Monteverdi Choir
| Monteverdi Choir | |
|---|---|
| Seat: |
 London
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| Founding: | 1964 |
| Genus: | mixed choir |
| Founder: | John Eliot Gardiner |
| Head : | John Eliot Gardiner |
| Voices : | 61 ( SATB ) |
| Website : | monteverdi.co.uk |
The Monteverdi Choir is an internationally renowned choir founded by Sir John Eliot Gardiner in 1964 .
Many choir members regularly take on solo roles; some former singers have had successful solo careers.
Although founded as a baroque ensemble , the choir's repertoire ranges from the Renaissance to the 20th century . The ensemble has often performed with the orchestras of the founder Gardiner, the English Baroque Soloists and the Orchester Révolutionnaire et Romantique .
On the 250th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach's death , the choir realized the ambitious project of the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage , in which most of Bach's 198 church cantatas were performed in more than 60 European churches.
The choir's discography includes more than 100 recordings, many of which have been awarded prizes. The choir regularly participates in opera productions, most recently in Freischütz (Berlioz / Weber), L'étoile and Carmen at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, with which the ensemble has agreed a five-year cooperation. In 2012 the choir was a guest of the Berlin-based Mahler Chamber Orchestra (Schumanns Manfred ) and the Orchester National de France (Berlioz ' Grande messe des morts ), both conducted by Gardiner. The choir is also continuing its successful collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra by performing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony .
Web links
- Official website
- Sound carrier by Monteverdi Choir in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monteverdi Choir . In: The Guardian , October 18, 2012
- ^ Monteverdi Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Gardiner, Barbican Hall. The arts desk, April 26, 2013