|
Technical & Musical Terms &
Abbreviations
Part 5: Acronyms of Performers |
|
Acronym |
Full Words |
Explanation |
Source |
|
AAA |
Ars Antiqua Austria |
Austrian Instrumental Baroque Ensemble |
AO |
|
AAM |
The Academy of
Ancient Music |
English HIP Chamber Orchestra |
Website |
|
AAMB |
Akademie für Alte Musik
Berlin |
German Baroque Orchestra |
AO |
|
ABC |
The American Boychoir |
American Boys Choir |
AO |
|
ABF |
Ansbach Bach Festival |
Choir & Orchestra |
AO |
|
ABO&C |
Amsterdam Baroque
Orchestra & Choir |
Dutch Baroque Orchestra & Choir |
AO |
|
ABM |
Académie Baroque de Montréal |
Canadian Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
ABS |
American Bach Soloists |
American Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
ABV |
Aachener Bachverein |
German Choir |
AO |
|
ACC |
Chœur de Chambre Accentus |
French Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
ACO |
Amsterdam Chamber Orchestra |
Dutch Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
ACO2 |
Australian Chamber Orchestra |
Australian Chamber Orchestra |
Website |
|
ADC |
Aachener Domchor |
German Choir |
AO |
|
ADK |
Augsburger Domsingknaben |
Austrian Boys’ Choir |
AO |
|
AFK |
Accademia Filarmonica Köln |
German Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
AL |
Akateeminen Laulu ry (Academic
Choral Society), Helsinki |
Finnish Choir |
Website |
|
AMN |
Amadeus-Chor & Orchester |
Choir & Orchestra |
AO |
|
ANSC |
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia
Nazionale di Santa Cecilia |
Italian Choir & Orchestra |
AO |
|
ARJ |
Anthony
Rolfe-Johnson |
English Tenor |
Arbeitman |
|
ASC |
Arnold Schoenberg Chor |
Austrian Choir |
AO |
|
ASKC |
Aurelius Sängerknaben Calw |
German Boys’ Choir |
AO |
|
ASMF |
Academy of St
Martin-in-the-Fields |
English Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
ASO |
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra |
American Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
ASQ |
Alexander String Quartet |
American Chamber Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
ASU-EME |
ASU Early Music Ensemble |
Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
AVE |
Alsfelder
Vokalensemble |
German Vocal Ensemble |
AO |
|
AVM |
Arcis-Vocalisten München |
German Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
AWC |
Anton-Webern-Chor |
German Choir |
AO |
|
BAG |
Bach Aria Group |
American Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
BAMG |
Chorus & Orchestra of the
Bach Akademie Meiji Gakuin Tokyo |
Japanese Choir & Orchestra |
AO |
|
BBC |
Basler Bach-Chor |
Swiss Choir |
AO |
|
BBCCO |
BBC Concert Orchestra |
English Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
BBCP |
BBC Philharmonic |
English Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
BBCSC |
BBC Chorus/ BBC Symphony Chorus |
English Choir |
AO |
|
BBCSO |
BBC Symphony Orchestra |
English Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
BBE |
Boston Bach Ensemble |
American Choir & Period-Instrument Orchestra |
AO |
|
BBL |
Baroque Brass of London |
English Brass Ensemble |
Website |
|
BBO |
Bremer Bach-Orchester |
German Orchestra |
AO |
|
BBS |
Berliner Barock Solisten |
German Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
BC&OM |
Bach Choir & Orchestra
of Mainz |
German Choir & Otchestra |
AO |
|
BCB |
Bach-Collegium Berlin |
German Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
BCCPO |
Bach Cantata Choir, Portland,
Oregon |
Choir & Orchestra |
AO |
|
BDP |
Bambini di Praga |
Czech Children's Choir |
Website |
|
BCJ |
Bach Collegium
Japan |
Japanese Vocal & Instrumental Ensemnle |
AO |
|
BCJKH |
Bachchor der Johanniskantorei
Halle |
German Choir |
AO |
|
BCM |
Bach Collegium München |
German Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
BCS |
Bach-Collegium
Stuttgart |
German Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
BCT |
Bach-Chor Tübingen |
German Choir |
AO |
|
BEL |
Bach-Ensemble Luzern |
Swiss Choir & Orchestra |
Website |
|
BKP |
Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie |
German Chamber Orchestra |
Website |
|
BMC |
Blanche Moyse Chorale |
American Choir |
AO |
|
BOB |
Bach-Orchester Berlin |
German Orchestra |
AO |
|
BOCB |
Barockorchester Capriccio Basel |
Swiss Baroque Orchestra |
AO |
|
BODH |
Barockorchester Den Haag |
Dutch Baroque Orchestra |
AO |
|
BOLA |
Barockorchester L'ARCO |
German Baroque Orchestra |
AO |
|
BOLAF |
Barockorchester L’arpa
festante |
German Baroque Orchestra |
AO |
|
BOP |
Bachorchester Pforzheim |
German Orchestra |
AO |
|
BOS |
Barockorchester Stuttgart |
German Baroque Orchestra |
AO |
|
BPO |
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra |
Hungarian Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
BSA |
Berliner
Singakademie |
German Choir |
Website |
|
BSCD |
Bach Collegium San Diego |
American Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
BSK |
Badische Staatskapelle |
German Orchestra |
AO |
|
BRSO |
Bayerischer Rundfunk
Symphonieorchester |
German Symphony Orchestra (& Choir) |
AO |
|
BSO |
Boston Symphony Orchestra |
American Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
BSOF |
Brandenburgisches
Staatsorchester Frankfurt |
German Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
