Paul Gerhardt Choir

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Paul Gerhardt Choir
Seat: Munich / Germany
Founding: 1913/1945
Genus: Oratorio choir
Founder: AH Gardener (1945)
Head : Use Kruger
Voices : 100 SATB
Website : http://www.paul-gerhardt-chor.de/

The Paul Gerhardt Choir Munich, an oratorio choir with around one hundred members, is directed by Ilse Krüger.

Concerts and appearances

The Paul Gerhardt Choir gives an autumn, Christmas and Passion concert with orchestral accompaniment at the Paul Gerhardt Church in Munich , as well as an a cappella concert in summer. As part of these concerts, the choir also gives premieres and world premieres, such as the Munich premiere of the St. Matthew Passion (1781) by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788) and the world premiere of the oratorio "Hymnen an die Nacht" - oratorio for speakers, solos (Soprano and tenor) Choir and large orchestra Op.30 "by Dirk-Michael Kirsch (* 1958). In addition, the choir also makes other nationally acclaimed appearances: On the occasion of the 1st Munich Biennale , the Paul Gerhardt Choir led the Munich Gasteig Kurt Weill Lindberghflug and Paul Hindemith lesson from the agreement on. to hear was the Paul Gerhardt choir, among others, also in the Lenten sermons of the Munich Dean Theodor Glaser as part of the "Long night of music" and the Second Ecumenical Church , in whose The choir provided a musical framework for Günther Beckstein's sermon .

Internationally, the Paul Gerhardt Choir gave several concerts in Florida in 1991 and, together with the Scherzando Ensemble and the Chœur Musica Viva , in Aix-en-Provence in 1999. This was followed by concerts in Letchworth / Cambridge (2003) and in the Eglise Notre Dame du Mont in Marseille (2006), together with the Letchworth Chorale and the Chœur Musica Viva .

In the Oscar-winning film adaptation of the musical Cabaret , the Paul Gerhardt Choir made a scenic appearance.

repertoire

The choir's repertoire includes sacred works from all epochs - such as the oratorios of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) and the choral symphonies of the Romantic period - as well as compositions that are rarely heard. The above-mentioned Munich premiere of the St. Matthew Passion (1781) by C. P. E. Bach as well as The Dream of Gerontius by Edward Elgar (1857–1934) and other works testify to this concept .

The Paul Gerhardt Choir also performed several vespers of Mary by Claudio Monteverdi (1547–1643) and Golgotha by Frank Martin (1890–1974).

The stylistic span of the a cappella interpretations extends from the Middle Ages to the modern, for example in the Magnificat concert (July 2011) with settings of Marian texts by Guillaume Du Fay (approx. 1397–1474) and Josquin Desprez (approx. 1440–1521) to Francis Poulenc (1899–1963), Arvo Pärt (* 1935) and Trond Kverno (* 1945).

advancement

Structurally, the Paul Gerhardt Choir belongs to the Paul Gerhardt Congregation Munich Laim, from which it is financially supported and whose services he regularly organizes with a cappella works and pieces accompanied by instruments. The Paul Gerhardt Choir is also funded by the City of Munich and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria . The co-financing is carried out by a development association.

history

The Paul Gerhardt Choir was founded by members of the Paul Gerhardt Community in 1913 on the occasion of the inauguration of the former community church on Agnes-Bernauer-Strasse. In 1945 Adolf Hartmut Gärtner took over the direction of the choir for the next 41 years and established the Paul Gerhardt Choir as a concert choir. A detailed choir chronicle, which can be accessed on the choir's homepage as well as the concert chronicle from 1986 onwards, extends from the beginnings to the present day.

Use Kruger

Ilse Krüger has directed the Paul Gerhardt Choir since 1986. Born in Mannheim, she majored in choral conducting with Fritz Schieri and school music (choir conducting with Max Frey ) in Munich. In master courses and internships with Joshua Rifkin and Lars Ulrik Mortensen , she dealt intensively with historical performance practice; She expanded her conducting training in courses with Joachim Harder, Leonid Korchmar and Kenneth Kiesler. From 1979 to 2003 a member of the via nova choir , Ilse Krüger received formative suggestions from Kurt Suttner in the development of contemporary choral music.

From 1998 to 2007 Ilse Krüger headed the Thuringian Academic Singing Circle , TASK. In numerous concerts across Germany, u. a. At the MDR Music Summer, the Bach Festival of the New Bach Society , in CD recordings and radio recordings, their well thought-out programs and differentiated interpretations also received great attention in the press.

The Buecher-Dieckmeyer Foundation for the Care of Church Music in Bavaria awarded Ilse Krüger the main prize in 2013 for her musical work with the Paul Gerhardt Choir. The composer Dirk-Michael Kirsch dedicated his piece "Hymnen an die to her and the Paul Gerhardt Choir Nacht ”(1998-2014) - oratorio for speakers, solos (soprano and tenor), choir and large orchestra Op.30", which Ilse Krüger conducted for the first time on October 19, 2014.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Matthew Passion for the first time in Munich , Süddeutsche Zeitung , March 26, 2004
  2. ↑ Dirk-Michael Kirsch - Hymns to the Night op.30 - 2014
  3. ^ The Lindberghflug, Ocean Flight (1929) . Performance at the 1st Munich Biennale 1988, Internat. Festival for New Music Theater; Ed .: Munich Biennale 1988, signature of the Bavarian State Library: DD.I 88.835
  4. ^ A. Schaefer: 1st Munich Biennale, point victory of the scores , Süddeutsche Zeitung , June 14, 1988
  5. ↑ Glaser's Lenten Sermons , Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 26, 1996.
  6. ↑ Program for the Long Night of Music [1]
  7. ↑ a b They have been singing "for the honor of God" for 50 years , Süddeutsche Zeitung , October 26, 1995
  8. ↑ Discography of the Scherzando Ensemble [2]
  9. ^ Mocking demons and saving angels , Wochenanzeiger Munich , October 6, 2011
  10. ↑ Bach's Mark Passion supplemented with contemporary updates , Süddeutsche Zeitung , March 11, 2005
  11. ^ Concert chronicle on the website of the Paul Gerhardt Choir Munich. Retrieved June 6, 2012
  12. ↑ Alexander Schöttl (inter alia) 2003: Hundred Evangelical Years. Paul-Gerhardt-Community Munich-Laim. 1903-2003. Hofmann, Dachau
  13. ^ In Munich: Lecture by Culture Prize Winner Adolf Hartmut Gärtner , Siebenbürgische Zeitung , April 24, 2005. Accessed on February 9, 2019
  14. ↑ Every vote counts , Süddeutsche Zeitung , June 1, 2006
  15. ↑ MDR Music Summer 2013
  16. ^ New Bach Society ( Memento from December 12, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
  17. ↑ Once it came down - Christmas choir and organ music . CD, Horos, HO 10704 2004
  18. ↑ WordSound. Choir and organ works from the Middle Ages to the present . 2003, CD available from the Thuringian Academic Singing Circle
  19. ↑ MDR, recording of the Mozart Requiem with the TASK and the Saxon Chamber Philharmonic under the direction of Ilse Krüger, Mozart Festival Chemnitz 1999
  20. ^ S. Graf: The fair in the course of time , Sächsische Zeitung , January 29, 2002
  21. ↑ M. Hanns: … you stay in pain, Jesus my joy , Dresdner Latest News , January 15, 2007
  22. ↑ Buecher-Dieckmeyer Foundation
  23. ↑ Dirk-Michael Kirsch's list of works

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