Meissner Kantorei 1961
| Meissner Kantorei 1961 | |
|---|---|
| Seat: | Dresden / Germany |
| Founding: | 1961 |
| Genus: | mixed choir |
| Founder: | Erich Schmidt |
| Head : | Georg Christoph Sandmann |
| Voices : | ??? ( SATB ) |
| Website : | http://www.meissner-kantorei.de/ |
The Meißner Kantorei 1961 is a national choir for contemporary church music . The choir was founded in 1961 on the initiative of the Meissen cathedral cantor Erich Schmidt . From 1981 to 2017 the choir was led by Christfried Brödel . Georg Christoph Sandmann has been the artistic director since 2018.
Emergence
In the summer of 1961, the choir from Meissner Domkantor Erich Schmidt was project choir for the performance of Ezzolieds of Willy Burkhard founded. In the years that followed, works by numerous contemporary composers were premiered under Schmidt's direction, including by Volker Bräutigam , Kurt Hessenberg and Manfred Weiss . A special highlight was the world premiere of Wolfgang Hufschmidt's Meißner Te Deum in Meißner Dom with texts by Günter Grass in 1968. The following year, Kurt Hessenberg's parable of the Great Supper was premiered.
In 1981 the then choir prefect Christfried Brödel took over the management of the Meißner Kantorei, which he held until 2018. Since then, the connection to Meißen has only existed in the name of the national choir. Contemporary church music is still the focus of the ensemble's program. The Meissner Kantorei also appeared regularly under Brödel with premieres of contemporary compositions, for example by Dieter Acker , Hans Darmstadt or Wilfried Jentzsch . In 1998, the MDR broadcast the world premiere of the Requiem for a Polish Boy by Dietrich Lohff by the Meissen Kantorei in 1961. The world premiere of numerous cantatas from the cycle The Sacred Year by the Dresden composer Jörg Herchet is particularly noteworthy .
After 1989, the choir appeared beyond the borders of the GDR , so the annual summer trip took them to the Netherlands, Poland, Austria and Hungary.
Georg Christoph Sandmann has been the artistic director of the Meißner Kantorei since 2018. The rehearsals of the choir take place mainly in Dresden .
Discography
- 2018: Jörg Herchet : The Spiritual Year 4, Christmas Oratorio, Querstand VKJK 1817
- 2015: Jörg Herchet : The spiritual year 3, 3 cantatas, Querstand VKJK 1706
- 2013: Jörg Herchet : The spiritual year 2, 4 cantatas, Querstand VKJK 1307
- 2012: Jörg Herchet : The spiritual year 1, 4 cantatas, Querstand VKJK 1113
- 2008: Hans Peter Türk : Transylvanian Passion Music for Good Friday , Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 902 1554-6
- 2001: Günter Neubert : Laudate Ninive, cross stand VKJK 0116
- 1999: Dietrich Lohff : Requiem for a Polish boy, GegenKlang LC 05699
literature
- Christfried Brödel: Contemporary church music around Dresden - The Meißner Kantorei 1961. In: Matthias Herrmann (Hrsg.): The Dresden church music in the 19th and 20th centuries. Pp. 501-516.
Web links
- List of performances and world premieres by the Meissner Kantorei in 1961
- Meißner Kantorei 1961 on the website of Christfried Brödel
- Report on the Meissner Kantorei 1961 on DeutschlandRadio Kultur on March 18, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of performances from 1981-2006, www.meissner-kantorei.de ( Memento from June 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 38 kB)