BSUCCT |
Bloor Street United Church
Choir, Toronto |
Canadian Choir |
AO |
|
BTCO |
Bolshoi Theater Chamber
Orchestra |
Russian Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
BTEM |
Bach Trompetensemble München |
German Trumpet Ensemble |
AO |
|
BWMC |
Baldwin-Wallace Motet Choir |
American Choir |
AO |
|
CAS |
Camerata Academica Salzburg |
Austrian Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
CASW |
Choral Arts Society of
Washington |
American Choir & Orchestra |
AO |
|
CBCSO |
CBC Symphony Orchestra |
Canadaian Symphony Orchestra |
Common |
|
CBCVO |
CBC Vancouver Orchestra |
Canadian Orchestra |
AO |
|
CBSO |
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra |
English Orchestra |
AO |
|
CCA |
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam |
Dutch Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
CCCC |
Christ Church Cathedral Choir |
English Boys’ Choir |
AO |
|
CCE |
Chamber Choir of Europe |
European Chamber Choir |
Website |
|
CCL |
Chursächsische Capelle
Leipzig |
German Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
CCM |
Le Choeur Classique De Montréal |
Canadian Choir |
AO |
|
CCN |
Choeur de Chambre de Namur |
Belgian Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
CCO |
Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra |
Dutch Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
CCRDAM |
Children's Choir of the Royal
Danish Academy of Music |
Danish Children’s Choir |
AO |
|
CFC |
Children's Festival Chorus of
Pittsburgh |
American Children’s Choir |
USA |
|
CGN |
Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern |
German Choir |
AO |
|
CGSB |
Chorgemeinschaft St. Bernhard,
München |
German Choir |
AO |
|
CGSS |
Chorgemeinschaft St. Sebastian |
German Choir |
AO |
|
CIB |
Collegium Instrumentale Brugense |
Belgian Orchestra |
AO |
|
CLS |
City of London Sinfonia |
English Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
CMBV |
Les Chantres du Centre de
Musique Baroque de Versailles |
French Choir |
Website |
|
CMK |
Chorus Musicus Köln |
German Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
CMW |
Concentus
Musicus Wien |
Austrian Instrumantal Ensemble |
Braatz |
|
CM-TUC |
Motettenchor und Collegium
Musicum der TU Chemnitz |
Grman Choir & Orchestra |
AO |
|
CM-WDR |
Collegium Musicum des
Westdeutscher Rundfunk |
German Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
CMWI |
Collegium Musicum Wilhelm
Isselmann |
Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
CM90 |
Collegium
Musicum 90 |
English Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
CNCO |
Choir of New College, Oxford |
English Choir |
AO |
|
CNSO |
Czech National Symphony
Orchestra |
Czech Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
CoCo |
Concerto Copenhagen |
Danish Period-Instrument Ensemble |
Website |
|
COE |
Chamber Orchestra of Europe |
European Chamber Orchestra |
Website |
|
CPAL |
Chœur Pro Arte de Laussane |
Swiss Choir |
Website |
|
CPONot Used |
Copenhagen
Philharmonic Orchestra |
Danish Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
CPO |
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra |
Czech Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
CRA |
Choeur Regional d'Auvergne |
French Choir |
AO |
|
CSC |
Chicago Symphony Chorus |
American Choir |
AO |
|
CSE |
Collegium St. Emmerson |
German Orchestra |
AO |
|
CSHKB |
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
Berlin |
German Choir |
AO |
|
CSIC |
Chamber Singers of Iowa City |
American Choir |
AO |
|
CSIL |
Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola |
American Choir |
AO |
|
CSMH |
Chor St. Michaelis Hamburg |
German Choir |
AO |
|
CSO |
Chicago
Symphony Orchestra |
American Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
CSOnot used |
Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra |
American Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
CVG |
Collegium
Vocale Gent |
Belgian Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
CVL |
Collegium Vocale Leipzig |
German Vocal Ensemble |
AO |
|
CVT |
Coro Valdese di Torino |
Italian Choir |
AO |
|
CVTU |
Camerata vocalis of Tübingen
University |
German Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
CWCZ |
Kammerchor Clara-Wieck-Chöre
Zwickau |
German Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
DBO |
Dresdner Barockorchester |
German Baroque Orchestra |
AO |
|
DBS |
Deutsche Bachsolisten |
German Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
DFD |
Dietrich
Fischer-Dieskau |
German Bass-Baritone Singer |
AO |
|
DHBO |
Barockorchester Den Haag |
Dutch Baroque Orchestra |
Website |
|
DKA |
Deutsche Kammerakademie |
German Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
DKDF |
Kantorei der Dreikönigskirche
Frankfurt |
German Choir |
AO |
|
DKK |
Dresdner Kapellknaben |
German Boys’ Choir |
AO |
|
DKKH |
Debreceni Kodály Kórus |
Hungarian Choir |
Website |
|
DKO |
Detmolder Kammerorchester |
German Chamber Orchestra |
Website |
|
DKP |
Domkantorei Paderborn |
German Choir |
AO |
|
DKPB |
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Bremen |
German Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
DKVB |
Deutsche Kammer-Virtuosen Berlin |
