Doris Loh

Doris Loh (born December 23, 1938 in Gummersbach as Doris Haas , initially known by her birth name; later names also: Doris Loh-Haas or Doris Haas-Loh ) is a German singer of Christian music from classical hymns to the New Spiritual Song soprano voice .

Life

As the fourth child of the Karl Haas family, Doris Loh grew up in a musical environment at home and in the parish. She made a personal conversion to Christianity at the age of 15 . Initially through her brother Johannes Haas' choir work with the Derschlager Choirs , she soon became known as a soloist and released her first recordings with the Derschlag youth singing group and the national youth for Christ choir on the Christian label Frohe Message im Lied .

After the Youth for Christ Choir was taken over by Klaus Heizmann in 1968 , he produced her first solo single Jesus, my joy . In 1971 Margret Birkenfeld 's debut album came out, Safe in Jesus' Arms , like the successor What more do you want? (1976) accompanied by different formats of the Wetzlar choirs as well as musicians like Peter van Woerden and Nils Kjellström . Her third album Are you there, God? (1980) was arranged and produced by Johannes Nitsch . Doris Loh published the last album in 1986 under the title Ein Lied für den Tag , also produced by Johannes Nitsch. Margret Birkenfeld with her Wetzlar studio choir was again among the participants .

Doris Loh remained true to her roots in choral music. She was involved in numerous projects by her brother Johannes and other music producers associated with her, such as Margret Birkenfeld , Jochen Rieger and Klaus Heizmann, not only as a soloist, but also as a singer in the individual choirs. At the end of the 1980s she took over the leadership of the singing group Happy News from her older brother Johannes Haas.

Concert tours and participation in the musical preliminary program of Christian events have taken Doris Loh all over Germany, the USA , Canada , Liberia , Sri Lanka , Austria , Spain , the former Czechoslovakia and Switzerland .

In 1996 she worked on Manfred Siebald 's children's album Let 's Be Friends as the choirmaster of the children's choir put together for this purpose.

In May 2011, Doris Loh performed alongside other greats from the Christian music scene from the 1950s to the 70s at the nostalgia concert Unforgotten, organized by ERF and Gerth Medien - songs that will remain as a soloist and in a trio with Ruthild Eicker and Cornelia Eicker .

Private

Doris Loh has been married to Klaus Loh, one of her early pianists and cousin of the entrepreneurs Friedhelm Loh and Joachim Loh , since 1962 . They have three grown children named Marion, Alexander and Thomas.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Contributors	publishing company
1971	Safe in Jesus' arms	Wetzlar studio choir	Gerth media
1976	What more do you want	Wetzlar Gospel Choir ; Wetzlar Girls Choir ; Wetzlar studio choir	Gerth media
1980	Are you there god		Gerth media
1986	A song for the day	Wetzlar studio choir	Gerth media

Singles and EPs

year	title	B side	Contributors	publishing company
195?	The flowers have faded in the valley	Open the door (Hedwig Müller)	Hedwig Mueller	Gerth media
19 ??	Free and go	Glory to God alone I'm afraid my faith will give way He is everything to me	Wetzlar Gospel Choir	Gerth media
196?	Jesus my joy	I trust in God I praise grace I want to love you more	Youth for Christ Choir	JFC Publishing House
196?	What Jesus takes in his hands	Only you	Marion Haas	Gerth media
1969	See what love	Lord, your kindness goes so far	Margret Birkenfeld , Siegfried Fietz	Gerth media
197?	hope	Jesus went to the cross for me		Gerth media

Participation in concepts

year	title	Representative artist / producer	publishing company
1968	Youth for Christ 1958-1968	Klaus Heizmann	JfC publishing house
1969	The Germany Singers	Klaus Heizmann	JfC publishing house
1970	The most beautiful Christmas carols	Klaus Heizmann	JfC publishing house
1972	Open the gates	Margret Birkenfeld	Gerth media
1977	I sing to you with my heart and mouth	Margret Birkenfeld	Gerth media
1978	See your king come to you	Margret Birkenfeld	Gerth media
1980	Rejoice, all lands, in honor of God	Margret Birkenfeld, Jubilate Choir	Gerth media
1980	Joni	Joni Eareckson Tada	Gerth media
1980	Now let's be still	Johannes Haas	Gerth media
1982	Jesus Christ, King and Lord	Johannes Haas	Gerth media
1982	This is my song 1	Johannes Haas	Gerth media
1982	God is present	Margret Birkenfeld	Gerth media
1982	Sing and play	Margret Birkenfeld	Gerth media
1982	How beautiful the morning star shines	Johannes Haas	Gerth media
1983	This is my song 2	Johannes Haas	Gerth media
1983	Star that I look at	Margret Birkenfeld	Gerth media
1984	Wake up my heart and sing	Margret Birkenfeld	Gerth media
1984	Gloria in excelsis deodorant	Johannes Haas	Gerth media
1985	Take my hand, father	Johannes Haas	Gerth media
1985	God will carry you	Margret Birkenfeld	Gerth media
1986	See, I bring you great joy	Margret Birkenfeld	Gerth media
1986	Up to Jerusalem	Johannes Haas	Gerth media
1986	Many ways	Jochen Rieger	Gerth media
1988	Who only lets God rule	Margret Birkenfeld	Gerth media
1990	I am in my master's hand	Jubilate choir	Gerth media

Compilations

This list is limited exclusively to publications with Doris Loh as the express subject of the compilation.

year	title	publishing company	Remarks
1980	How did I deserve this?	Gerth media	Collaborative compilation with Manfred Siebald for the benefit of the Kandy City Mission
1994	Are you there god Doris Loh - A selection from her recordings	Gerth media

Web links

• Works by Doris Loh in the catalog of the German National Library
• Unforgotten - songs that remain concert highlights on erf.de.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1,100 visitors to the “Unforgotten” concert in the town hall ( memento from February 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), eann.de, article from May 20, 2011.