Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg
The Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg is a
mixed choir in Hamburg, the chamber choir of the University of Hamburg since 1961. Founded in 1955 by Jürgen Jürgens and directed by him until 1994, it is one of Germany's most famous concert choirs. The choir is well known for its interpretations of Baroque and Renaissance music,[1] but covers choral music from the Renaissance to contemporary music. Since 1994, the conductor has been Gothart Stier
.
History
The choir was founded in 1955 as the "Chor am Italienischen Kulturinstitut" (Choir at the Italian Cultural Institute), but renamed the same year after Claudio Monteverdi, then a largely unknown composer.[2] Since 1961 it has been the chamber choir of the University of Hamburg, where Jürgens worked as a director of music from 1961 to 1993.[3]
After four years of intensive preparation, the Monteverdi-Chor won first prize at the international choral competition Concorso Polifonico Internazionale "Guido d'Arezzo" in Arezzo, Italy, in 1959. In 1962, it won first prize also at the international competition in Lille, France.
The choir became famous by collaboration with
St. Michaelis, soloist Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, conducted by Gerd Albrecht.[5] The choir was invited to music festivals at home and abroad, to almost all countries of Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, the United States, Central and Latin America, Southeast Asia, China and Australia.[2]
After the sudden death of Jürgen Jürgens in August 1994, Gothart Stier from Leipzig, a former concert singer, became artistic director. has been elected as new principal conductor.
Recordings
- Felix Mendelssohn: , cond: Gothart Stier [1998], Ambitus 97942.
- Felix Mendelssohn: , Gothart Stier [1996], Ambitus 97941.
- Max Reger: Orchesterlieder, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, St. Michaelis-Chor, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, cond: Gerd Albrecht [1990], Orfeo 209901.
- Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, Barbara Schlick, Ine Kollecker, John Elwes, Wilfried Jochens, Holger Hampel, Christfried Biebrach, Gustav Hehring, Camerata Accademica Hamburg, cond: Jürgen Jürgens [1987], Ambitus 383826.
- Marco da Gagliano: David Thomas, Berthold Possemeyer, Camerata Accademica Hamburg, Jürgen Jürgens [1977], Deutsche Grammophon437074-2.
- Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, Ian Partridge, Nigel Rogers, John Elwes, Camerata Accademia Hamburg, Jürgen Jürgens [1974], Deutsche Grammophon 002894428723.
- Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Tatiana Troyanos, Barry McDaniel, Sheila Armstrong, Patricia Johnson, Margaret Baker, Margaret Lensky, Paul Esswood, Nigel Rogers, chamber orchestra of the NDR, cond: Charles Mackerras [1967], Teldec 8573-81141-2.
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl, BWV 198, Der Friede sei mit dir, BWV 158, Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende? BWV 27, Rotraud Hansmann, Helen Watts, Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond, Concerto Amsterdam, Jürgen Jürgens [1967], Teldec 4509093687-2.
- Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, Rotraud Hansmann, Irmgard Jacobeit, Nigel Rogers, Bert van t'Hoff, Max van Egmond, Concentus Musicus Wien, Leitung: Jürgen Jürgens [1967], Teldec 4509-92175-2.
- Georg Philipp Telemann: Der Tag des Gerichts, Gertraud Landwehr-Herrmann, Cora Canne-Meijer, Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond, Concentus Musicus Wien, cond: Nikolaus Harnoncourt [1966], Teldec 9031-77621-2.
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Schleicht, spielende Wellen, BWV 206, Irmgard Jacobeit, Wilhelmine Mattès, Tom Brand, Jacques Villisech, Amsterdamer Kammerorchester, cond: André Rieu [1962], Teldec 8573-81141-2.
- Anton Bruckner Music of the St. Florian Period, Jürgen Jürgens, Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg and Israel Chamber Orchestra [1984], BSVD-0109, 2011 (Bruckner Archive Production)
- Anton Bruckner Music of St Florian Period (II), Jürgen Jürgens, Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg and Israel Chamber Orchestra [1984], BSVD-0111 (Bruckner Archive Production)
Awards and prizes
- 1976: Johannes Brahms Medal of Hamburg[7]
References
- ISBN 978-0-470-57326-6. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg (Choir)". Bach Cantatas. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Monteverdi-Chor" (in German). University of Hamburg. 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ Quinn, John (2009). "Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) / Cantatas". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "Reger: Requiem". prestoclassical.co. 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ^ "Marienvesper / von Claudio Monteverdi / in Kooperation mit dem Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg". lauttencompagney.de. 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "Brahms-Medaille – Die Preisträger". aluan.de. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
External links
- AllMusic
- Official site
- The Monteverdi-Chor (Germany) St. Petersberg Academic Philharmonic 2012
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