German Chamber Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
DLC |
Dresdner Kammerchor |
German Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
DNO |
Das Neue Orchester |
German Period Instruments Orchestra |
AO |
|
DNSO |
Danish National Symphony
Orchestra
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra |
Danish Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
DSO |
Detroit Symphony Orchestra |
American Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
DSOnot used |
Dallas Symphony
Orchestra |
American Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
DSOB |
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester
Berlin / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester-Berlin |
German Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
EBL (2) |
Ensemble Baroque du Léman |
Swiss Instrumental Baroque Ensemble |
AO |
|
EBL (1) |
Ensemble
Baroque de Limoges |
French Instrumental Baroque Ensemble |
AO |
|
EBN |
L'Ensemble-Orchestre
régional de Basse-Normandie / L'Ensemble
de Basse-Normandie / Ensemble Instrumental de
Basse Normandie |
French Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
EBS |
English
Baroque Soloists |
English Baroque Ensemble |
AO |
|
EBT |
Ensemble Baroque de Toulouse
(EBT) |
French Baroque Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble |
Website |
|
ECA |
Europa Chor Akademie |
German Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
ECC |
Ensemble Choral de la Côte,
Nyon |
Swiss Choir |
AO |
|
ECO |
English Chamber Orchestra |
English Chamber Orchestra |
Website |
|
EECC |
Eric Ericson Chamber
Choir |
Swedish Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
EG |
Ensemble Galilei |
American Instrumental Ensemble |
Website |
|
EJF |
Evangelisches Jugendchor Fürstenfeldbruck
& Bach-Orchester Fürstenfeldbruck |
German Choir & Orchestra |
AO |
|
EKSI |
Evangelische Kantorei St.
Ingbert |
German Choir |
AO |
|
EMK |
Ensemble Metamorphosis Köln |
German Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
EMP |
Ensemble Métamorphoses de
Paris |
Frence Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
EMPF |
Ensemble Musica Poetica Freiburg |
German Baroque Instrumental & Vocal Ensemble |
AO |
|
EMSC |
European Medical Students' Choir |
European Choir |
Website |
|
EMVS |
Ensemble musica viva Stuttgart |
German Chamber Ensemble |
AO |
|
ENP |
English Northern Philharmonia |
English Orchestra |
AO |
|
EOP |
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris |
French Orchestra |
AO |
|
EPCC |
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber
Choir |
Estonian Chamber Choir |
Website |
|
ERSO |
Estonian National Symphony
Orchestra
Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra |
Estonian Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
ESCB |
Ernst Senff Chor Berlin |
German Choir |
AO |
|
EUBO |
European Union Baroque Orchestra |
European Baroque Orchestra |
Website |
|
EVCT |
Ensemble Vocal Coeli et Terra |
French Vocal Ensemble |
AO |
|
EVE |
Ensemble Vocal Euterpe |
Swiss Vocal Ensemble |
AO |
|
EVL |
Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne |
Swiss Vocal Ensemble |
AO |
|
FAB |
Fine Arts Brass Ensemble |
English Brass Ensemble |
Website |
|
FBO |
Freiburger
Barockorchester |
German Baroque Orchestra |
AO |
|
FCCL |
Favorit- und Capellchor Leipzig |
German Vocal Ensemble |
AO |
|
FGKS |
Figuralchor der Gedächtniskirche
Stuttgart |
German Choir |
AO |
|
FK |
Frankfurter
Kantorei |
German Choir |
AO |
|
FKO |
Frankfurter Kantatenorchester |
GermanOrchestra |
AO |
|
FLCO |
Ferenc Liszt Chamber Orchestra |
Hungarian Chamber Orchesta |
AO |
|
FMD |
Fuldaer Mädchenkantorei und
Domsingknaben |
German Choir |
AO |
|
FMR |
Florilegium Musicum Rotterdam |
Dutch Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
FRSO |
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra |
Finnish Symphony Orchestre |
AO |
|
FSA |
Frankfurter Singakademie |
German Choir |
AO |
|
FSBQ |
Florida State Brass Quintet |
American Brass Quintet |
Website |
|
FVE |
Freiburger Vokalensemble |
German Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
FW |
Fritz Werner |
German Conductor |
|
|
GAG |
Gli Angeli Genève |
Swiss Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
GBC |
Gifu Bach-Chor |
Japanese Choir |
AO |
|
GCC |
Grupo de Canto Coral |
Argentinean Chamber Choir |
Website |
|
GCZ |
Gemischte Chor Zürich |
Swiss Choir |
AO |
|
GDC |
Gloriæ Dei Cantores |
American Choir |
AO |
|
GECC |
Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus |
American Children’s Choir |
AO |
|
GKS |
Gächinger
Kantorei Stuttgart |
German Choir |
AO |
|
GKS |
Grazer Keplerspatzen |
Austrian Choir |
AO |
|
GOL |
Gewandhausorchester
Leipzig |
German Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
GSG |
Gerhard
Schmidt-Gaden |
German Choral Conductor |
Panito |
|
GSK |
Göttinger Stadtkantorei |
German Choir |
AO |
|
H&HS |
Handel and Haydn Society |
American Choir & Orchestra |
AO |
|
H&L |
Nikolaus
Harnoncourt & Gustav
Leonhardt |
Austrian & Dutch conductors, who co-joined in the
recording of the first complete Bach Cantatas cycle on original
instruments |
AO |
|
HBC |
Holland Boys Choir |
Dutch Choir |
AO |
|
HBCO |
Harvard Baroque Chamber
Orchestra |
American Chamber Orchestra |
Website |
|
HBE |
Haarlems Bach Ensemble |
Dutch Choir & Orchestra |
Website |
|
HBO |
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra |
American Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
HCB |
Handel Choir of Baltimore |
American Choir |
AO |
|
HGC |
Harvard Glee Club |
American Men Choir |
AO |
|
HGO |
Het Gelders Orkest |
Dutch Orchestra |
Website |
|
HHK |
Hannoversche Hofkapelle |
German Chamber Orchestra |
Website |
|
HHO |
Hart House Orchestra |
Canadian Chamber Orchestra |
Website |
|
HKO |
Heidelberger Kammerorchester |
German Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
HMC |
Heidelberger Madrigalchor |
German Choir |
AO |
|
HMS&C |
His Majesty's Sagbutts and
Cornetts |
English Wind Instrumets Ensemble |
AO |
|
HRM |
Hilde Rössl-Majdan |
Austrian Contralto |
AO |
|
HRSO |
Hungarian Radio Symphony
Orchestra
Budapest Symphony Orchestra |
Hungarian Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
HR-SO |
HR-Sinfonieorchester
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra |
Germany Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
HSCH |
Heinrich-Schütz-Chor
Heilbronn |
German Choir |
AO |
|
HSCM |
Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Münster |
German Choir |
AO |
|
HSEM |
Heinrich-Schütz-Ensemble München |
German Choir |
AO |
|
HvK |
Herbert von
Karajan |
German Conductor |
AO |
|
IBS |
Israeli Bach Soloists |
Israeli Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble |
Website |
|
ICB |
Il Complesso Barocco |
Italian Baroque Orchestra |
AO |
|
ICC |
Imogen Children’s Chorale |
Australian Children's Choir |
Website |
|
ICO |
Irish Chamber Orchestra |
Irish Chamber Orchestra |
Website |
|
IGA |
Il Giardino
Armonico |
Italian Instrumental Ensemble |
Braatz |
|
IPO |
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra |
Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
ISDZ |
I Solisti di Zagreb |
Yugoslavian Chamber Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
ISM |
Il Seminario Musicale |
French Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
IUPAS |
Indiana University Pro Arte
Singers |
American Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
IUS |
Indiana University Singers |
American Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
IWU-CC |
Illinois Wesleyan University
Collegiate Choir |
American Choir |
AO |
|
JBO |
Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra |
Israeli Baroque Orchestra |
|
|
JCBA |
Johann Christian Bach-Akademie |
German Chamber Orchestra |
Website |
|
JCCC |
Jesus College Chapel Choir,
Cambridge |
Choir |
AO |
|
JEG |
John Eliot
Gardiner |
English Conductor |
AO |
|
JKCBW |
Junger Kammerchor Baden-Württemberg |
German Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
JKCD |
Junger KonzertChor Düsseldorf |
German Choir |
Website |
|
JKH |
Jugendkantorei Hösel |
German Boys' Choir |
Website |
|
JVEH |
Junges Vokalensemble Hannover |
Vocal Ensemble |
AO |
|
JvK |
John van Kesteren |
Dutch Tenor |
AO |
|
KAC |
Kibbutz Artzi Choir |
Israeli Choir |
|
|
KBE |
Kettwiger Bach-Ensemble |
German Choir |
AO |
|
KBG |
Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke |
German Choir |
AO |
|
KCCIS |
Knabenchor Collegium Iuvenum
Stuttgart |
German Boys’ Choir |
AO |
|
KCH |
Knabenchor
Hannover |
German Boys’ Choir |
AO |
|
KCM |
Kammerchor Mannheim |
German Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
KCO |
Kammerchor Oberaspach |
Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
KCP |
Kühn’s Choir Prague |
Czech Choir |
AO |
|
KDKF |
Kantorei der Dreikönigskirche
Frankfurt |
German Choir |
AO |
|
KIK |
Kantorei der Immanuelkirche,
München |
German Choir |
AO |
|
KKB |
Knabenkantorei Basel |
Boys' Choir |
Website |
|
KKC |
Kölner
Kammerchor |
German Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
KKO |
Kölner Kammerorchester |
German Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
KOB |
Kammerorchester Berlin |
German Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
KODS |
Kammerorchester Dieter Sauer |
German Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
KPK |
Kammerphilharmonie Kaiserpfalz |
German Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
KPKDH |
Kantorei der Pauluskirche
Duisburg-Hochfeld |
German Choir |
AO |
|
KSJ |
Kantorei St. Jacobi Hamburg |
German Choir |
AO |
|
KSMH |
Kantorei St. Mauritius Hardegsen |
German Choir |
AO |
|
LACO |
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra |
American Chamber Orchestra |
AO AO |
|
LAF |
Les Arts Florissants |
Orchestra & Choir |
AO |
|
LAPO |
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra |
American Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
LBC |
Leipzig Bläser-Collegium |
German Brass Ensemble |
AO |
|
LBO |
Leipziger Barockorchester |
German Baroque Orchestra |
AO |
|
LBS |
London Bach Society |
English Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
LC |
Leonhardt-Consort |
Dutch Instrumental Ensemble |
Braatz |
|
LCDA |
Le Concert d'Astrée |
Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble |
France |
|
LCE |
Leipziger Concert Ensemble |
German Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
LCO (1) |
