Wurzen Youth Choir

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Wurzen Youth Choir
Seat: Wurzen / Germany
Carrier: St. Mary's Cathedral in Wurzen
Founding: 1986
Genus: mixed choir
Founder: Johannes Dickert
Head : Kaoru Oyamada (since 2020)
Voices : 38 (SATB) (as of December 2016)
Website : http://www.jk-w.de/home/

The youth choir of Wurzener Domes is a Christian youth choir with a supraregional composition and a predominantly regional focus of activity, based at St. Marien Cathedral in the small Saxon town of Wurzen . It was founded in 1986 by church music director Johannes Dickert , who, as a successful and popular cantor, said goodbye after 33 years with a concert on December 11, 2019 in Dresden.

30 years of the youth choir of Wurzen Cathedral - anniversary concert with current and former choir members, on May 28, 2016 on the gallery of St. Marien
The cathedral in Wurzen - namesake of the youth choir
Johannes Dickert (2014), founder of the Jugendkantorei and its director until 2019

Development and present

From the initially small community of ten singers, a choir with currently 38 singers grew (as of December 2016). They come from Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia and are between 16 and 30 years old. Once a month they meet for a rehearsal weekend in Wurzen or at a concert venue to rehearse together and experience Christian fellowship. Traditionally every year at the beginning of December, the youth choir gives its Advent concert in the Wurzen Cathedral.

On May 28, 2016, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the youth choir, former and former choir members gave an anniversary concert in the cathedral in Wurzen under the direction of Johannes Dickert.

Johannes Dickert retired at the end of June 2019. The youth choir gave the last official concert with Dickert as choirmaster on June 15, 2019 in St. Marien Cathedral in Wurzen.

repertoire

The focus is on the performance of classical sacred music and compositions from the Romantic period . Moderately modern choral literature and spirituals are also part of the repertoire. The youth choir is mainly dedicated to a cappella music.

Appearances

In July 1997, the youth choir of Wurzen Cathedral in Dresden opened the concert series for the reconstruction of the Frauenkirche .

The Jugendkantorei gives concerts in numerous churches across Germany and beyond, for example in Augsburg , Berlin , Chemnitz (with the Saxon Wind Philharmonic and the Wurzen Cathedral Choir on December 26, 2014 in the Stadthalle Chemnitz ), in Dresden , Frankfurt am Main , Görlitz , Heidelberg , Hamburg , Kassel , Leipzig , Munich , Plankstetten Abbey , Vienna , Warstein , Essen and Cologne .

At the beginning of October 2016, the youth choir with choir director Johannes Dickert and organist Stephan Seebaß made a guest appearance in southern Germany and Switzerland : in Beilngries , Böblingen , Märwil and Affeltrangen . On December 14, 2016, the youth choir took part in the “Advent concert with works by the Kreuzkantors” on the occasion of the exhibition “800 Years of the Cross Choir” at the invitation of the Saxon State Library - State and University Library Dresden (SLUB).

Namesake

The home of the youth choir is St. Marien Cathedral in Wurzen . Consecrated in 1114, it is one of the oldest sacred buildings in Saxony and was particularly popular in the 15th and 16th centuries. Century as the seat of the Bishop of Meissen of great regional importance.

Discography

The following five albums were created under the direction of Johannes Dickert:

  • 1998: Shout to the Lord all over the world - choir and organ music from St. Mary's Cathedral in Wurzen. cross stand .
  • 2004: Cantate Domino. live CD . Dipps o-ton.
  • 2006: Christmas in St. Marien Cathedral in Wurzen. cross stand.
  • 2010: Evening was, soon the night will come - evening songs from St. Marien Wurzen Cathedral. With Wolfgang Seifen . cross stand.
  • 2019: Magnificat - Marienmusik from the Protestant Cathedral of St. Marien zu Wurzen . Published by the Querstand label.

literature

  • Wurzener Jugendkantorei celebrates its 30th anniversary. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , Muldental edition, May 27, 2016, p. 29.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Festival service for church music director Johannes Dickert. Leipziger Volkszeitung , online portal, June 24, 2019. Accessed June 27, 2019 .
  2. ↑ http://www.stadthalle-chemnitz.de/de/Mediencenter/Pressbereich/Presseinformationen_1277.html?news1292.id=562
  3. ↑ Kai-Uwe Brandt: Jugendkantorei inspires in Warstein - concert tour in Cologne, Essen and the twin city. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , Muldental edition, May 10, 2016, p. 26.
  4. ↑ Community letter from the parishes of St. Wenceslai Wurzen and Kühren-Burkartshain, December 2016 and January 2017 edition ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Page 19. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / evkirche-wurzen.de
  5. ↑ https://www.slub-dresden.de/ueber-uns/buchmuseum/ausstellungen-fuehrungen/veranstaltungen/details/veranstaltung/show/7164/
  6. ↑ https://www.slub-dresden.de/ueber-uns/buchmuseum/ausstellungen-fuehrungen/archiv-der-ausstellungen/ausstellungen-2016/800-jahre-kreuzchor/
  7. ↑ https://querstand.de/artikeldetails/ategorie/geistliche-musik/artikel/magnificat.html - accessed on June 27, 2019