Vocal ensemble Darmstadt
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| Seat: | Darmstadt / Germany |
| Founding: | 1995 |
| Genus: | mixed choir |
| Founder: | Andreas Boltz |
| Head : | Jorin Sandau |
| Voices : | approx. 40 ( SATB ) |
| Website : | http://www.vocalensemble-darmstadt.de |
The Vocal Ensemble Darmstadt was founded in 1995 by Andreas Boltz and was artistic director until 2011. Jorin Sandau, regional cantor in St. Ludwig (Darmstadt) , has been in charge since 2011 .
The roughly 40 singers come together two to three times a year from all over the region for rehearsal phases.
repertoire
In addition to a focus on a cappella music of the 19th and 20th centuries, the choir also devoted itself to major works, as before
- Bach : St. John Passion (1999), St. Matthew Passion (2002), Christmas Oratorio (2007), Mass in B minor (2000)
- Brahms : A German Requiem (2002)
- Bruckner : Mass in E minor (2008)
- Charpentier : Messe de Minuit and Te deum (2009)
- Duruflé : Requiem (1996)
- Handel : Israel in Egypt (2005), Belshazzar (2008), Messiah (2014)
- Liszt : Missa Solennis , Via Crucis and 13th Psalm (2011)
- Mendelssohn : Elias (2010)
- Monteverdi : Marian Vespers (2003)
- Mozart : Vespers (2006) and Requiem (2013)
- Rossini : Petite Messe solennelle (1995)
Appearances
Appearances in the cathedrals of Lisbon , Włocławek , Würzburg , Mainz and Worms , the Thomaskirche in Leipzig , the state theaters of Wiesbaden and Darmstadt , at the Bodensee Music Festival (2004), concert tours to Italy (1998), France (2001), Portugal (2005 ), Poland (2009) and the collaboration with orchestras such as the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra , the Churpfälzische Hofcapelle and the Munich baroque orchestra L'arpa festante testify to the work of the choir.
CD recordings
The CD recordings Creator Spiritus , Swinging Christmas , Heiligste Nacht and the production of the Mass op.4 by Saint-Saëns for the Motette-Verlag Düsseldorf as well as recordings for the Hessian and Bavarian Radio and the Südwestrundfunk have made the choir known nationwide.