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra |
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra |
Website |
|
LCO (2) |
London
Chamber Orchestra (LCO) |
English Chamber Orchestra |
Website |
|
LCR |
La Chapelle Rhénane (LCR) |
French Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
LCS |
London Choral Society
London Chorus |
English Choir |
Website |
|
LCV |
Das Leipziger Concerto Vocale |
German Vocal Ensemble |
AO |
|
LFF |
Les Folies Françoises |
French Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
LFKZ |
Liszt Ferenc Kamarazenekar |
Hungarian Chamber Orchestra |
Website |
|
LFS |
Festival Strings Lucerne =
Lucerne Festival Strings |
Swiss Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
LHL |
Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson |
American Mezzo-soprano |
Arbeitman |
|
LHMF |
Leith Hill Music Festival Chorus
& Orchestra |
English Choir & Orchestra |
AO |
|
LOJC |
London Oratory Junior Choir |
English Boys Choir |
AO |
|
LOM |
L’Offrande Musicale |
Belgian Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
LPAO |
London Pro Arte Orchestra |
English Orchestra |
AO |
|
LPB |
La Petite Bande |
Belgian Baroque Instrumental & Choral Ensemble |
AO |
|
LPDM |
Le Parlement de Musique |
French Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
LPM |
London Pro Musica |
Canadian Choir |
Website |
|
LPO |
London Philharmonic Orchestra |
English Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
LSF |
La Stagione Frankfurt |
German Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
LSO |
London Symphony Orchestra |
English Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
LUC |
Leipziger Universitätschor |
German Choir |
AO |
|
LVB |
Les Voix Baroques |
Canadian Chamber Baroque Ensemble |
AO |
|
LVDR |
Les Violons du Roy |
Canadian Chamber Orchestra & Choir |
AO |
|
LVE |
Leipziger Vocalensemble |
German Vocal Ensemble |
AO |
|
M4M |
Measure for Measure |
American Choir |
Website |
|
MAB |
Musica Aeterna Bratislava |
Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
MABO |
Musica Angelica Baroque
Orchestra |
American Baroque Orchestra |
Website |
|
MAK |
Musica Antiqua Köln |
German Instrumental Ensemble |
Braatz |
|
MBC |
Mannheim Bach Choir |
German Choir |
AO |
|
MBS |
Münchner Bachsolisten |
German Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
MC |
Monadnock Chorus
& Orchestra |
American Choir & Orchestra |
Website |
|
MCK |
Kärntner Madrigalchor
Klagenfurt |
Austrian Choir |
Orob |
|
MCO |
Moscow Chamber Orchestra |
Russian Chamber Orchestra |
Website |
|
MCOnot used |
Mahler
Chamber Orchestra |
Chamber Orchestra |
Website |
|
MCP |
Motettenchor Pforzheim |
German Choir |
AO |
|
MCS |
Motettenchor Stuttgart |
German Choir |
AO |
|
MCW |
Monteverdichor Würzburg |
German Choir |
AO |
|
MDLG |
Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble |
French Orchestra |
Website |
|
MDRSO |
MDR Sinfonieorchester |
German Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
MGC |
Maîtrise de garçons
de Colmar |
French Boys Choir |
AO |
|
MKK |
Mikaeli Kammarkör |
Swedish Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
MKO |
Münchener Kammerorchester |
German Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
MKOU |
Motettkören i Gamla Uppsala
Kyrka |
Swedish Choir |
AO |
|
MMFO |
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
/ Mostly Mozart Orchestra |
American Chamber Orchestra |
Website |
|
MOM |
Monteverdi-Orchester München |
German HIP Orchestra |
AO |
|
MOS |
Michael O'Neal Singers |
American Choir |
Website |
|
MPCO |
Minsk Philharmonic Chamber
Orchestra |
Russian Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
MSO |
Münchner Symphoniker |
German Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
MTC |
Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
American Choir |
AO |
|
MUCC |
Marshall University Chamber
Choir / Marshall University Choral Union |
American Choirs |
AO |
|
MWC |
Masterwork Chorus & Orchestra |
American Choir & Orchestra |
AO |
|
NBC |
Netherlands
Bach Collegium |
Dutch Baroque Orchestra |
AO |
|
NBCML |
Neues Bachisches
Collegium Musicum Leipzig |
German Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
NBCSO |
NBC Symphony Orchestra |
Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
NBE |
Niagara Brass Ensemble |
Canadian Brass Ensemble |
AO |
|
NBO |
Norwegian Baroque Orchestra |
Norwegian Baroque Orchestra |
AO |
|
NBV |
Nederlandse
Bach Vereniging |
Dutch Choir & Baroque Orchestra |
AO |
|
NCC |
Nederlands
Kamerkoor |
Dutch Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
NCV |
Neue Chorgemeinschaft
Vaterstetten |
German Choir |
AO |
|
NDBO |
Norddeutsches Barockorchester |
German Baroque Orchestra |
AO |
|
NDFC |
Norddeutscher Figuralchor |
German Choir |
AO |
|
NDR Chor |
Norddeutschen Rundfunk Chor |
German Choir |
Website |
|
NDR-SO |
Norddeutschen Rundfunk
Sinfonieorchester |
Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
NH |
Nikolaus
Harnoncourt |
Austrian Conductor |
Panito |
|
NHM |
Neue Hofkapelle München |
German Orchestra |
AO |
|
NICE |
New Israeli Chamber Ensemble |
Israeli Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
NIVE |
New Israeli Vocal Ensemble |
Vocal Ensemble |
Website |
|
NQHO |
