vatikan scandal, simulated cyber attacks on American chemical companies and quotes from the small ads to form extremely dense and absurd jokes. With a wink and a nudge, the artists take the audience on a journey into an unpredictable cosmos where strange is the norm and the wackiness of being comforting: Normality is unique.
Duration: abendfüllend
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Chamber opera
Texts: UMS 'N JIP
TWO - electropop chamber orchestra/musical theatre featuring works for voice, recorder and electronics by UMS 'n JIP.
Inspired by texts taken from "20 Minuten", UMS and JIP created a chamber opera in collaboration with director Wolfgang Beuschel and artist Gisela-Ethaner Schelble. Together they amalgamised elaborate music, everyday situations and texts about the latest Vatikan scandal, simulated cyber attacks on American chemical companies and quotes from the small ads to form extremely dense and absurd jokes. With a wink and a nudge, the artists take the audience on a journey into an unpredictable cosmos where strange is the norm and the wackiness of being comforting: Normality is unique.
Duration: abendfüllend
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Shakti (2009)
for voice, recorder and electronics
Duration: 8' 00"
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for voice, recorder and electronics
Duration: 8' 00"
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WOH (2009)
for tenor-recorder solo
Duration: 6' 30"
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for tenor-recorder solo
Duration: 6' 30"
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Pfeifen (2009)
for voice (B) and organ
Duration: 9' 00"
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for voice (B) and organ
Duration: 9' 00"
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Mondnacht (2009)
for 4-part choir
Texts: Joseph von Eichendorf
Duration: 15' 00"
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for 4-part choir
Texts: Joseph von Eichendorf
Duration: 15' 00"
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Der Panther (2009)
for 5-part choir
Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke
Duration: 4' 00"
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for 5-part choir
Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke
Duration: 4' 00"
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THREE (2010)
Electropop chamber opera
for male singer, recorder, live electronics & playback CD
Texts: UMS 'n JIP
Duration: 64' 00"
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Electropop chamber opera
for male singer, recorder, live electronics & playback CD
Texts: UMS 'n JIP
Duration: 64' 00"
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JPH-S13-BS 1 (2010)
for recorder, marimba and violoncello
Texts: Johann Peter Hebel
Duration: 7' 00"
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for recorder, marimba and violoncello
Texts: Johann Peter Hebel
Duration: 7' 00"
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JvE-MN-RV (2010)
for recorder and countertenor
Duration: 12' 00"
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for recorder and countertenor
Duration: 12' 00"
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JvE-MN-RVT (2010)
for recorder, countertenor and tape
Duration: 13' 00"
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for recorder, countertenor and tape
Duration: 13' 00"
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Vs/Cs (2010)
for virginal solo
Duration: 8' 00"
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for virginal solo
Duration: 8' 00"
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SJ-LaC-Etf (2010)
for flute, clarinet, trumpet, violon, viola and violoncello
Duration: 9' 00"
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for flute, clarinet, trumpet, violon, viola and violoncello
Duration: 9' 00"
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JvE-InD (2011)
for tenor recorder and countertenor
Duration: 7' 00"
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for tenor recorder and countertenor
Duration: 7' 00"
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IvS-E-12,7,22 (2011)
for flute, marimba and piano
Duration: 8' 00"
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for flute, marimba and piano
Duration: 8' 00"
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FOUR (2011)
Chamber opera
for male singer, recorder, violin, live electronics
Texts: Gisela-Ethaner Schelble, Eduard Mörike
Duration: 70' 00"
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Chamber opera
for male singer, recorder, violin, live electronics
Texts: Gisela-Ethaner Schelble, Eduard Mörike
Duration: 70' 00"
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fL'a&NVs (2011)
for tenor, baritone, violin, violoncello, piano and percussion
Duration: 8' 00"
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for tenor, baritone, violin, violoncello, piano and percussion
Duration: 8' 00"
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fCt (2011)
for clarinet, horn, bassoon, erhu, violin, viola, violoncello and contrabass
Duration: 8' 00"
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for clarinet, horn, bassoon, erhu, violin, viola, violoncello and contrabass
Duration: 8' 00"
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JvE-N (2011)
for tenor, baritone, bass, flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano
Duration: 8' 00"
