Reger-Chor
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The Reger-Chor is a project choir founded in 1985 and conducted by Gabriel Dessauer
in Wiesbaden
. Since 2001 it has grown to Reger-Chor-International in a collaboration with the organist Ignace Michiels
of the St. Salvator's Cathedral of Bruges
, performing an annual concert both in Germany and Belgium of mostly sacred choral music for choir
and organ
. Concerts have taken place regularly in St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden
, and in the cathedral of Brugge in its series "Kathedraalconcerten". The choir performed additional concerts at other churches of the two countries and in the Concertgebouw (concert hall) of Brugge.
Gabriel Dessauer
(born 1955) has been cantor
of St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden
, since 1981. In 1985 he called singers together to form a choir in order to perform a single work, the Hebbel-Requiem
of Max Reger
in the organ version of the Munich organist and composer Max Beckschäfer
. The concert on 16 October 1985 was part of the Internationale Orgelkonzerte Wiesbaden, with concerts of Roger Fisher
, Judit Hajdók and Maurice Clerc, among others, on the Walcker organ
of the Marktkirche in Wiesbaden
, which Max Reger
had played himself when he had lived there starting in 1891. Gabriel Dessauer conducted the choir, Beckschäfer was the organist. This is considered the foundation of the Reger-Chor.
The name was chosen in 1988, when the next project was dedicated to the German premiere of Joseph Jongen
's Missa op. 111. Later projects included one of the first performances in Germany of Rutter's Requiem
, recorded on the first CD
of the Reger-Chor in 1990.
In 2001 an international collaboration began with the organist Ignace Michiels
, bringing together an almost equal number of singers from Flanders
and the Rhein-Main Region to perform an annual concert both in Germany and Belgium.
The choir sang the German premiere of Joseph Jongen
's Missa op. 111 for choir, brass ensemble and organ, not yet in print then, both in the Stiftskirche of Aschaffenburg
and in St. Bonifatius.
1989
On 15 January the choir performed Henry Purcell
's anthems Remember not, O Lord, our offences and Hear my prayer, O Lord, Herbert Howells
' Magnificat for St. Pauls, Benjamin Britten
's Te Deum in C and Herbert Sumsion
's In Exile, with organist Petra Morath. On 14 July 1989 the choir sang Bach's Missa in G minor
in St. Bonifatius with the Kammerorchester Marburg.
1990
On 1 November 1990 the choir sang in St. Bonifatius Reger's motet
s Der Mensch lebt und bestehet and Nachtlied from Acht geistliche Gesänge op. 138, and Rutter's Requiem
in the version for chamber ensemble. The concert was recorded on CD, the choir positioned "mixed", no two singers of a voice part next to each other, to improve homogeneity.
1992
On 16 June 1992, commemorating the 80th birthday of Maurice Duruflé
, the choir sang in St. Bonifatius his Requiem
in the organ version, with alto Laetititia Henke-Cropp and organist Petra Morath. Gabriel Dessauer played Duruflé's Suite op. 5.
1998
On 11 January 1998 the choir sang secular choral music in the hall of St. Bonifatius, accompanied by Petra Kristen, piano: Elgar
's From the Bavarian Highlands op. 27, to be sung of a Summer Night on the Water of Delius
, five of Rutter
's Eight Childhood Lyrics, and the Zigeunerlieder op. 103 of Brahms. The songs of Rutter were performed also on 24 January at a workshop for choral conductors which the composer conducted in Limburg. He first listened and then conducted the music himself.
2001
The first concerts of the Reger-Chor-International were performed in St. Salvator and in St. Bonifatius. the choral part of the program was William Lloyd Webber
's Missa Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae, Jules Van Nuffel
's psalm Dominus regnavit, and again Reger's Requiem. The concert in Wiesbaden was recorded.
2002
The choir sang concerts in St. Salvator and St. Bonifatius, the choral part of the program was Joseph Ryelandt
's Missa quatuor vocibus mixtis cum organo op. 84 and Kodaly's Laudes organi
. Bruges was European Capital of Culture
that year, therefore music was performed of a composer who had been affiliated with the city for life.
