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Conductor:
Featuring:
Scheidt
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress Is Our God), SSWV 16 - for two four-part choirs from the Cantiones sacrae
Schein
Verbum caro factum est (And the Word was made flesh) - motet for six-part choir from Cymbalum Sionium
Schütz
Ich hebe meine Augen auf zu den Bergen (My eyes are lifted up to the hills), op. 2/10 SWV 31 - for two-part choirs from Psalmen Davids
J. L. Bach
Das ist meine Freude (This is My Joy), JLB 28 - motet for two four-part choirs
J. S. Bach
Christ lag in Todesbanden - choral prelude, BWV 625
Mendelssohn
Mitten wir im Leben sind (Though in midst of life we be), op. 23/3 - for eight-part choir
Brahms
Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen (Wherefore hath the light been given to a heart sorrowful), op. 74/1 - motet for six-part choir
Martin
Mass for Double Choir - Credo
Reger
Der Mensch lebt und bestehet nur eine kleine Zeit (Mankind lives and thrives only a short while) op. 138/1 - for eight-part choir from 8 Geistliche Gesänge (1914)
J. S. Bach
Toccata in F major, BWV 540/1
J. S. Bach
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Sing a new song to the Lord), BWV 225 - motet for two four-part choirs
"Students at sports school are proud of how high they can jump, while we're proud of making the audience happy with our singing,” a 12-year-old member of the church and boys' choir founded more than 800 years ago recently declared. The unique boarding school, in which nearly 100 boys aged between 9 and 18 currently study, was immortalised by Johann Sebastian Bach.
It has been no small task to keep tradition alive and to remain worthy of the name of the famous Thomaskantor, but the combination of - among other things - a balanced upbringing, wonderful teaching and a select student body together produce the same highest standards today as in the 18th century. This sailor suit-clad community lives in a little world of its own, among friends who help each other in their studies, with a strict daily routine and multi-faceted curriculum. What we witness of this as observers on the outside is the professionalism and marvellously uniform sound that characterises the choir's every performance - since the boys also sing the soprano and alto parts - and the spontaneous musicality that nevertheless permeates their productions. Outside of Europe, they have travelled to the United States, South America and Hong Kong, and are constantly receiving invitations to perform. However, due to the constraints of the school year and commitments in Leipzig, they only go on tour once a year. So if we pass up this opportunity, who knows when we might get the chance to hear them again.
The focus of the choir's repertoire is on Bach and the music of the German Baroque. This evening they sing a selection of works by composers who are less well known today, under the direction of a chorus master who assumed his duties not long ago. Gotthold Schwarz is a former pupil of the St. Thomas School, beginning his musical career in the institution in the 1960s, and continuing to collaborate regularly with the renowned choir in the ensuing decades.
The concert will be preceded from 6.30 pm by a conversation entitled Prelude, where ticket holders will be invited to get to know the performing musician and the works to be performed more closely.
Presented by: Müpa Budapest
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