Bach Association Cologne
| Bach Association Cologne | |
|---|---|
| Seat: | Cologne / Germany |
| Carrier: | Bach Association Cologne |
| Founding: | 1931 |
| Genus: | mixed choir |
| Founder: | Heinrich Boell |
| Head : | Thomas Neuhoff |
| Voices : | SATB |
| Website : | http://www.bach-verein.de |
The Cologne Bach Society was founded in 1931 by the organist and church musician Heinrich Boell . Since his early days he has appeared as a concert organizer with a subscription series that has been in great demand for many years, with his choir always being the focus of the association's work. Among the ensembles that worked with the Cologne Bach Society are: a. the Hilliard Ensemble , the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists under John Eliot Gardiner and the orchestra The English Concert with Trevor Pinnock . After a reform of the association in 1999, its work today mainly focuses on the concerts of the association's own choir.
The choir of the Cologne Bach Association performed regularly in Cologne's Gürzenich until 1986 , and since the opening of the Cologne Philharmonic primarily there as well as in numerous Cologne churches such as St. Maria im Kapitol . The focus of the artistic work is on Johann Sebastian Bach's choral music , without neglecting works from the Renaissance to the present day. Since the Bonn church musician and conductor Thomas Neuhoff took over the artistic direction , the Cologne Bach Association has again significantly expanded its presence in Cologne's musical life with around five concerts per season and is now one of Cologne's leading concert choirs. A new focus of the association since 2004 has been the continuous maintenance of so-called student projects aimed at children and young people: Neuhoff works with them in their schools over several months to develop children's operas and accompanying programs for concerts, often with a political and / or contemporary background.
Artistic director
- Heinrich Boell (1931 to 1936 and 1946 to 1947)
- Michael Schneider (1936 to 1941)
- Hans Hulverscheidt (1941 to 1946)
- Hermann Schroeder (1947 to 1961)
- Kurt Thomas (1961 to 1968)
- Wolfgang Gönnenwein (1969 to 1973)
- Rolf Reinhardt (1973 to 1983)
- Christian Collum (1983 to 1993)
- Winfried Toll (1994 to 2002)
- Thomas Neuhoff (since 2002)
The Cologne Bach Society is a member of the Cologne Choir Network .