2003
The choir premiered in concerts in St. Bonifatius and St. Salvator the organ version of Reger's Der 100. Psalm of François Callebout.
2004
The choir sang in St. Salvator and St. Bonifatius sacred works for choir and organ of Van Nuffel, including In convertendo Dominus
, and Reger's Nachtlied.
2006
The choir performed both in St. Leonhard, Frankfurt
, and in St. Bonifatius choral music from England, Herbert Howells
' Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Gloucester), Herbert Sumsion
s They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships and In Exile, and three movements from Andrew Carter
's Benedicite.
On 2 December 2006 Ignace Michiels conducted the choir in Bach's Christmas Oratorio, performed in the Concertgebouw of Bruges.
2007
As part of the Boni-Musikwochen 2007 in St. Bonifatius, celebrating Das Jahr des Historizismus, the choir sang on 15 Juli 2007 Ryelandt's Missa six vocibus op. 111 and Kurt Hessenberg
's Herr, mache mich zum Werkzeug deines Friedens op. 37/1, the Prayer of Saint Francis
. The program was repeated at Sint-Pieters in Oostkamp
on 2 August 2007.
2008
As part of the Boni-Musikwochen 2008 in St. Bonifatius, celebrating the 175th birthday of Brahms, the choir sang three motets op. 110, Geistliches Lied op. 30, and Fest- und Gedenksprüche op. 109. The program was repeated at the Heilig Hart Kerk in Knokke
.
2009
As part of the Boni-Musikwochen 2009 in St. Bonifatius the choir performed choral music from North America, Rupert Lang's Earth teach me on words of the Ute people, Morten Lauridsen
's O magnum mysterium, Eric Whitacre
's Lux aurumque, and Moses Hogan
's Elijah Rock
and Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
.
2010
Celebrating 25 years, the choir performed as part of the Boni-Musikwochen 2010 in St. Bonifatius the last movement of Bach's congratulatory cantata
BWV 134a, Van Nuffel's In convertendo Dominus, the Gloria from Ryelandt's Missa op. 84 and Reger's Hebbel-Requiem. The program was performed on 4 September 2010 in St. Salvator as the final concert of the Kathedraalconcerten 2010.
2011
On 5 November, the choir performed Ein deutsches Requiem
by Johannes Brahms in an organ version at St. Salvator. Ignace Michiels began the concert with an organ version of Mendelssohn's Variations sérieuses
and an arrangement of Liszt
's St. François de Paule marchant sur les flots from Deux légendes (1862). The same program was performed in Wiesbaden on 12 November.
Gabriel Dessauer
Gabriel Dessauer is a German cantor, concert organist and academic. He has been responsible for the church music at St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden, since 1981. He is an internationally known organ recitalist and an organ teacher on the faculty of the Gutenberg University of Mainz...
in Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...
. Since 2001 it has grown to Reger-Chor-International in a collaboration with the organist Ignace Michiels
Ignace Michiels
Ignace Michiels is a Belgian organist at the St. Salvator's Cathedral of Bruges, a choral conductor and an organ teacher. He is internationally known as a concert organist.- Professional career :...
of the St. Salvator's Cathedral of Bruges
Bruges
Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country....
, performing an annual concert both in Germany and Belgium of mostly sacred choral music for choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
and organ
Pipe organ
The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air through pipes selected via a keyboard. Because each organ pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre and volume throughout the keyboard compass...
. Concerts have taken place regularly in St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden
St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden
St. Bonifatius in Wiesbaden, Germany, is the central Catholic parish and church in the capital of Hesse. The present building was designed by architect Philipp Hoffmann in Gothic Revival style and built from 1844 to 1849. Twin steeples of 68 m dominate the Luisenplatz. The parish is part of the...
, and in the cathedral of Brugge in its series "Kathedraalconcerten". The choir performed additional concerts at other churches of the two countries and in the Concertgebouw (concert hall) of Brugge.
History
Gabriel Dessauer
Gabriel Dessauer is a German cantor, concert organist and academic. He has been responsible for the church music at St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden, since 1981. He is an internationally known organ recitalist and an organ teacher on the faculty of the Gutenberg University of Mainz...
(born 1955) has been cantor
Cantor (church)
A cantor is the chief singer employed in a church with responsibilities for the ecclesiastical choir; also called the precentor....
of St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden
St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden
St. Bonifatius in Wiesbaden, Germany, is the central Catholic parish and church in the capital of Hesse. The present building was designed by architect Philipp Hoffmann in Gothic Revival style and built from 1844 to 1849. Twin steeples of 68 m dominate the Luisenplatz. The parish is part of the...
, since 1981. In 1985 he called singers together to form a choir in order to perform a single work, the Hebbel-Requiem
Requiem (Reger)
The Requiem, Op. 144b, is a late Romantic composition of Max Reger, also called Hebbel Requiem, a setting of Friedrich Hebbel's poem Requiem. Reger wrote it in 1915 for alto solo, chorus and orchestra...
of Max Reger
Max Reger
Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger was a German composer, conductor, pianist, organist, and academic teacher.-Life:...
in the organ version of the Munich organist and composer Max Beckschäfer
Max Beckschäfer
Max Beckschäfer is a German organist, composer and academic.- Professional career :Beckschäfer took classes at the Richard-Strauss-Konservatorium in Munich in organ, piano, violin and choral conducting. He studied church music at the Musikhochschule München and continued studying composition with...
. The concert on 16 October 1985 was part of the Internationale Orgelkonzerte Wiesbaden, with concerts of Roger Fisher
Roger Fisher (Organist)
Roger Fisher is a concert organist and pianist from Woodford, Essex.He attended Bancroft's School and went on to the Royal College of Music, studying with Herbert Howells and Harold Darke. He gained ARCM, FRCO and CHM diplomas, and also won the Geoffrey Tankard Prize for Organ playing...
, Judit Hajdók and Maurice Clerc, among others, on the Walcker organ
Walcker Orgelbau
Walcker Orgelbau of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is a builder of pipe organs. It was founded in Cannstatt, a suburb of Stuttgart in 1780 by Johann Eberhard Walcker...
of the Marktkirche in Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...
, which Max Reger
Max Reger
Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger was a German composer, conductor, pianist, organist, and academic teacher.-Life:...
had played himself when he had lived there starting in 1891. Gabriel Dessauer conducted the choir, Beckschäfer was the organist. This is considered the foundation of the Reger-Chor.
The name was chosen in 1988, when the next project was dedicated to the German premiere of Joseph Jongen
Joseph Jongen
Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen was a Belgian organist, composer, and music educator.-Biography:Jongen was born in Liège. On the strength of an amazing precocity for music, he was admitted to the Liège Conservatoire at the extraordinarily young age of seven, and spent the next sixteen years...
's Missa op. 111. Later projects included one of the first performances in Germany of Rutter's Requiem
Requiem (Rutter)
The Requiem by John Rutter is a musical setting of an adaptation of the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass, completed in 1985. The setting utilises a choir with an orchestral accompaniment, along with a soprano soloist. The Requiem was first performed on 13 October 1985 at Lovers' Lane United Methodist...
, recorded on the first CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
of the Reger-Chor in 1990.
In 2001 an international collaboration began with the organist Ignace Michiels
Ignace Michiels
Ignace Michiels is a Belgian organist at the St. Salvator's Cathedral of Bruges, a choral conductor and an organ teacher. He is internationally known as a concert organist.- Professional career :...
, bringing together an almost equal number of singers from Flanders
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
and the Rhein-Main Region to perform an annual concert both in Germany and Belgium.
Projects
1988The choir sang the German premiere of Joseph Jongen
Joseph Jongen
Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen was a Belgian organist, composer, and music educator.-Biography:Jongen was born in Liège. On the strength of an amazing precocity for music, he was admitted to the Liège Conservatoire at the extraordinarily young age of seven, and spent the next sixteen years...
's Missa op. 111 for choir, brass ensemble and organ, not yet in print then, both in the Stiftskirche of Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg is a city in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not considered part of the district of Aschaffenburg, but is the administrative seat.Aschaffenburg is known as the Tor zum Spessart or "gate to the Spessart"...
and in St. Bonifatius.
