The DigiEnsemble Berlin - a group dedicated to exploring the possibilities of live performance with mobile music devices – is pushing boundaries with their arrangement of großer Herr, o starker König from Bach?s Christmas Oratorio.
The performance features baritone Tobias Berndt and a solo by DigiEnsemble Berlin founder Matthias Krebs.
While the group’s work is sometimes met with skepticism, Krebs says that the audience at “was pleasantly surprised and quickly won over.”
Krebs adds that the Bach performance is an important step in the group’s growth, due to the requirements of the piece. In order to achieve their goals for performing the work, the group had to incorporate new MIDI controllers and techniques. Details below.
