ERF choir
ERF choir | |
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Seat: | Wetzlar / Germany |
Founding: | 1978 |
Genus: | mixed choir |
Founder: | Nils Kjellström |
Head : | |
Voices : | approx. 30 ( SATB ) |
Website : | http://www.erf-chor.de/ |
ERF Choir (formerly: ERF Studiochor , also studio choir of Evangeliums-Rundfunks ) is the ERF Medien choir .
history
The ERF Choir was founded in 1978 by the music officer of Evangeliums-Rundfunks (today ERF Medien ), the Swedish musician Nils Kjellström , as the station's studio choir in order to expand the music library with his own recordings. About a year later, Johannes Nitsch , who took over the management of the music department at ERF due to Kjellström's career change to his own record label Blue Rose , began to use the concept of the studio choir intensively in order to bypass musical bottlenecks. Over the years, the choir recorded over 500 tracks.
In 1980 Gerhard Schnitter took over the management of the ERF studio choir . Under his direction, the choir began to work outside of broadcasting for the first time. In 1982 the first long-playing record, a concept album about Martin Luther , appeared under the title Verleih uns Frieden gnädlichen: Martin Luther as a poet and singer with Schulte & Gerth . The choir also began to set up a live presence with concerts. In the following 15 years numerous CDs were created, ranging from song collections to concept projects and musicals. The concert tours ultimately not only extended nationwide, but the choir toured the USA several times on its international tours, as well as France, South Tyrol and, in August 1989, the USSR.
When Gerhard Schnitter switched to the Hänssler-Verlag as a music editor in 1995 , Johannes Nitsch was again in charge of the ERF studio choir until 1997 when the music teacher Annette Rautenberg took over the direction of the choir. She conducted the choir for eleven years. In 2009 Mirjam Langenbach took over the management. Under her leadership, the choir changed its name from ERF Studiochor to ERF Chor , in order to highlight the changed focus of the choir's work, which led away from the studio into concert activities and the organization of services. Since the beginning of 2013 the ERF Choir has been under the joint direction of Udo Müller (conductor) and Rainer Buß (keyboard instruments). The main concern of the choir today is public relations and financial support for the ERF media.
Discography
Concept albums
year | title | Contributing guests | Label | management | annotation |
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1982 |
Graciously grant us peace, Martin Luther as a poet and singer |
Hannelore Finkbeiner (soprano); Wolfgang Isenhardt (tenor); Wilhelm Pommerien (bass) | Schulte & Gerth | Gerhard Schnitter | |
1983 |
You are our confidence Songs by Gerhard Schnitter |
Aleksandra Sudzilovskij (soprano); Yukio Imanaka (baritone) | Hänssler Music | Gerhard Schnitter | |
1984 |
Discoveries of songs by Peter Strauch |
Heike Barth (soprano); Helmuth Reese (baritone) | Hänssler Music | Gerhard Schnitter | |
1986 |
Your word, my song Bible words set to music |
Aleksandra Sudzilovskij (soprano); Andreas Wenzel (tenor) | ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter | Publication on music cassette only |
1987 |
Throughout the ages, youth songs |
Edmundo Lemaitre | ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter | First CD release |
1988 |
The joy of Christmas Old and new Christmas carols in old and new sentences |
Hannelore Finkbeiner (soprano); Eike Rathjen (old); Joachim Duske (tenor); Eddie Gauntt (baritone); Yukio Imanaka (baritone) and the ERF studio orchestra | ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter | |
1990 | Kate Walter songs | Hannelore Finkbeiner (soprano); Eike Tiedemann-Rathjen (old); Joachim Duske (tenor) | ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter | |
1991 | Wish songs | Hannelore Finkbeiner (soprano); James Doing (tenor) | ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter | |
1993 | Paul Gerhardt songs | Hannelore Finkbeiner (soprano); Eike Tiedemann-Rathjen (old); Matthias Köhler (tenor); Eddie Gauntt (baritone); Richard Ewert (bass) | ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter | |
199? |
Come, sing with joy mosaic songs of the Jesus Brotherhood Gnadenthal |
Hannelore Finkbeiner (soprano); Eike Tiedemann-Rathjen (old); Matthias Köhler (tenor); Eddie Gauntt (baritone); Richard Ewert (bass) | ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter | |
1994 | Wish songs 2 | Hannelore Finkbeiner (soprano); James Doing (tenor) | ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter | |
1994 | Popular chorales | Joachim Duske (tenor) | ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter | |
199? | Evening songs | Matthias Mäder ; James Doing | ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter | |
1995 | Now please ... sing along | Matthias Maeder | ERF-Verlag; Hänssler Music |
Gerhard Schnitter | |
