ABOUT ME
Angélica Meza is an Argentinian clarinet player based in The Hague. Under the tutelage of Eric Hoeprich, she completed a Master in Historical Performance - Historical Clarinet and Basset Horn at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague in 2020. She has performed on the historical clarinets, as part of opera and orchestral projects in Buenos Aires, Chile, and Brazil. Since 2017, she has been invited to perform in Belgium, Algeria, Switzerland, Amsterdam, Brazil, and Argentina, in chamber music concerts with basset horn trios in Vienna, wind ensembles, fortepiano, and strings in South America and Europe. She founded Westeinde Winds - Early Music Ensemble in 2021 in which she participated at the Bloomington Early Music Festival BLEMF22, Indiana, USA.
Angélica is also a founding member of Seisenburg Trio, a historical basset horn ensemble based in Vienna. With this group, she has participated in the MaiMusic2022 Early Music Festival, organized by MDW - the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna
As a teacher and performer, she was invited to a summer academy course in January 2022 at Femusc - Early Music Festival in Santa Catarina, Brazil, 17º Edition.
During 2023 she participated in chamber music concerts in NL featuring works for clarinet, Basset clarinet & String Quartet. With Seisenburg - Basserhorn Trio, winning one of the prizes in the Förderpreis Alte Musik 2023 competition in Germany
In the same year, with orchestra, she also participated in concerts, recording sessions, opera project Die Zauberflöte K.620 by W. A. Mozart, and festivals in The Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, France, and Belgium.
AUDIO - VIDEOS
W. A. Mozart, Die Zauberflöte, Marsch der Priester
Seisenburg Trio - Video - Basset Horn
W. A. Mozart, Die Zauberflöte, Marsch der Priester
Seisenburg Trio - Audio
W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791) Duo Nº 10 in C major - Andante
From 12 Duos for 2 horns (or 2 basset horns, "Kegelduette") K. 487 (K. 496a)
W. A. Mozart - TRIO I - Menuetto Serenade in B-flat K 361
Multitrack - 2 clarinets - 2 Basset horns
W. A. Mozart - Basset horn obbligato in Aria Nº 23 "Non più di Fiori" from La Clemenza di Tito
Basset horn - Fortepiano - Mezzo soprano
Beethoven / Friedlowsky, Basset horn Sonata op. 17 - Allegro Moderato
Basset horn & fortepiano
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) - Trio in B-flat major Op 11, Allegro con brio
Clarinet - Fortepiano - Cello
PHOTO GALLERY
AGENDA - CONCERTS 2024
NOVEMBER 9 - 18:00 | NOVEMBER 10 - 17:00
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) Die Jahreszeiten
Mitwirkende:
Annemarie Pfahler (Sopran)
Lorin Wey (Tenor)
Henryk Böhm (Bass)
Hamelner Kantorei an der Marktkirche
(Chorassistenz: Henrik Stark)
Ensemble Antico (auf historischen Instrumenten)
Leitung: Stefan Vanselow
🇩🇪 Marktkirche St. Nicolai , Hameln
More info: Here
OCTOBER 20 | 15:30
Zelenka: Requiem in D/ Vivaldi: Gloria/ J.S.Bach: Coronation Anthems 1,2
Florilegium Musicum
KCOV Excelsior
o.l.v. Gerrit Maas
🇳🇱 Dominicuskerk, Amsterdam
More info: Here
SEPTEMBER 29 | 17:00
Festkonzert "125 Jahre Banter Kirche"
F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Lobgesang
E. Grieg: Klavierkonzert
Ensemble Ars Cantandi & Banter Kammerorchester
Banter Kantorei
Markus Nitt, Leitung
🇩🇪 Banter Kirche, Wilhelmshaven
More info: Here
SEPTEMBER 7 | 19:00
ENSEMBLE PLANETARIS – THE “IMPERIAL CHAMBER HARMONIC” Historical arrangements of the works of Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from the Viennese Classical period played on historical-classical instruments
Beethoven’s 7th Symphony and excerpts from the operas “Don Giovanni” and “Le nozze di Figaro”
🇩🇪 Hemelinger Kirche, Bremen
More info: Here
JUNE 16 | 19:00
J. Haydn: Die Schöpfung
Bremer Barock Orchester
Leitung: Elisabeth Geppert
🇩🇪 Felicianus Kirche, Kirchweyhe
More info: Here
RESEARCH
A DISCOURSE ON THE BASSET HORN BETWEEN 1770 -1850 IN VIENNA AND GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
The basset horn is part of the clarinet family and its history begins in the late 18th century. It had at least seventy years lasting period of popularity in Germany and Austria but also in Bohemian countries, and England among other countries. Around 1850 to 1855 the basset horn began to disappear. This is the time period in the history of the basset horn this thesis explores. After an introduction, the beginning chapter will concentrate on different treatises or instructions written for this instrument like Albrechtsberger, Koch, Fröhlich or Mahon, bein compared to the main one, Backofen ’s Klarinett-Anweisung. Next, historical basset horn makers in Austria and other German-speaking countries will be listed and discussed. The fourth chapter deals with famous basset horn players of this era and tries to line up as many details known about them as possible. Also, the phenomenon of the basset clarinet as another additional low single-reed instrument will be investigated. A special focus lies in the following chapter: Mozart’s contribution to the repertoire of the basset horn. This complete list of his works highlights the role of the basset horn and also Mozart’s relationship with the famous player Anton Stadler. A detailed look on his Concerto in G (KV 621b) follows. At last but not least, a general overview of works including the basset horn will be presented. The thesis will finish with a conclusion to show what role the basset horn players had in the music world between 1770-1850 in Austria and other German-speaking countries.
Contact:
Angélica Meza | Historical Clarinet
Den Haag, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 6 17428859
E-mail: oudeklarinet@gmail.com
KVK 73240818 - VAT NL 002 499 442 B74