Johannes Hömberg

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Johannes Hömberg (* 1931 in Bochum ) is a German musician , conductor and choir director .

Professional and teaching activity

Johannes Hömberg studied school music, composition, conducting, musicology and German literature in Freiburg and Munich . From 1959 to 1964 he was chief conductor of the symphony orchestra in Salvador / Bahia (Brazil) and lecturer for conducting and composition at the University of Bahia.

After returning to Germany, he moved to the Goethe-Institut in Munich, where he headed the music department from 1965 to 1969 and was responsible for the international work of representatives of German musical culture.

In 1969 Johannes Hömberg was appointed professor for choral conducting and composing at the Cologne University of Music . Here he directed the university choir, the main subject class for choral conducting and the vocal ensemble Pro Musica Köln, which he founded, and trained school musicians in choral and orchestral conducting. The soloists of his oratorios and passion performances include u. a. Helen Kwon , Anja Harteros , Mechthild Georg, Karl Markus , Franz Müller-Heuser , Andreas Schmidt and Wilhelm Hartmann.

Honourings and prices

With Pro Musica Köln , Hömberg achieved international recognition in Europe (including 1st Prize International Choir Festival, Cork / Ireland) with performances in Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Russia and successes overseas, especially in Latin America (1972, 1978, 1985).

Sound carriers / works

In Germany, Hömberg recorded numerous works from six centuries for radio and record , including complete presentations of the mass in Gregorian chant up to Stravinsky, the cantatas from Heinrich Schütz to Max Reger , almost all operas by Kurt Weill and a number of special programs:

  • The high song of love
  • Da pacem Domine - the request for peace from Gregorian chant to our time
  • Francesco Petrarca in the music of Europe
  • Monteverdi and his contemporaries
  • Pater noster - Ave Maria from Gregorian chant to our time
  • Psalm settings from six centuries
  • Romantic choral music from Schubert to Reger

Hömberg also premiered numerous works by major contemporary composers, including works by Hans Werner Henze, Harald Genzmer, Jürg Baur, Hermann Schroeder, Cardoso, Nobre, Herrera and Herbold.

Compositions

Hömberg created a number of choral music:

  • Song editing
  • Spirituals
  • Cancoes brasilieras
  • Kit (s) chen songs
  • Brecht animal verses
  • Ballads and free choirs (including 7 fugues and 14 canons on BACH)

A large part of his activity takes up arrangements for choir of works from all style epochs, among others

as well as instrumental works from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods.

present

Since leaving the Cologne Music Academy, he has accepted invitations as a guest conductor, especially to his former places of work in Brazil; in Korea he conducted Brahms' German Requiem.

At his concerts, he has made it his business to develop extraordinary programs with high-ranking works from all musical epochs and to involve the listener in a lively performance with "talk concerts".

Pro Musica Köln was transformed into a vocal soloist ensemble with a regular cast of six singers each.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_settings.html?ComposerId=10736
  2. ↑ Johannes Hömberg. Retrieved June 22, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Hömberg, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, conductor and choir director
DATE OF BIRTH 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Bochum