Munich Oratorio Choir
| Munich Oratorio Choir | |
|---|---|
| Seat: | Munich / Germany |
| Founding: | 1878 |
| Genus: | Concert and oratorio choir |
| Founder: | Albin storm |
| Head : | André Gold |
| Voices : | 80 ( SATB ) |
| Website : | www.muenchneroratorienchor.de |
The Münchner Oratorienchor eV is a concert and oratorio choir in Munich in Bavaria . He has been led by André Gold since 2014.
history
The choir was founded in 1878 as a 'teachers choir' and had almost 800 choir members at the turn of the century. In 1906 a long-term association with the Musical Academy was established, which lasted more than five decades and shaped the development of the choir. The choir has been working with changing orchestras since the early 1970s and finances its concerts as a registered association itself.
Thanks to the high number of singers and the extraordinary commitment of its members, the musical activity of the choir never stopped, especially not during the two world wars. Great oratorio works such as Beethoven's 9th Symphony or Mozart's Requiem were able to take place despite difficult conditions.
The Münchner Oratorienchor, as the teacher's choir has been called since 1995, has sung over the years under conductors such as Hans Knappertsbusch , Max Reger or Richard Strauss - and more recently - Sir Georg Solti and Wolfgang Sawallisch .
The musical work of the choir was shaped by its artistic directors, such as general music director Ulrich Weder, who directed the choir from 1999 to 2008, or Robert Blank, now choir director at the WDR Rundfunkchor Köln . André Gold has been the artistic director of the Munich Oratorio Choir since 2014.
program
With about 80 singers the chorus brings works from the spiritual and secular choral literature for the performance - of Handel Messiah and Haydn creation on the Requiem Verdi and Carmina Burana by Carl Orff through contemporary to premières art, such as two fragments from a Opera to King Dawid by Wilfried Hiller or the Confessiones by Steffen Wick .
The choir performed in the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residence , the Philharmonie im Gasteig or the Prinzregententheater . Guest appearances outside of Munich, took place in the Stuttgart Liederhalle or in the KKL in Lucerne.
Artistic director
- 1878–1900: Albin Sturm
- 1900–1906: Viktor Glut
- 1907–1911: Fritz Cortolezis
- 1911–1914: Hugo Röhr
- 1914–1922: Eduard Zengerle
- 1922-1924: Robert Heger
- 1925–1930: Eduard Zengerle
- 1930–1935: GMD Hans Knappertsbusch
- 1935–1939: Richard Trunk
- 1939–1949: Josef Kugler
- 1949–1950: Franz Gottschaller
- 1950–1991: Jürg Popp
- 1961–1980: Wolfgang Baumgart
- 1980–1995: Hans-Peter Rauscher
- 1995–1999: Andreas Hantke
- 1999–2008: Ulrich Weder
- 2008-2014: Robert Blank
- since 2014: André Gold