Twelve Apostles Choir
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| Seat: | Berlin / Germany |
| Carrier: | Twelve Apostles Congregation |
| Founding: | 1877 |
| Genus: | Kantorei |
| Founder: | Hermann examiner |
| Head : | District Cantor Christoph Hagemann |
| Voices : | 60 (SATB) |
| Website : | www.kirchenmusik-zwoelf-apostel.de |
The Twelve Apostles Choir is a church choir in Berlin - Schöneberg .
Founded in 1877, it is one of the oldest church choirs in Berlin, along with the Sophienkirche choir in Berlin- Mitte .
Under his first director Hermann Prüfer (1844-1914) he worked on June 18, 1888 at the funeral service for Friedrich III. in the Friedenskirche in Potsdam . In 1893 Carl Mengewein (1852–1908) took over his management, which he held until his death. Around 1900 the choir had more than 60 members and took part in the Sunday service every 14 days in the Twelve Apostles Church . Mengewein's successor was Karl Lütge (1875-1967), who studied until 1902 at the nearby institute for church music. In 1910 he also took over the office of organist at the Twelve Apostles Church from Joachim Pyllemann and held both until 1945.
After the Second World War, the choir under Friedrich Kausch (until 1961), Gerhardt Blum and Hermann Hulman (1978-2004) did not initially regain its old size. Under district cantor Christoph Hagemann, it has now grown back to over 60 singers.
In keeping with tradition, the Twelve Apostles Choir focuses on the repertoire of the 18th and 19th centuries. In addition to the performance of the great choral orchestral works such as Messiah or Creation, there is a focus on less well-known music of the 19th century, for example the motets by Max Bruch , Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger or Friedrich Kiel . Compositions from the 16th (Melchior Vulpius) to the 20th century (Jean Langlais) complete the program.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistisches Jahrbuch Berlin 1904 , p. 415
- ↑ Hans Dieter Meyer: “Like from another world.” Wilhelm Middelschulte. Life and work. Bärenreiter 2007, p. 52
- ↑ Music pedagogical sheets 1908
- ↑ Statistisches Jahrbuch Berlin 1904 , p. 415
- ↑ Wolfgang Herbst (Ed.): Who is who in the hymnal? Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2001, p. 204