Quadriga Consort
Quadriga Consort
Quadriga Consort aka Quadriga Early Music Band is an early music ensemble from Austria. Founded in 2001 by harpsichordist Nikolaus Newerkla, the ensemble plays rearranged early British and Irish traditional music.
Quadriga Consort has collaborated with South African-born jazz and pop singer Elisabeth Kaplan and has appeared at festivals in Austria, Europe and the United States.
Ensemble members
- Elisabeth Kaplan (singer)
- Angelika Huemer (recorders, treble viol)
- Karin Silldorff (recorders)
- Dominika Teufel (tenor viol)
- Peter Trefflinger (baroque cello)
- Laurenz Schiffermüller (percussion)
- Nikolaus Newerkla (harpsichord, arrangements, direction)
Discography
- 2003 Ground, Harp, Berlin
- 2005 As I Walked Forth: Songs & Tunes of the Isles, ORF, Vienna
- 2007 By Yon Bonnie Banks: Traditional Early Music of Scotland, ORF, Vienna - 5 stars, Goldberg Magazine, June 2007
- 2009 Quadriga Live: DVD, make, Vienna
- 2009 Songs from the British Isles, Live, gramola, Vienna
- 2011 Ships Ahoy!: Songs of Wind, Water and Tide, Alpha, Paris - "pasticcio" award, radio ORF 1
- 2012 On a Cold Winter's Day: Early Christmas Music and Carols from the British Isles, Carpe Diem Records, Bremen
Sheet Music
- Nikolaus Newerkla: Playford Dances & Carolan Tunes, Moeck, Celle, Germany, 2007
- Nikolaus Newerkla: Scarborough Fair, Moeck, Celle, Germany, 2008
- Nikolaus Newerkla: Ancient Tunes in New Consorts, Moeck, Celle, Germany, 2008
- Nikolaus Newerkla: Turlough O'Carolan - The Music of an Irish Harper, Bärenreiter, Kassel, Germany, 2012
- Nikolaus Newerkla: The English Dancing Master, Bärenreiter, Kassel, Germany, 2012