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for tenor, baritone, bass, flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano
Duration: 8' 00"
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fK-SZ (2011)
for clarinet, horn, bassoon, marimba, violin, viola, violoncello and contrabass
Duration: 8' 00"
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for clarinet, horn, bassoon, marimba, violin, viola, violoncello and contrabass
Duration: 8' 00"
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Art.20-FW (2011)
for 2 singers, recorder, violoncello, piano and percussion
Duration: 8' 00"
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for 2 singers, recorder, violoncello, piano and percussion
Duration: 8' 00"
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fEP (2011)
for large mixed ensemble
Duration: 9' 00"
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for large mixed ensemble
Duration: 9' 00"
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fEdA (2011)
for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano
Duration: 9' 00"
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for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano
Duration: 9' 00"
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RMR-dP (2011)
for subbass recorder and electronics
Duration: 8' 00"
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for subbass recorder and electronics
Duration: 8' 00"
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OLO (2011)
for solo voice
Duration: 6' 00"
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for solo voice
Duration: 6' 00"
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O-M-F (2012)
for countertenor, recorders and live-tape
Duration: 15' 00"
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for countertenor, recorders and live-tape
Duration: 15' 00"
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Diskographie
Festival L’art pour l’Aar 2010/11 (Müller & Schade Nr. M&S 5079/2, 2011)
Haag, Ivo
Soós, Adrienne
Hagen, Javier
Mayer-Spohn, Ulrike
UMS 'n JIP
Keller, Max E.: Erinnerungen V (1988)
Frischknecht, Hans Eugen: Actions - Réactions (1998)
Frischknecht, Hans Eugen: Für zwei (1970)
Burkhard, Willy: Acht Sprüche aus dem "Cherubinischen Wandersmann" von Angelus Silesius, op. 17,1 (1927)
Bovey, Pierre-André: Arcturus (1997)
Bovey, Pierre-André: 2 Episodes (1996)
Furer, Arthur: 15 Blumenlieder (1953-1954)
Moeschinger, Albert: Der Herbst des Einsamen, op. 69 (1952)
Darbellay, Jean-Luc: Es war ein Kind, das wollte nie (2006)
Darbellay, Jean-Luc: Vela (2007)
Frischknecht, Hans Eugen: Quartett (2005)
Darbellay, Jean-Luc: BACH (2006-2007)
Darbellay, Jean-Luc: Dranse (2009)
Keller, Max E.: 1968 – und heute? (2010)
Bovey, Pierre-André: Lettre à Léonard sur les oiseaux (2010)
Gut, Ursula: Zeitlose (2011)
Mit weiteren Werken von: Christian Henking, Fritz Voegelin, Giorgio Tedde, Hans Studer, François Cattin
Interpreten:
Frischknecht, Hans EugenHaag, Ivo
Soós, Adrienne
Hagen, Javier
Mayer-Spohn, Ulrike
UMS 'n JIP
Werke:
Darbellay, Jean-Luc: Aube imaginaire (1994)Keller, Max E.: Erinnerungen V (1988)
Frischknecht, Hans Eugen: Actions - Réactions (1998)
Frischknecht, Hans Eugen: Für zwei (1970)
Burkhard, Willy: Acht Sprüche aus dem "Cherubinischen Wandersmann" von Angelus Silesius, op. 17,1 (1927)
Bovey, Pierre-André: Arcturus (1997)
Bovey, Pierre-André: 2 Episodes (1996)
Furer, Arthur: 15 Blumenlieder (1953-1954)
Moeschinger, Albert: Der Herbst des Einsamen, op. 69 (1952)
Darbellay, Jean-Luc: Es war ein Kind, das wollte nie (2006)
Darbellay, Jean-Luc: Vela (2007)
Frischknecht, Hans Eugen: Quartett (2005)
Darbellay, Jean-Luc: BACH (2006-2007)
Darbellay, Jean-Luc: Dranse (2009)
Keller, Max E.: 1968 – und heute? (2010)
Bovey, Pierre-André: Lettre à Léonard sur les oiseaux (2010)
Gut, Ursula: Zeitlose (2011)
Mit weiteren Werken von: Christian Henking, Fritz Voegelin, Giorgio Tedde, Hans Studer, François Cattin
The Swiss Project (part I). Contemporary Swiss Music (edition umsnjip Nr. 5, 2010)
Mayer-Spohn, Ulrike
UMS 'n JIP
Mit weiteren Werken von: Beat Gysin, Andreas Zurbriggen, Hans-Ulrich Lehmann
Interpreten:
Hagen, JavierMayer-Spohn, Ulrike
UMS 'n JIP
Mit weiteren Werken von: Beat Gysin, Andreas Zurbriggen, Hans-Ulrich Lehmann
THREE. Electropop opera (edition umsnjip Nr. 6, 2010)
Mayer-Spohn, Ulrike
UMS 'n JIP
Mit weiteren Werken von: Roland Dahinden, Mischa Käser, Maria Porten
Interpreten:
Hagen, JavierMayer-Spohn, Ulrike
UMS 'n JIP
Werke:
Hagen, Javier: THREE (2010)Mit weiteren Werken von: Roland Dahinden, Mischa Käser, Maria Porten
ONE. Contemporary chamber opera (UMS 'n JIP, 2009)
Mayer-Spohn, Ulrike
UMS 'n JIP
Interpreten:
Hagen, JavierMayer-Spohn, Ulrike
UMS 'n JIP
Werke:
Hagen, Javier: ONE (2008)Info: www.fonoteca.ch
The China Project (live). Contemporary &traditional Chinese music (edition umsnjip Nr. 3, 2009)
Mayer-Spohn, Ulrike
UMS 'n JIP
Mit weiteren Werken von: Deqing Wen, Huang Ruo, Du Yun, Tao Yu with Yulong Mao, Juanjuan Wang, Xu Bi
Interpreten:
Hagen, JavierMayer-Spohn, Ulrike
UMS 'n JIP
Mit weiteren Werken von: Deqing Wen, Huang Ruo, Du Yun, Tao Yu with Yulong Mao, Juanjuan Wang, Xu Bi
Info: www.fonoteca.ch
TWO (Ums 'n Jip, 2009)
Mayer-Spohn, Ulrike
UMS 'n JIP
Interpreten:
Hagen, JavierMayer-Spohn, Ulrike
UMS 'n JIP
Werke:
Hagen, Javier: TWO (2009)Info: www.fonoteca.ch
Maria Porten. Es war einst ein Paradies (VDE Gallo Nr. CD-1252, 2008)
Mayer-Spohn, Ulrike
UMS 'n JIP
Mit weiteren Werken von: Maria Porten
Interpreten:
Hagen, JavierMayer-Spohn, Ulrike
UMS 'n JIP
Mit weiteren Werken von: Maria Porten
Info: www.fonoteca.ch
Ensembles