New Queen’s Hall Orchestra |
English Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
MITSO |
MIT Symphony Orchestra |
American Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
NJSO |
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra |
American Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
NKO |
Nederlands Kamerorkest |
Dutch Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
NLBO |
Neues Leipziger Barockensemble |
German Instrumental Baroque Ensemble |
AO |
|
NLC |
New London Consort |
English Early Music Ensemble |
Website |
|
NLCR |
National Lutheran Choir |
American Choir |
Website |
|
NOCC |
Nordic Chamber Choir |
German Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
NRC |
Netherlands Radio Choir |
Dutch Choir |
AO |
|
NRCP |
Netherlands Radio Chamber
Philharmonic
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra |
Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
NRK |
Niederrheinische Kantorei |
German Choir |
AO |
|
NSO |
National Symphony Orchestra |
Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
NYCA |
New York Choral Artists |
American Choir |
AO |
|
NYO |
National Youth Orchestra of Great
Britain |
British Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
NYPO |
New York Philharmonic Orchestra |
American Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
NZSO |
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra |
Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
OAE |
Orchestra of the Age of
Enlightenment |
Baroque Orchestra |
AO |
|
OAF |
Orchester ad fontes |
Swiss Orchestra |
AO |
|
OAIK |
Orchesterakademie an der
Immanuelskirche |
German Orchestra |
AO |
|
OBC |
Ottawa Bach Choir |
Canadian Choir |
Website |
|
OBKV |
Okayama Bach Kantaten Verein |
Japanese Choir |
AO |
|
OCM |
Orpheus Chor München |
German Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
OCO |
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra |
Finnish Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
OCO |
Ohio Chamber
Orchestra |
American Chamber Orchestra |
Web |
|
OCP |
Oratorienchor Pforzheim |
German Choir |
AO |
|
OCW |
Oratorienchor Würzburg |
German Choir |
Website |
|
OEM |
Odeon-Ensemble München |
German Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
OFCA |
Olde Friends Concert Artists |
American Istrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
OFGC |
Orquesta Filarmónica de
Gran Canaria |
Spanish Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
OFM |
Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana |
Italian Orchestra |
AO |
|
OKPR |
Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra
(Orkiestra Kameralna Polskiego Radia Amadeus) |
Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
OKVM |
Orchester der KlangVerwaltung München |
German Orchestra |
AO |
|
ONF |
Orchestre National de France |
French Symphony Orchestra |
Common |
|
OS |
Orchestra Seattle |
American Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
OSI |
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana |
Orchestra |
Oron |
|
OSL |
Orchestra of St. Luke's |
American Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
OSQ |
Orchestre Symphonique de Québec |
Canadian Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
OSR |
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande |
Swiss Orchestra |
Website |
|
OVE |
Ostfälisches Vokalensemble |
German Vocal Ensemble |
AO |
|
OVG |
Orchesterverein Götzis |
Austrian Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
PA |
Paul Agnew |
Scottish Tenor |
Galina |
|
PAOM |
Pro Arte Orchestra, Munich |
German Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
PAS |
Pro Arte Singers |
American Vocal Ensemble |
Website |
|
PBE |
Pauliner Barockensemble |
German Baroque Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
PBO |
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
(San Francisco) |
American Baroque Orchestra |
Website |
|
PCK |
Philharmonischer Chor Köln
(PCK) |
Choir |
AO |
|
PCO |
Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra |
German Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
PCV |
Maîtrise des Petits
Chanteurs de Versailles |
French Choir |
AO |
|
PJBE |
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble |
English Brass Ensemble |
Website |
|
PJL |
Pieter Jan Leusink |
Dutch Conductor |
AO |
|
PKO |
Prague Chamber Orchestra |
Czech Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
PKP |
Polnische Kammerphilharmonie |
Polish Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
PMD |
Peter Maxwell
Davies |
English Composer |
Common |
|
PNKU |
Philipp-Nicolai-Kantorei Unna |
German Choir |
AO |
|
PNRSO |
Polish National Radio Symphony
Orchestra |
Polish Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
POL |
Philomusica of London / Boyd
Neel Orchestra |
English Chamber Orchestre |
AO |
|
PQ |
Purcell Quartet |
English Chamber Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
PSO |
Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra |
American Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
PTC |
Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort |
German Trumpet Consort |
AO |
|
PVNY |
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New
York |
American Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
QNG |
Quartet New Generation |
Dutch-German Recorder Collective |
Website |
|
RBO |
Randstedelijk Begeleidings Orkest |
Dutch Orchestra |
AO |
|
RC |
Ricercar Consort |
Belgian Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
RCA-VSO |
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra |
American Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
RCB |
Rundfunkchor Berlin |
German Choir |
Website |
|
RCL |
Rundfunkchor Leipzig |
GermanChoir |
AO |
|
RCO |
Concertgebouw
Orchestra Amsterdam |
Dutch Orchestra |
AO |
|
RFPO |
Royal Flanders Philharmonic
Orchestra
Royal Flemish Philharmonic |
Belgian Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
RCS |
Radcliffe Choral Society |
American Women Choir |
AO |
|
RCS-L |
Royal Choral Society |
English Choir |
AO |
|
RLPO |
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra |
English Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
RMC |
Rostocker Motettenchor |
Gerrman Choir |
AO |
|
RPHO |
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra |
Dutch Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
RPO |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
RSC |
Robert Shaw Chorale |
American Choir |
AMG |
|
RSPO |
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic
Orchestra |
Swedish Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
SAKH |
St.-Andreas-Kantorei Hildesheim |
German Choir |
AO |
|
SBC |
Stockholm Bach Choir |
Swedish Choir |
AO |
|
SBC |
Schneidt Bach
Choir & Orchestra |
Japanese Choir & Orchestra |
AO |
|
SBC&O |
Stuttgarter Bach-Chor und
Orchester |
Choir & Orchestra |
AO |
|
SBCH |
Boys’ Choir of St Bavo’s
Cathedral, Haarlem |
Boys Choir |
AO |
|
SBE |
Scholars
Baroque Ensemble |
English Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
SBE |
Salzburger Barockensemble |
Austrian Instrumental Baroque Ensemble |
AO |
|
SBO |
Seattle Baroque Orchestra |
American Baroque Orchestra |
Website |
|
SBP |
Steinitz Bach Players |
Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
SBS |
Scottish Baroque Soloists |
Scottish Baroque Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
SCB |
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis |
Swiss Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble |
Website |
|
SCC |
Saar Chamber Orchestra |
German Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
SCCD |
Schola Cantorum Cantate Domino |
Belgian Boys’ Choir |
AO |
|
SCCOV |
St. Christopher Chamber
Orchestra of Vilnius |
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
SCO |
Scottish Chamber Orchestra &
Chorus |
Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Choir |
AO |
|
SCO |
Stuttgarter
Kammerorchester |
German Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
SCP |
Smithsonian Chamber Players |
American Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
SCS |
Seattle
Chamber Singers |
American Choir |
Website |
|
SDB |
Staats- und Domchor Berlin |
German Choir |
AO |
|
SDBO |
Südwestdeutsches
Barockorchester |
German Baroque Orchestra |
AO |
|
SDKOP |
Südwestdeutsches
Kammerorchester Pforzheim |
German Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
SFBC |
San Francisco Bach Choir |
American Choir |
AO |
|
SFSC |
San Francisco Symphony Chorus |
American Choir |
AO |
|
SFSO |
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra |
American Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
SFSK |
St. Florianer Sängerknaben |
Austrian Boys’ Choir |
AO |
|
SGM |
Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca |
Italian Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
SK |
Schiersteiner Kantorei |
German Choir |
Website |
|
SKO |
Swedish
Chamber Orchestra |
Swedish Chamber Orchestra |
Website |
|
SLCE |
St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble |
American Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
SLSO |
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra |
American Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
SMCM |
Studentischer Madrigalchor Münster |
Choir |
AO |
|
SOBB |
Südwestfunk-Orchester
Baden-Baden |
German Chamber Orhestra |
AO |
|
SOL |
Symphonisches Orchester
Liechtenstein |
Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
SON |
Norrköping Symphony
Orchestra |
Swedish Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
SOVE |
Sofia Vokalensemble |
Swedish Choir |
Website |
|
SOW |
Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal |
German Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
SPCC |
Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral,
London |
English Choir |
AO |
|
SPCO |
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra |
American Chamber Orchestra |
Website |
|
SPPO |
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra |
Russian Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
SRC |
Schwedischer Rundfunkchor
Swedish Radio Choir |
Swedish Choir |
AO |
|
SRSO |
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra |
Swedish Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
SSCH |
Stadtsingechor Halle |
German Choir |
AO |
|
SSJ |
Sinfonie Saint-Julien |
French Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
SSKD |
