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19:00 | Monteverdi Choir (Hamburg): Die Schopfung |
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Monteverdi Choir (Hamburg) and Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra conducted by Gothart Stier (Germany) will perform Oratorio for soloists, choir and orchestra "Die Schopfung" by J. Haydn in the context of the series "Facets of Life Eternal: Oratorio Masterpieces". Soloists: Ute Selbig (soprano), Martin Petzold (tenor), Henryk Bohm (bass). The conductor and singer Gothart Stier received his first musical education as a member of the Stadtsingechor Halle. In 1963, after studying church music at the Leipzig Conservatoire and intensive private singing tuition, he became choirmaster and organist at the Friedenskirche Leipzig. Under his direction, the Friedenskantorei was well known throughout the German Democratic Republic (DDR) for its great oratorio performances in the famous St Thomas Church in Leipzig. From 1995 until 2010 he has also been director of music of the Robert-Franz-Singakademie Halle. For his successful work with the Montevedi Choir he was awarded to the Biermann-Rathjen Medal by the City of Hamburg in 2009. The Monteverdi Choir, founded in 1964, is famous for its passionate, committed and virtuosic singing. Over the past 50 years, it has been consistently acclaimed as one of the best choirs in the world, noted for its ability to switch composer, language and idiom with complete stylistic conviction. Among a number of trail-blazing tours, the most ambitious was the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage in 2000, during which they performed all 198 of J.S. Bach's sacred cantatas in more than 60 churches throughout Europe, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the composer's death. The Choir has over 150 recordings to its name and has won numerous prizes. It regularly participates in staged opera productions, including recently Le Freyschutz (Weber), L'Etoile (Chabrier) and Carmen (Bizet) at the Opera Comique in Paris. Last year, the Choir took part in a variety of projects across different repertoires - from Beethoven Missa Solemnis on tour with the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique to a nine-hour "Bach Marathon" at the Royal Albert Hall.
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