Bach Choir Stuttgart
| Bach Choir Stuttgart | |
|---|---|
| Seat: | Stuttgart / Germany |
| Founding: | 2000 |
| Genus: | mixed choir |
| Founder: | Jörg-Hannes Hahn |
| Head : | Jörg-Hannes Hahn |
| Voices : | approx. 80; project-dependent ( SATB ) |
| Website : | http://www.bachchor-stuttgart.de/ |
The Stuttgart Bach Choir is the choir at the Stadtkirche and the Lutherkirche Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt ; he appears regularly as a concert choir in the Musik am 13th series and in the Stuttgart region . In addition, concert tours have taken him to other European countries. Since it was founded in 2000, the Stuttgart Bach Choir has been directed by Jörg-Hannes Hahn .
History of origin
In 1996 the A-church musician positions at the town church and the Luther church in Bad Cannstatt were merged, the choirs at both churches were united under the name "Cannstatter Kantorei". For the Bach Year 2000 it was renamed “Bachchor Stuttgart” after there had been a Bach choir in Stuttgart from 1940 to 1955 under the direction of Erich Ade . In 1996, around 40 singers took part in the town and Luther church of Bad Cannstatt; today the choir consists of 80 active singers.
The sponsorship lies with the Evangelical General Church Community Bad Cannstatt; the Stuttgart Bach Choir is a member of the Association of German Concert Choirs .
Concert program
The Stuttgart Bach Choir regularly participates in church services, and as a concert choir it performs four to six programs per season. The focus is on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach , sacred a cappella music and classical oratorio literature . One focus is on contemporary church music , u. a. the choir performed the world premiere of Adriana Hölszky's work “Licht” at the European Church Music Festival in Schwäbisch Gmünd in 2004 , followed in 2007 by the world premiere of Sidney Corbett's “Maria Magdalena” (SWR recording), and in 2014 Benjamin Britten's “War Requiem” ended in 2014 of the Stuttgart Psalms Year the world premiere of “Psalms of Light” by Otfried Büsing . At the Protestant Kirchentag 2015 in Stuttgart he sang the world premiere of “Sacred Vessel” by Martin Smolka together with the Gächinger Kantorei , the Philharmonia Choir Stuttgart and the Württemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen under the direction of Jörg-Hannes Hahn .
On Good Friday 2016, the Stuttgart Bach Choir performed James McMillan's St. Johns Passion , with Gilles Welinski as the solo dancer.
Concert tours
Concert tours took the choir to Prague in 2001 , to Vienna in 2002 , to London in 2004 , to Berlin in 2006 and in 2008 to Rome with Mozart's C minor Mass . In 2014 the choir made a guest appearance in Madrid at the invitation of the Fundación Excelentia . In 2016 the choir made a concert tour to China , where they performed in Beijing and Shanghai with the creation by Joseph Haydn . In 2017 he performed the St. Matthew Passion together with the Sociedad Coral Excelentia de Madrid, the Escolania del Sagrado Corazon de Rosales and the London & Vienna Chamber Orchestra in the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid .
Web links
- Homepage of the Stuttgart Bach Choir
- Publications of the Stuttgart Bach Choir in the catalog of the German National Library
- Interview with Jörg-Hannes Hahn in the Cannstatter Zeitung from December 16, 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview with Jörg-Hannes-Hahn: "I still see development potential for the Bach choir". In: Cannstatter Zeitung. December 16, 2009, accessed September 3, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Home - Bach Choir Stuttgart. In: www.bachchor-stuttgart.de. Retrieved July 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Susanne Benda: Sigh, sinew, sing. In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten. March 28, 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2017 .
- ^ Bachchor Stuttgart on a concert tour in China. In: FOCUS Online. May 20, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2016 .