Sächsische Staatskapelle
Dresden |
German Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
SSO |
Sydney Symphony Orchestra |
Australian Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
S |
Schwäbischer Singkreis
Stuttgart |
German Choir |
AO |
|
SVE |
Sächsisches Vocalensemble |
German Vocal Ensemble |
AO |
|
SVK |
Studio Vocale Karlrsruhe |
German Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
SWF |
SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden |
German Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
SWR |
Stuttgart Radio Symphony
Orchestra |
German Symphony Orcestra |
Website |
|
TAS |
Thüringischer Akademischer
Singkreis |
German Choir |
AO |
|
TCC |
Toronto Children's Chorus |
Canadian Children's Choir |
Website |
|
TCCC |
Trinity College Choir of
Cambridge |
English Choir |
AO |
|
TCCE |
Twentieth Century Classics
Ensemble |
American Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
TCCO |
Tokyo Cantata Chamber Orchestra |
Japanese Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
TCCP |
Trinity Cathedral Choir &
Orchestra, Portland Oregon |
American Choir & Orchestra |
AO |
|
TCM |
Telemannisches Collegium
Michaelstein |
German Instrumental Ensemble |
Website |
|
TCO |
Cleveland Orchestra |
American Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
TCOC |
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus |
American Choir |
AO |
|
TEM |
Theatre of Early Music |
Canadian Baroque Inbstrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
TCCC |
Trinity College Choir of
Cambridge |
English Choir |
AO |
|
TDC |
Dorian Consort |
Swiss Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
TEFI |
Trompetenensemble Friedemann
Immer |
Instrumental Ensemble |
AO |
|
TIJ |
Telemann Institute Japan |
Japanese Choir & Orchestra |
Website |
|
TK, TKC |
Tölzer
Knabenchor |
German Boys’ Choir |
Panito |
|
TKC |
The King’s Consort |
English Period Instrument Orchestra |
Website |
|
TKO |
Telemann-Kammerorchester |
German Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
TMC |
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir |
Canadian Choir |
AO |
|
TOS |
Tokyo Opera Singers |
Japanese Choir |
AO |
|
TSM |
Tudor Singers of Montreal |
Canadian Choir |
AO |
|
TSO |
Toronto
Symphony Orchestra |
Canadian Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
TSR |
Teresa Stich-Randall |
American Soprano |
AO |
|
TWSC |
Trinity Wall Street Choir |
American Choir |
AO |
|
UMKC |
Überlinger Münster-
und Kammerchor |
German Choirs |
AO |
|
WBC |
Washington
Bach Consort |
American Orchestra & Choir |
AO |
|
UCL |
Union Chorale de Lausanne /
Choeur Vivace de Lausanne |
Choir |
AO |
|
UCB |
Universitätschor Bielefeld |
German Choir |
AO |
|
VBO |
Venice Baroque Orchestra |
Italian Baroque Orchestra |
AO |
|
VCB |
Vocal-Concertisten e.v. Berlin |
German Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
VCC |
Vancouver Chamber Choir |
Canadian Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
VDP |
Virtuosi di Praga |
Czech Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
WDR-SO |
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra |
German Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
VESH |
Vokalensemble Stadthagen |
German Choir |
AO |
|
VKC |
Wiener Kammerchor,
Wiener Akademie Kammerchor,
Vienna Chamber Choir |
Austrian Chamber Choir |
AO |
|
VOM |
Voices of Music |
American Early Music Ensemble |
AO |
|
VPO |
Wiener
Philharmoniker |
Austrian Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
VRK |
Flemish Radio Choir (VRK) |
Belgian Choir |
Website |
|
VSO |
Wiener Symphoniker |
Austrian Symphony Orchestra |
AO |
|
WCC |
Westminster Choir (Princeton) |
American Choir |
AO |
|
WCO |
Warsaw Chamber Opera |
Polish Choir |
AO |
|
WJC |
Wiener Jeunesse-Chor |
Austrian Choir |
AO |
|
WKC |
Windsbacher
Knabenchor |
German Boys’ Choir |
AO |
|
WKH |
Westfälische Kantorei,
Herford |
German Choir |
AO |
|
WKO |
Wiener
Kammerorchester |
Austrian Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
WKOH |
Württembergisches
Kammerorchester Heilbronn |
German Chamber Orchestra |
AO |
|
WSBC |
Wandsworth School Boys' Choir |
English Boys' Choir |
AO |
|
WSO |
Winnipeg Symphony
Orchestra |
Canadian Symphony Orchestra |
Website |
|
YBC |
Yorkshire Bach Choir |
English Choir |
AO |
|
YBS |
Yorkshire Baroque Soloists |
English Orchestra |
Website |
|
YPBC |
Yorkminister Park Baptist Church
Choir |
Canadian Choir |
Website |
|
YSC |
Yale Schola Cantorum |
American Choir |
AO |
|
ZBC |
Zürcher Bach-Chor |
Swiss Choir |
Website |
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|
The technical terms & abbreviations in this page are
mostly compiled from the following sources:
Common - Common use, especially in e-mail correspondence
Alec Robertson's book 'The Church Cantatas of J.S. Bach' (Cassell -
London, 1972)
New Harvard Dictionary of Music
Yoël L. Arbeitman - Member of the BCML
Thomas Braatz - Member of the BCML
Frank Fogliati - Member of the BCML
Aryeh Oron (AO) - Moderator of the BCML & BRML
Johan van Veen - Member of the BCML
Panito Iconomu - Singer
Galina Kolomietz - Member of the BCML
Website - Official Website of the ensemble |
|
Prepared by Aryeh Oron (December
2000 - November 2011) |
