Male choir wing wheel
| Male choir wing wheel | |
|---|---|
| Seat: | Wuppertal / Germany |
| Carrier: | Bahn-Sozialwerk Foundation |
| Founding: | 1908 |
| Resolution: | 2014 |
| Genus: | Male choir |
| Website : | maennerchor-fluegelrad.de/ ( Memento from December 14, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) |
The BSW - Männerchor Flügelrad was a choir in Wuppertal .
history
In 1908 the men's choir was founded in Heckinghausen , a district of the then independent town of Barmen . It was initially a pure railway choir, but later opened up to other members. After the Second World War , the choir performed in the Wuppertal City Hall and the Wuppertal Opera House ; his tours have taken him to Austria , England , France , Poland and Switzerland .
From 1955 to 2011 the male choir wing wheel held the title master choir . The North Rhine-Westphalia Choir Association awards this highest award to amateur choirs every five years within a competition that Flügelrad has won ten times in a row; Since then, the Wuppertal Singing Community has been the most awarded choir. The ensemble also performed successfully in comparison with other choirs in North Rhine-Westphalia .
In 2014, the choir and association disbanded, the reason given by the last chairman, Hartmut Rosenkranz, was a lack of young people. At the end of the 1950s, the choir consisted of almost 100 singers, at last there were around 30. The singing community gave a final concert on December 21, 2014 in the Luther Church in Barmen under the direction of their conductor Hans-Jürgen Fleischer .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d The male choir Flügelrad falls silent after 106 years of the Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from December 17, 2014
- ↑ History of the men's choir Flügelrad Wuppertal ( Memento from January 23, 2005 in the Internet Archive )