The Eickers

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Eicker family
General information
Genre (s) Gospel song ;
New spiritual song
Current occupation
singing
 Elsa Eicker
singing
 Ernst August Eicker
singing
 Ruthild Eicker
singing
 Michael Grothe
singing
 Cornelia Eicker
singing
 Frank Behling
singing
 Christina Behling

The Eickers (also: Familie Eicker ) are a vocal formation from the family members of the Eicker family who have been active in the Christian music scene for several decades.

After the singing duo Elsa & Ernst August Eicker had occasionally taken their two daughters Cornelia and Ruthild onto the stage since they were three and five years old, the family quartet The Eickers was formed as they grew up in the 1970s . Elsa and Cornelia, both soprano voices, occupied the melody and the upper part, the older sister Ruthild sang the alto and Ernst August Eicker the male voice. In this line-up, the Eickers appeared on various stages from sacred spaces to festivals all over Germany for decades. The family quartet also made numerous international concert tours to Canada, Israel and the USA, among others; mostly together with the We-sing-for-Jesus-Choir . As the family grew to include sons-in-law and the third generation, the form and line-up of the musical group varied increasingly. The name was also changed to the Eicker family .

In 1979, the sisters Ruthild and Cornelia released a solo album entitled Es ist ein gute Weg , which, although the family quartet as a whole only had a guest role in two titles, was sold under the name Die Eickers .

In the summer of 2006, the title Schau ich zurück , published in 1991, was the first song to reach the thousand mark of the favorite show Gern Hearts on Evangeliums-Rundfunk . The Eickers then subsequently produced a music video in their original line-up as a quartet, which was released on DVD for the anniversary production of the same name for the fortieth anniversary of its parent umbrella brand Wir singen für Jesus .

Also with the original line-up, the ensemble has already performed repeatedly in the successful nostalgia concert series Unforgotten - songs that stay on. The large-format concert events, organized by ERF and Gerth Medien , took the Eickers as a quartet to Wetzlar in 2011 and to Crimmitschau in 2013 .

Also in the nationwide Senior Citizens of the Confederation of Free Evangelical Churches in Germany guest appearances The Eickers 2011 in its old form.

As a rule, however, the group today, with its extended line-up as the Eicker family , mainly gives concerts in a church setting.

Publications

  • If you know Jesus , 1974 We sing for Jesus , later: Gerth Medien (LP Miracles of the Grace of Jesus )
  • Happiness , 1974 We sing for Jesus, later: Gerth Medien (LP Miracles of the Grace of Jesus )
  • When Jesus comes and rewards his own , 1974 We sing for Jesus, later: Gerth Medien (LP Miracles of the Grace of Jesus )
  • An Jesu Hand , 1976 We sing for Jesus, later: Gerth Medien (LP 10 years We-sing-for-Jesus choir )
  • I praise grace , 1978 Good News in the song (LP We go through time )
  • Hallelujah, sing Hallelujah , 1979 HSW (LP It's a good way )
  • Blessed are the pure of heart , 1979 HSW (LP It's a good way )
  • Where should we go , 1980 S + G (LP He gave me joy )
  • Jesus, sir, thank you , 1982 S + G (LP We want to pass it on )
  • Yes, I know , 1984 S + G (LP Let's praise him together )
  • Who , 1986 S + G (double LP price the Lord all the world )
  • A Wonderful Name , 1988 S + G (LP Praises His Glory )
  • I look back , 1991 S + G (LP We sing for Jesus )
  • Heavenly Father , 1993 S + G (CD Give honor to our God )
  • Amen , 1996 S + G (CD God is the reason for our joy )
  • I want to consecrate everything to Jesus , 2000 Schulte & Gerth (CD Jesus, you are Lord )
Further publications as a contributor / extended family ensemble
  • The Eickers & Wir-sing-for-Jesus-Choir: The old rough cross (It was written there on Golgotha) , 1976 We sing for Jesus, later: Gerth Medien (LP 10 years Wir-singen-für-Jesus-Chor )
  • The Eickers & Wir-sing-for-Jesus-Choir: We go through time , 1978 Good news in the song (LP We go through time )
  • Cornelia Eicker (feat .: Die Eickers): Jesus is there (When you are sometimes all alone) , 1979 HSW (LP It's a good way )
  • The Eickers & Wir-sing-for-Jesus-Choir: I know that Jesus lives , 1984 S + G (LP Let's praise him together )
  • The Eicker family (with sons-in-law / husbands and grandchildren / children): O durohliche , 2002 Gerth Music (CD Festival of Christmas Carols )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Westfälische Rundschau: The Eicker couple from Halver made radio popular.
  2. ↑ a b Press report Fest der Lieder '98 ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.euroteam-mission.de
  3. ^ DNB, catalog of the German National Library
  4. ↑ 1000 x "I look back"
  5. ↑ Allgemeine Anzeiger: On the air for the 1000th time
  6. ↑ http://www.gerth.de/index.php?id=details&sku=939318
  7. ↑ Unforgotten - songs that stay - ERF.de
  8. ↑ Flyer for the FEG Seniors' Day 2011 (HTML Version) ( Memento from April 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ A proud look back at the beginnings of the Oberhessische Presse