Kodály Choir Hamburg
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| Seat: | Hamburg / Germany |
| Carrier: | independent association |
| Founding: | 7th February 1972 |
| Genus: | mixed choir |
| Founder: | Fritz Bultmann |
| Head : | Eva Hage |
| Voices : | 50 (SATB) |
| Website : | www.kodalychor.de |
The Kodály Choir Hamburg was founded on February 7, 1972. It is a mixed choir , organized as a non-profit association , and a member of the Hamburg Choir Association . The choir has named itself after Zoltán Kodály in order to document its connection to contemporary choral music that can be sung by amateur choirs, but also to choral music influenced by folk music .
musical direction
- Fritz Bultmann founded the choir in 1972 and directed it for almost 39 years until the end of 2010. He is an honorary member of the Kodály Choir.
- His successor was Jörg Mall in the first half of 2011.
- Eva Hage has been the musical director of the choir since October 2011.
literature
The choir is primarily dedicated to a cappella literature from the 16th to the 21st century. The range of rehearsals of sacred and secular choral literature ranges from Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli to Martín Palmeri's Magnificat , from works by Hans Leo Haßler to Peter Michael Hamel . In addition to European choral music, you can also find South American choral music on the concert programs. Various works (including Bach , Haydn , Brahms , Rheinberger , Duruflé , Orff ) were performed in collaboration with orchestras. The special strength of the choir is the romance .
Concert tours
The Kodály Choir Hamburg has got to know around 200 performance venues in many countries since it was founded. Concert tours led to the Netherlands , Hungary , Poland , Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania , England , Spain , the Czech Republic , France , Brazil , Argentina and many cities in Germany.
Competitions
The choir has successfully participated in many choir competitions. He has won several prizes at the Hamburg state competitions and was a finalist at the German Choir Competition in Cologne (1982), Hanover (1985), Regensburg (1998) and Osnabrück (2002). In 1998 he received the special prize of the city of Regensburg for the best interpretation of a German folk song ( In a cool reason ) .
The choir competed in international choir competitions in 1987 in Arnhem, the Netherlands (IKF 1987 Arnhem), in 2005 at the 4th International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival and Competition ( Musica Mundi ) in Wernigerode (category winner and golden diploma) and in 2012 at the competition of the German Choir Association in Frankfurt (2 . Price of the Romance category A ). The greatest international success came in 1989 with a recording by NDR in the Let the Peoples Sing competition , the choir competition of the European broadcasters .
The choir took part in television broadcasts by Südwestfunk (Offenburg 1992) and NDR (Landesstudio Rostock 1995). In 2008 and 2012 he took part in the Choir Festival of the German Choir Association . In 2016 the title ¡magnificatango! the Hamburg premiere of the Magnificat by Martín Palmeri on the program. And in 2018 the choir presented Lux Aeterna by Thomas Cornelius as a German premiere .