1989
On 15 January the choir performed Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
's anthems Remember not, O Lord, our offences and Hear my prayer, O Lord, Herbert Howells
Herbert Howells
Herbert Norman Howells CH was an English composer, organist, and teacher, most famous for his large output of Anglican church music.-Life:...
' Magnificat for St. Pauls, Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He showed talent from an early age, and first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy Was Born in 1934. With the premiere of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to...
's Te Deum in C and Herbert Sumsion
Herbert Sumsion
Herbert Whitton Sumsion was an English musician who was organist of Gloucester Cathedral from 1928 to 1967...
's In Exile, with organist Petra Morath. On 14 July 1989 the choir sang Bach's Missa in G minor
Missa (Bach)
A Missa of Johann Sebastian Bach is in general a composition of the Latin Mass by the German Baroque composer.More specifically, Missa refers to one of his four short masses in F major, A major, G minor and G major, BWV 233 to 236...
in St. Bonifatius with the Kammerorchester Marburg.
1990
On 1 November 1990 the choir sang in St. Bonifatius Reger's motet
Motet
In classical music, motet is a word that is applied to a number of highly varied choral musical compositions.-Etymology:The name comes either from the Latin movere, or a Latinized version of Old French mot, "word" or "verbal utterance." The Medieval Latin for "motet" is motectum, and the Italian...
s Der Mensch lebt und bestehet and Nachtlied from Acht geistliche Gesänge op. 138, and Rutter's Requiem
Requiem (Rutter)
The Requiem by John Rutter is a musical setting of an adaptation of the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass, completed in 1985. The setting utilises a choir with an orchestral accompaniment, along with a soprano soloist. The Requiem was first performed on 13 October 1985 at Lovers' Lane United Methodist...
in the version for chamber ensemble. The concert was recorded on CD, the choir positioned "mixed", no two singers of a voice part next to each other, to improve homogeneity.
1992
On 16 June 1992, commemorating the 80th birthday of Maurice Duruflé
Maurice Duruflé
Maurice Duruflé was a French composer, organist, and pedagogue.Duruflé was born in Louviers, Eure. In 1912, he became chorister at the Rouen Cathedral Choir School, where he studied piano and organ with Jules Haelling...
, the choir sang in St. Bonifatius his Requiem
Requiem (Duruflé)
The Requiem, op. 9, by Maurice Duruflé was commissioned in 1947 by the French music publisher Durand and is written in memory of the composer's father. The work is for SATB choir with mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists...
in the organ version, with alto Laetititia Henke-Cropp and organist Petra Morath. Gabriel Dessauer played Duruflé's Suite op. 5.
1998
On 11 January 1998 the choir sang secular choral music in the hall of St. Bonifatius, accompanied by Petra Kristen, piano: Elgar
Edward Elgar
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM, GCVO was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos...
's From the Bavarian Highlands op. 27, to be sung of a Summer Night on the Water of Delius
Frederick Delius
Frederick Theodore Albert Delius, CH was an English composer. Born in the north of England to a prosperous mercantile family of German extraction, he resisted attempts to recruit him to commerce...
, five of Rutter
John Rutter
John Milford Rutter CBE is a British composer, conductor, editor, arranger and record producer, mainly of choral music.-Biography:Born in London, Rutter was educated at Highgate School, where a fellow pupil was John Tavener. He read music at Clare College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the...
's Eight Childhood Lyrics, and the Zigeunerlieder op. 103 of Brahms. The songs of Rutter were performed also on 24 January at a workshop for choral conductors which the composer conducted in Limburg. He first listened and then conducted the music himself.
2001
The first concerts of the Reger-Chor-International were performed in St. Salvator and in St. Bonifatius. the choral part of the program was William Lloyd Webber
William Lloyd Webber
William Southcombe Lloyd Webber was an English organist and composer.-Life and career:Lloyd Webber was born in London...
's Missa Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae, Jules Van Nuffel
Jules Van Nuffel
Jules Van Nuffel , was a musicologist, composer, and a renowned expert on religious music.-Biography:...
's psalm Dominus regnavit, and again Reger's Requiem. The concert in Wiesbaden was recorded.
2002
The choir sang concerts in St. Salvator and St. Bonifatius, the choral part of the program was Joseph Ryelandt
Joseph Ryelandt
Joseph Ryelandt was a Belgian classical composer.-Life:Joseph Victor Marie Ryelandt was born in Bruges, into a wealthy bourgeois family, for whom culture, tradition, and the Roman Catholic religion mattered. So did music, which the family practiced a lot...
's Missa quatuor vocibus mixtis cum organo op. 84 and Kodaly's Laudes organi
Laudes organi
Laudes Organi is a piece of music for organ and choir by Zoltan Kodaly. It was composed in 1966 for the National Convention of The American Guild of Organists.The text for Laudes Organi can be found...
. Bruges was European Capital of Culture
European Capital of Culture
The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by theEuropean Union for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events with a strong European dimension....
that year, therefore music was performed of a composer who had been affiliated with the city for life.
2003
The choir premiered in concerts in St. Bonifatius and St. Salvator the organ version of Reger's Der 100. Psalm of François Callebout.
2004
The choir sang in St. Salvator and St. Bonifatius sacred works for choir and organ of Van Nuffel, including In convertendo Dominus
In convertendo Dominus
In convertendo Dominus , op. 32, is the musical setting of a Latin psalm, written in 1926 by Jules Van Nuffel for a mixed choir and organ.-History:...
, and Reger's Nachtlied.
2006
The choir performed both in St. Leonhard, Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
, and in St. Bonifatius choral music from England, Herbert Howells
Herbert Howells
Herbert Norman Howells CH was an English composer, organist, and teacher, most famous for his large output of Anglican church music.-Life:...
' Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Gloucester), Herbert Sumsion
Herbert Sumsion
Herbert Whitton Sumsion was an English musician who was organist of Gloucester Cathedral from 1928 to 1967...
s They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships and In Exile, and three movements from Andrew Carter
Andrew Carter (composer)
Andrew Carter is an English composer, conductor and arranger.-Biography:Born in Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, Carter studied music at the University of Leeds, before moving to York and joining the choir at the Minster as a bass...
's Benedicite.
2007
As part of the Boni-Musikwochen 2007 in St. Bonifatius, celebrating Das Jahr des Historizismus, the choir sang on 15 Juli 2007 Ryelandt's Missa six vocibus op. 111 and Kurt Hessenberg
Kurt Hessenberg
Kurt Hessenberg was a German composer and professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt am Main.- Life :...
's Herr, mache mich zum Werkzeug deines Friedens op. 37/1, the Prayer of Saint Francis
Prayer of Saint Francis
The Prayer of Saint Francis is a Christian prayer. It is attributed to the 13th-century saint Francis of Assisi, although the prayer in its present form cannot be traced back further than 1912, when it was printed in France in French, in a small spiritual magazine called La Clochette as an...
. The program was repeated at Sint-Pieters in Oostkamp
Oostkamp
Oostkamp is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Hertsberge, Oostkamp proper, Ruddervoorde and Waardamme. On January 1, 2006 Oostkamp had a total population of 21,796...
on 2 August 2007.
2008
As part of the Boni-Musikwochen 2008 in St. Bonifatius, celebrating the 175th birthday of Brahms, the choir sang three motets op. 110, Geistliches Lied op. 30, and Fest- und Gedenksprüche op. 109. The program was repeated at the Heilig Hart Kerk in Knokke
Knokke-Heist
Knokke-Heist is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Heist-aan-Zee, Knokke, Duinbergen, Ramskapelle and Westkapelle. On January 1, 2006 Knokke-Heist had a total population of 34,063. The total area is 56.44 km² which gives a...
.
2009
As part of the Boni-Musikwochen 2009 in St. Bonifatius the choir performed choral music from North America, Rupert Lang's Earth teach me on words of the Ute people, Morten Lauridsen
Morten Lauridsen
Morten Johannes Lauridsen is an American composer. He was composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale and has been a professor of composition at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music for more than 30 years.-Biography:Lauridsen was born February 27, 1943, in...