1995 |
Singing Around The World ERF Choir Tour |
Heidi Bieber ; Edmundo Lemaitre | ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter | |
1998 | Morning songs | ERF publishing house | Annette Rautenberg | ||
1999 | A hand's breadth from me | Andrea Adams-Frey ; Cae Gauntt ; Manfred Siebald ; Matthias Maeder | ERF publishing house | Annette Rautenberg | |
2001 | Where else | Hauke Hartmann | ERF publishing house | Annette Rautenberg | |
2003 |
Clear words New songs on the Bible by Jörg Streng |
Carola Laux ; Christoph Zehendner | ERF-Verlag; Hänssler Music |
Annette Rautenberg | |
2004 | More than bread - songs for life | Lars Peter ; Thomas Bräuer ; Marlen Manderbach | ERF publishing house | Annette Rautenberg | |
2009 |
Morgenstern Christmas with the ERF Choir and Eckart zur Nieden |
Eckart zur Nieden (speaker) | ERF publishing house | Mirjam Langenbach |
Collaboration projects
year | title | Contributing artists | Label | Choir direction |
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1990 |
Adam & Co A musical by Gerhard Schnitter |
Edmundo Lemaitre ; Matthias Mäder ; Christine Plößer ; ERF studio choir | ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter |
1990 |
One star goes to Christmas carols for the whole family |
Christine Plößer ; Leun Children's Choir ; ERF studio choir | ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter |
1996 |
Light in the dark Christmas (p) o (p) ratorium |
Heidi Bieber ; Michael Fajgel ; Hauke Hartmann ; Andreas Volz ; Time to sing ; ERF studio choir | ERF-Verlag; Hänssler Music |
Gerhard Schnitter |
1997 |
The Finale A musical by Gerhard Schnitter |
Heiko Bräuning ; Stefan Dornbusch ; Barbara Schoeppe ; Time to sing ; ERF studio choir | Hänssler Music | Gerhard Schnitter |
Broadcast recordings
The following list shows productions with music recordings initially made for radio and live recordings from the broadcasting program of the same by the ERF studio choir , which were subsequently published on sound carriers.
year | title | Label | Choir direction |
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198? | The song chest | ERF publishing house | Johannes Nitsch ; Gerhard Schnitter |
1982 |
Joy in Singing Songs from the ERF broadcasts to sing along in 1981 presented by Gerhard Schnitter |
ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter |
1983 |
Joy in Singing 2 songs from the ERF broadcasts to sing along in 1982 presented by Gerhard Schnitter |
ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter |
1984 |
Joy in singing 3 songs from the ERF broadcasts to sing along in 1983 presented by Gerhard Schnitter |
ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter |
1985 |
Joy of Singing 4 songs from the ERF broadcasts to sing along presented by Gerhard Schnitter |
ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter |
1986 |
Joy in Singing 5 songs from the ERF broadcasts to sing along, presented by Gerhard Schnitter |
ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter |
1987 |
Joy in Singing 6 songs from the ERF broadcasts to sing along, presented by Gerhard Schnitter |
ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter |
1988 |
Joy in Singing 7 songs from the ERF broadcasts to sing along to presented by Gerhard Schnitter |
ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter |
1989 |
Joy in Singing 8 songs from the ERF broadcasts to sing along to presented by Gerhard Schnitter |
ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter |
1995 |
Auslese For the joy of singing |
ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter |
1995 |
Auslese 2 For the joy of singing |
ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter |
1998 |
Auslese 3 For the joy of singing |
ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter |
1998 |
Auslese 3 For the joy of singing |
ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter |
1999 |
God, how great is your goodness Songs from four centuries of Christianity and four decades of ERF recording studios |
ERF publishing house | Johannes Nitsch; Gerhard Schnitter |
2000 |
Rejoice, Erd und Sternenzelt solo, choral and instrumental music for Christmas |
ERF publishing house | Johannes Nitsch; Gerhard Schnitter |
Guest appearances
year | title | Main interpreter | Label | Choir direction |
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1986 | Yes to God's ways | Yukio Imanaka | Hänssler Music | Gerhard Schnitter |
Compilation
year | title | Label | Choir direction |
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2003 |
I owe you so many stations in the ERF studio choir |
ERF publishing house | Gerhard Schnitter; Annette Rautenberg |
Web links
- Works by the ERF (studio) choir in the German National Library
- ERF choir on the homepage of ERF Medien
- Homepage of the choir
- Concerts of the choir in the event database of the ERF
Individual evidence
- ↑ erf.de
- ↑ erf.de
- ↑ giessener-zeitung.de
- ↑ feg-homburg.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.