Robert Mehlhart

Robert Mehlhart OP (born April 25, 1982 in Trostberg ( Chiemgau )) is a German church musician , musicologist and Roman Catholic religious priest in the Dominican order . Since 2012 he has been the choir director of the vocal band of the Theatinerkirche in Munich . Since 2018 he has been Vice President of the General Cäcilienverband and teaches at the University of Music and Theater in Munich .

Life

Robert Mehlhart received his basic training from the Regensburger Domspatzen . In 2000 he received a scholarship from the International Richard Wagner Foundation. After joining the Dominican order , he studied theology , church music and musicology in Vienna and Oxford .

At the Dominican Church in Vienna he founded the Vienna Student Choir and the chamber music series Wiener Kreuzgangkonzerte.

After completing his doctorate on Gregorian chant and artistic studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna , he took over the leadership of church music at the Theatinerkirche in Munich and its various ensembles in 2012 .

Mehlhart directed the world premiere of Missa Magister Bone by the British composer Alexander Campkin as well as several German premieres (by Vladimir Martynov , James Mc Millan, among others ). A teaching position at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich as well as public workshops in the field of Gregorian chant complement his artistic work.

Compositions

• Vigil for solos, ensemble, congregation and organ (WP 2013 St. Ursula Vienna)
• Three arrangements for a cappella choir during Advent (premiere 2015 Theatinerkirche Munich )
• Missa O Lumen for a cappella choir (WP 2016 Theatinerkirche Munich )
• Justus ut palma florebit (Premiere 2017 Court Chapel of the Munich Residence )
• Turba choirs for the St. John Passion (Premiere 2018 Theatinerkirche Munich)
• "Show that you'll be there" (Wedding-Song I, UA 2018 Clärchens Ballhaus Berlin)
• De Sancto Georgio, Motet for four equal voices (WP 2019 Court Orchestra of the Munich Residence)

Publications

• Keyword Gregorian chant (word and answer, 53rd year, issue 1, 2012)
• CD "GP Palestrina Papae Marcelli" (live recording 2015)
• "Prayers instead of flowers" ( Münchner Kirchenzeitung , October 23, 2016 No. 43)
• "Holy Music" ( Parish Gazette St. Stephan Vienna , Christmas 2016, 71st year No. 3)
• "For eyes and ears" (review in the library magazine messages from the state libraries in Berlin and Munich 3/2016, pp. 17-22)
• "Beyond the O Lumen - notes on St. Dominic's antiphon" (CLIOP, magazine of the International Liturgical Commission of the Dominican Order of Rome, No. 14 - 2017)
• CD Claudio Monteverdi Selva Morale e Spirituale (Magnificat Secondo, Messa A 4 Da Capella)
• CD Advent and Christmas: songs and dances. (Michael Praetorius, Terpsichore (1612), 2019)

swell

• "One to one. The Talk ". (45 minute portrait in Bavaria 2 , 2013)

• Portrait in the Süddeutsche Zeitung (No. 16, January 19/10, 2013)
• "Theo.Logik", of organs and pipes. ( Bavaria 2 , 2014)
• "Monteverdi as a prayer" (Interview on Domradio Köln on March 4th, 2018)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ P. Robert Mehlhart op.Retrieved January 25, 2018 . 
2. ^ Theatine Church in Munich. Retrieved February 26, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Dominicans in southern Germany and Austria: P. Dr. Robert Mehlhart OP - Dominican Munich. Retrieved January 25, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Ferdinand Kaineder: Dominican new Vice President of the General Cecilia Association for Germany . In: Religious Orders Austria . ( ordensgemeinschaften.at [accessed on January 25, 2018]).
5. ^ University of Music and Theater Munich - Home. Retrieved January 15, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Mehlhart, Robert Josef: From understanding old sounds. 2011, accessed February 9, 2018 . 
7. ^ University of Music and Theater Munich - Home. Retrieved January 15, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Monteverdi as a prayer - Interview with Father Robert Mehlhart OP (04.03.2018) | DOMRADIO.DE. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .