Stimmwerck

The focus of their work together was the bringing of forgotten or less well known renaissance composers of early music in the German-speaking regions once again into public recognition.

To achieve this, they collaborated extensively with musicologists such as Ian Rumbold, Inga Mai Groote, and Katelijne Schiltz and actively engage in research.

[5] Their first compact disks, with works by Heinrich Finck (1445–1527), and Adam of Fulda (1444–1505), each received the highest possible rating of 5 stars in “Goldberg Magazine”.

They have been featured guests at Since 2005, the ensemble held an annual festival in early August named the “Stimmwercktage” (Stimmwerck Days) on the Adlersberg near Regensburg.

There, using such modern technology as laptops and projectors in place of paper manuscripts, the works of a particular renaissance composer were the subject of German language lectures by musicologists and performances by Stimmwerck.

Stimmwerck, with, from left to right, Franz Vitzthum, counter-tenor; Marcus Schmidl, bass; Gerhard Hölzle and Klaus Wenk, tenors.