Element of Prime is an Austrian five-part recorder consort consisting of Carin van Heerden, Magdalena Rath, Domenika Thanner, Veronika Traxler and Michaela Vaught. The diversity of the recorder family and the resonance of the instruments when played in a consort represent the crowning glory (“prime”) of music-making for the five musicians. They share a fervent love of the “Flauto dolce” and founded the ensemble in 2015 at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz.
Since then, the ensemble has performed a.o. at the Brucknerhaus in Linz, Porgy & Bess Vienna, the Danube Festival in Strudengau and has appeared on Austrian national radio (Ö1). In 2019/2020 Element of Prime toured Austria as part of the Jeunesse education programme. The ensemble toured South Africa extensively in February 2024 and participated in outreach programmes and combined forces with well-known local vocal ensembles. Element of Prime enjoys combining Renaissance music with contemporary works in their concert programmes, often with close collaboration with composers.
The first CD recording, Most eloquent Music, celebrating English music at the time of William Shakespeare, will be released in Spring 2025 (label Querstand)
Element of Prime:
Carin van Heerden
Magdalena Rath
Domenika Thanner
Veronika Traxler
Michaela Vaught
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