Monteverdichor Würzburg

Monteverdichor Würzburg
Seat:	Würzburg / Germany
Founding:	1992
Genus:	mixed choir
Head :	Matthias Beckert
Voices :	SATB
Website :	www.monteverdichor.com

The Monteverdichor Würzburg is a mixed choir in Würzburg .

About the choir

Former logo

The Monteverdichor Würzburg is a concert choir made up of students and alumni from the University of Music Würzburg and the University of Würzburg . The choir's concert repertoire includes the most important oratorios from the Renaissance to the modern era. The choir presented numerous Würzburg premieres for the first time in the city of Würzburg. Under the artistic direction of the conductor Matthias Beckert , the choir has established a permanent place in the cultural life of the city of Würzburg since 1998 and is known far beyond the region for its performances. The former Lord Mayor Georg Rosenthal called the choir "one of the most successful cultural ambassadors of the city of Würzburg".

As part of the Würzburg Mozart Festival 2006, the Monteverdichor Würzburg organized the anniversary concert. In 2007 the city of Würzburg honored the Monteverdichor with the award of the cultural medal for its performance “at the highest level” (quote from the laudatory speech). In 2008, the Monteverdichor organized the official memorial concert of the city of Würzburg on March 16, in which Würzburg commemorates its destruction in 1945 and commemorates those who were killed. In 2009, the Monteverdichor Würzburg was awarded the title "very good" at the Bavarian Choir Competition in Munich and passed on to the German Choir Competition as a national representative . At the German Choir Competition 2010 in Dortmund, the Monteverdichor Würzburg was awarded a 2nd prize by the international jury. In 2010 the Monteverdichor sang his masterpiece "Seven Gates of Jerusalem" in Würzburg and Rzeszów (Poland) under the direction of the famous composer Krzysztof Penderecki . The choir won two first prizes at the 2013 Bavarian Choir Competition. He also finished the 2014 German Choir Competition in Weimar with a first prize.

Formations of the Monteverdichores

The cast of the Monteverdichore is flexible and depends on the musical circumstances. In large oratorios from the 19th century onwards, the entire choir sings with over 100 choristers. The vocal repertoire from Renaissance and Baroque is performed in historical performance practice by the chamber choir formation of the Monteverdichores - the Monteverdi Ensemble Würzburg . The choir is always accompanied by an orchestra on historical instruments. The “ Marienvespers ” by Claudio Monteverdi , Bach's “ Johannes Passion ”, “ St. Matthew Passion ”, “ Christmas Oratorio ” and “ B minor Mass ” as well as Handel's “ Messiah ”, “ Judas Maccabaeus ”, “ Israel” were performed in Egypt ”and“ Samson ”. In 2009 CPO released a CD by the Monteverdi Ensemble with works by Valentin Rathgeber , which received positive reviews.

Naming / references to Monteverdi

The choir was founded in 1992 as the Ecumenical University Choir Würzburg and has been called the Monteverdichor Würzburg since 2008 . In 2004 the choir dedicated itself to the composer Claudio Monteverdi with the performance of the Marienvespers . In 2009 and 2010 the Monteverdichor sang his madrigal “Sfogava con le stelle” at both the Bavarian and German choir competitions. In 2011 the “ Vespro della Beata Vergine ” will be performed again at the great abbey concerts in Münsterschwarzach , and in 2012 at the Rosenberger Musiktage . The name after Claudio Monteverdi is intended to represent the broad concert repertoire of the choir, which includes works from the Renaissance to contemporary music.

Cooperation with renowned orchestras

The Monteverdichor Würzburg worked together with renowned orchestras such as the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra , the Jena Philharmonic , the Thuringian Philharmonic Gotha , the Thuringian Symphony Orchestra Saalfeld-Rudolstadt , the Vogtland Philharmonic Greiz-Reichenbach , the Hof Symphony Orchestra and the Main Philharmonic Orchestra Würzburg. At pre-classical concerts, the choir is u. a. Accompanied by the Concert Royal Cologne , the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin or the Würzburger Barockorchester (concertmaster Pauline Nobes) on historical instruments.

