Ensemble Sortisatio


Ensemble Sortisatio is a quartet founded by violist Matthias Sannemüller in 1992 in Leipzig, Germany. Its members are mostly soloists at the MDR Symphony Orchestra. They have specialized in contemporary classical music.

Formation

The Ensemble Sortisatio was founded in 1992 by Matthias Sannemüller in the city of Leipzig. Sannemüller was a pupil from Dietmar Hallmann and member of the Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler.
The name comes from the Sortisatio concept and refers to the casual combination of the instruments in the ensemble. The idea came from the composer Reiner Bredemeyer.
Members of the quartet are Walter Klingner, Axel Andrae, Matthias Sannemüller and Thomas Blumenthal. They are mostly soloists at the MDR Symphony Orchestra in Leipzig.
Sortisatio is today one of the most unusual ensembles in Germany. It inspired many national and international composers to write for them. They have worked with Karl Ottomar Treibmann, Günter Neubert, Thomas Müller, Christian Münch, Thomas Buchholz, Steffen Schleiermacher, Thomas Christoph Heyde, Helmut Oehring, Gerd Domhardt and other German composers.

8 Pieces on Paul Klee

The Swiss/Austrian Groupe Lacroix and Thüring Bräm dedicated 8 Pieces on Paul Klee to the Anniversary of the Central German Broadcasting. This composers group attended a master class with the Russian musician Edison Denisov. The work after Paul Klee was first performed by the Ensemble in Germany and Switzerland. Hong Kong composer Chan Wing-wah dedicated a trio Oriental Garden on Paul Klee in Bern & Winterthur to the Ensemble Sortisatio. Chan invited them to Hong Kong in 2009.

Ensemble Sortisatio

Sortisatios second record consists of compositions written by Michael Stöckigt, Reiner Bredemeyer, Gerd Sannemüller, Pēteris Vasks from Latvia, Thomas Böttger, Jean-Luc Darbellay from Switzerland, Helmut Bieler and Jean-Louis Petit from France.

Repertoire (Extract)

The following works were specially composed for the Ensemble Sortisatio:
ComponistWork
Michael StöckigtAspekte zu Mozart
Reiner BredemeyerQuartett-Stücke 7 & Leipzig ein und Leipzig
Gerd SannemüllerDrei Essays
Peteris VasksDrei Blicke
Thomas BöttgerDanse oubliee
Jean-Luc DarbellayQuartetto & Sozusagen
Helmut BielerSzenen für Ensemble
Jean-Louis PetitSortisatio l
Thüring BrämBesessenes Mädchen
Michael SchneiderShark Turtle Ray
Marianne SchroederWie der Klee vierblättrig wurde: Quartett
John Wolf BrennanN-gl
Alfons Karl ZwickerTrauernd
Michael RadanovicsEntweihte Sphinx, Die Sphinx geht
Christian WolffIn between Piece for 3 players
John CageFor 3 voices
Steffen SchleiermacherQuartett & Stockend Fließend
Antoine Beugerdie Stille, die Zeichen
Karl Ottomar TreibmannConsort-Sonate & Kommen und Gehen
Christian Münchquartetto da capo
Gerd DomhardtOrpheus: Fragmente III
Helmut OehringLethal Injektion & dersu
Günter NeubertTriptychon
Werner ThielemannHommage für Marc Chagall
Thomas BuchholzFluxion 111
Helmut BielerSzenen für Ensemble
Alfred Thomas MüllerProteus
Willi VoglGrüne lnseln
Thomas Christoph HeydeAnsichtennetz
Péter KőszeghyCrossover
Caspar René Hirschfeldquattro balli sorteggiati

Discography