Dresden Motet Choir

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Dresden Motet Choir
Seat: Dresden / Germany
Carrier: Heinrich Schütz Conservatory Dresden eV
Founding: 1996
Genus: Chamber choir
Founder: Hans-Christoph Rademann
Head : Matthias Jung
Voices : 30 ( SATB )
Website : http://www.dresdner-motettenchor.de

The Dresden Motettenchor is a chamber choir with around 30 singers. The ensemble belongs to the Heinrich Schütz Conservatory Dresden eV and was founded in 1996 by Hans-Christoph Rademann . In 1998 Matthias Jung took over the management.

The Dresdner Motettenchor mainly devotes itself to works that sound less often without specifying specific epochs. Essential for the selection is whether it can be performed by a chamber choir, a cappella or with instrumental accompaniment. Music such as Johann Valentin Meder's seldom performed baroque St. Matthew Passion was on the concert programs as well as that of Baltic and Scandinavian as well as Czech and German contemporary composers. Cooperation with the Saxon Vocal Ensemble , the Elbland Philharmonie Sachsen and the Virtuosi Saxoniae under Ludwig Güttler allowed the repertoire to be expanded.

The Dresden Motettenchor has successfully established itself in concert life in and outside Dresden. He won prizes in national and international competitions. After winning first prize at the 3rd Saxon Choir Competition in 2001 in Torgau, he successfully took part in the German Choir Competition 2002 in Osnabrück. In March 2005 he received a gold diploma at the Musica Mundi Competition in Budapest and in June 2005 first prize at the 4th Saxon Choir Competition in Hoyerswerda. He was a guest at the Dresden Music Festival , the International Heinrich Schütz Days and in May 2005 at the Leipzig Bach Festival .

In 2003 Günter Raphael's “Advent and Christmas Carols” with the Dresden Motettenchor and Matthias Jung were released on CD on the Cantate label; it is the first recording of the complete cycle. In 2012 there was a recording with “Requiem” with works by Zdenek Lukáš , Antonín Tučapský and György Orbán . In 2014 “Cantate Domino” was released, a recording of choral works by Colin Mawby .

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