Würzburg premieres

• Leonard Bernstein: "Kaddish"
• Walter Braunfels : "Christmas Cantata", op. 52
• Walter Braunfels: "Advent Cantata", op. 45
• Wolfram Buchenberg : "In the lightland of heaven"
• Wolfram Buchenberg: "Theophany"
• Wolfram Buchenberg: "Cantico di frate sole"
• Hector Berlioz : " Grande Messe des Morts "
• Lili Boulanger : "Psalm 130"
• Max Bruch : "Greetings to the Holy Night"
• Frederick Delius: "Sea Drift"
• Frederick Delius: "The Song of the High Hills"
• Edward Elgar: "The Black Knight"
• Edward Elgar: "The Music Makers"
• Joseph von Eybler : "Christmas Oratorio"
• Gerald Finzi : "In terra pax"
• Georg Friedrich Handel : " Samson ", " Josua " and " Judas Maccabaeus "
• César Franck : "The Beatitudes"
• Zsolt Gárdonyi : "The Annunciation"
• Heinrich von Herzogenberg : “Requiem”, op. 72
• Heinrich von Herzogenberg: "Death Celebration", op. 80
• Heinrich von Herzogenberg: "Funeral Song", op. 88
• Arthur Honegger : " Une Cantate de Noël "
• Herbert Howells: "Hymnus Paradisi"
• Toshio Hosokawa : "Drei Engel-Lieder" (German premiere)
• Josef Lammerz : "Canticle of the Sun" (WP)
• Carl Loewe : "The festive times"
• Frank Martin : "In terra pax"
• Frank Martin: "Le mystere de la Nativite"
• Jules Massenet: "The Holy Virgin"
• Joseph Marx : "A New Year's Hymn" (first performance after reconstruction) and "Autumn Choir to Pan"
• Michael Ostrzyga : Puer natus est (Christmas Oratorio) (WP)
• Krzysztof Penderecki : "Seven Gates of Jerusalem" (Symphony No. 7)
• Krzysztof Penderecki: "Polish Requiem"
• Francis Poulenc : "Stabat Mater"
• Hans Pfitzner: "From a German soul"
• Sergei Rachmaninoff: "The Bells"
• Max Reger : " The 100th Psalm "
• Max Reger: "Two songs", op. 144
• John Rutter : " Magnificat "
• John Rutter: " Requiem "
• Karol Szymanowski : "Stabat Mater"
• Martin Sturm : "Antiphon" (WP)
• William Walton : "Belshazzar's Feast"
• Richard Wagner : " The Love Supper of the Apostles "
• Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Antartica"
• Ralph Vaughan Williams : " A Sea Symphony " and "Fantasia on Christmas Carols"
• Hugo Wolf : "Christmas Night"
• Ralph Vaughan Williams : "Hodie"
• Alexander von Zemlinsky: “23. Psalm"
• Alexander von Zemlinsky: “13. Psalm"
• Alexander von Zemlinsky: “83. Psalm"
• Heinz Werner Zimmermann : "Te Deum"

Discography

Publications with record labels

• Heinrich von Herzogenberg : "Requiem op. 72", "Todtenfeier op. 80", "Funeral song op. 88", CPO No. 1588284 (2014)
• Zsolt Gárdonyi : "The Annunciation", Spectral No. SRL4-10070 (2010)
• Georg Friedrich Händel : " Giove in Argo ", Musicaphon (2007) [as Kammerchor Würzburg]
• Heinrich von Herzogenberg : "The Birth of Christ", CPO No. 6253525 (2005)
• Valentin Rathgeber : "Missa SP Benedicti", CPO No. 4544164 (2009)
• Heinz Werner Zimmermann : Choral Works, Spektral (2008) [Participation in the Cantabile Regensburg vocal ensemble ]

more publishments

• Wolfram Buchenberg : “In the light land of heaven”, “Theophanie”, “Cantico di frate sole”; Lili Boulanger : "Psalm 130"
• Walter Braunfels : "Christmas Cantata", "Advent Cantata"; Carl Loewe : "The Festival Times"; Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy : "Birth of Christ"
• Francis Poulenc : “Stabat Mater”; Karol Szymanowski : "Stabat Mater"
• Joseph Marx : "A New Year's Hymn", "Autumn Choir"; Max Reger : "Two songs op. 144",
• Heinz Werner Zimmermann : "Te Deum"
• Georg Friedrich Handel : " Alexander Festival "
• Georg Friedrich Handel: " Samson "
• Franz Liszt : " Christ "
• Johann Sebastian Bach : " St. Matthew Passion "
• Johann Sebastian Bach: " Christmas Oratorio "
• Ludwig van Beethoven : " Missa Solemnis "
• Hector Berlioz : "The Childhood of Jesus"
• Hector Berlioz: " Grande Messe des Morts "
• Anton Bruckner : " Te Deum "; Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: " Lobgesang ", "Psalm 42"
• Antonín Dvořák : “ Stabat mater ”, op. 58
• Joseph Haydn : " The Creation "
• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy : " Paulus "
• Claudio Monteverdi : " Vespro della Beata Vergine "
• Franz Schmidt : " The book with seven seals "
• Giuseppe Verdi : " Messa da Requiem "

Web links

• www.monteverdichor.com
• Concert recordings of the Monteverdichor Würzburg on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Monteverdichor: Quote from Georg Rosenthal from the 2011 concert program (PDF; 4.3 MB). Retrieved June 2, 2011.
2. ^ City of Würzburg: List of culture medalists . Retrieved June 4, 2011.
3. ↑ Evangelical Lutheran Congregation St. Matthäus, Höchberg: "Preserve memories, live reconciliation" ( Memento of the original from February 22nd, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 314 kB), ecumenical program for the commemoration in 2008 . Retrieved June 4, 2011. 
4. ↑ Bavarian Music Council: List of results of the Bavarian Choir Competition 2009 ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved June 4, 2011. 
5. ↑ German Music Council: List of results of the German Choir Competition 2010 (Cat. A2)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved June 4, 2011.  
6. ^ Press office of the Ordinariate in Würzburg: Applause lasting several minutes for "Seven Gates of Jerusalem" ( Memento of December 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved June 4, 2011.
7. ^ Handel: "Israel in Egypt", Monteverdi Ensemble . Retrieved June 2, 2011.
8. ^ Handel: "Samson", Monteverdi Ensemble . Retrieved June 2, 2011.
9. ↑ Dagmar Zurek (Financial Times Germany): Monteverdi Ensemble with "Valentin Rathgeber: Missa St.Benedicti" ( Memento of 23 August 2010 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved June 4, 2011.
10. ↑ Monteverdichor: Press comments on Johann Valentin Rathgeber Sacred Works ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved June 4, 2011. 
11. ↑ Monteverdichor: Repertoire list  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the homepage of the choir . Retrieved June 2, 2011.  
12. ↑ Baroque Orchestra | University of Music Würzburg. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .