Göttingen Psalter
The Göttingen Psalter was a project in Göttingen church congregations sponsored by the Working Group of Christian Churches in Germany (ACK) with the aim of making all 150 psalms of the Bible known to a wider public throughout the city and ecumenically in the course of a church year. It began with an ecumenical service on November 27, 2011 in St. Paulus Church (Roman Catholic). Almost 400 events took place throughout the year.
A composition competition for a psalm setting was advertised nationwide. The winners were Torsten Laux (for the 118th Psalm ) and Martin Torp (for the 103rd Psalm ). The concert with the world premiere of both prize-winning works by the Göttinger Stadtkantorei together with the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra formed the closing event on November 25, 2012.
An exegetical lecture series for an academic audience took place in the St. Nikolai University Church .
There was a concert with synagogal music and psalm settings by Louis Lewandowski as well as a performance of Igor Stravinsky's psalm symphony .
A high point was the psalm pilgrimage, during which the participants made a pilgrimage to the six Protestant inner-city churches of Göttingen with Psalm 120 to 134 .
The Göttingen Psalter was awarded the ACK Ecumenical Prize in 2013.
Web links
literature
- Corinna Morys-Wortmann, Jan Hermelink (ed.): Göttinger Psalter 2012: One year, one city, 150 psalms , Bernward Mediengesellschaft, ISBN 978-3893665747
Individual evidence
- ↑ Composition prize awarded by the Stadtkantorei: Torsten Laux and Martin Torp win. In: Göttingen Cultural Office. Retrieved January 21, 2018 .
- ^ "Göttinger Psalter" of the ACK Göttingen is the first prize winner. Retrieved January 21, 2018 .