's O magnum mysterium, Eric Whitacre
Eric Whitacre
Eric Whitacre is an American composer, conductor and lecturer. He is one of the most popular and performed composers of his generation. In 2008, the all-Whitacre choral CD Cloudburst became an international best-seller, topping the classical charts and earning a Grammy nomination...
's Lux aurumque, and Moses Hogan
Moses Hogan
Moses George Hogan was an African-American composer and arranger of choral music. He was best known for his very popular and accessible settings of spirituals. Hogan was a pianist, conductor and arranger of international renown...
's Elijah Rock
Elijah Rock
"Elijah Rock" is a traditional spiritual. It bears some lyrical similarities to another spiritual, "Mary Don't You Weep."-Lyrics:"Elijah Rock" is a traditional spiritual. It bears some lyrical similarities to another spiritual, "Mary Don't You Weep."-Lyrics:"Elijah Rock" is a traditional spiritual...
and Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
"Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" is a well-known negro spiritual.The song is believed to have been composed by slaves in the first half of the nineteenth century. Some references suggest that it was copyrighted by Jay Roberts in 1865...
.
2010
Celebrating 25 years, the choir performed as part of the Boni-Musikwochen 2010 in St. Bonifatius the last movement of Bach's congratulatory cantata
Bach cantata
Bach cantata became a term for a cantata of the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach who was a prolific writer of the genre. Although many of his works are lost, around 200 cantatas survived....
BWV 134a, Van Nuffel's In convertendo Dominus, the Gloria from Ryelandt's Missa op. 84 and Reger's Hebbel-Requiem. The program was performed on 4 September 2010 in St. Salvator as the final concert of the Kathedraalconcerten 2010.
2011
On 5 November, the choir performed Ein deutsches Requiem
Ein deutsches Requiem
A German Requiem, To Words of the Holy Scriptures, Op. 45 by Johannes Brahms, is a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, and a soprano and a baritone soloist, composed between 1865 and 1868. It comprises seven movements, which together last 65 to 80 minutes, making this work Brahms's longest...
by Johannes Brahms in an organ version at St. Salvator. Ignace Michiels began the concert with an organ version of Mendelssohn's Variations sérieuses
Variations Sérieuses
The Variations sérieuses, Op. 54, is a set of variations, many of them requiring a virtuoso technique, on a theme in D minor by Felix Mendelssohn, lasting about twelve minutes in performance. It was completed on 4 June 1841....
and an arrangement of Liszt
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
's St. François de Paule marchant sur les flots from Deux légendes (1862). The same program was performed in Wiesbaden on 12 November.
Selected recordings
- John RutterJohn RutterJohn Milford Rutter CBE is a British composer, conductor, editor, arranger and record producer, mainly of choral music.-Biography:Born in London, Rutter was educated at Highgate School, where a fellow pupil was John Tavener. He read music at Clare College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the...
: RequiemRequiem (Rutter)The Requiem by John Rutter is a musical setting of an adaptation of the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass, completed in 1985. The setting utilises a choir with an orchestral accompaniment, along with a soprano soloist. The Requiem was first performed on 13 October 1985 at Lovers' Lane United Methodist...
, motets of Reger, Reubke's Sonata on the 94th PsalmSonata on the 94th PsalmThe Sonata on the 94th Psalm in C minor is a sonata for solo organ by Julius Reubke, based on the text of Psalm 94. It is considered one of the pinnacles of the Romantic repertoire.It is in three movements:*I. Grave - Larghetto - Allegro con fuoco - Grave...
, Reger-Chor, Monika Fuhrmann (soprano), instrumentalists, organist (Rutter): Petra Morath, organist (Reubke) and conductor Gabriel Dessauer (1990, recorded live in St. Bonifatius Wiesbaden) - Max RegerMax RegerJohann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger was a German composer, conductor, pianist, organist, and academic teacher.-Life:...
: Hebbel-RequiemRequiem (Reger)The Requiem, Op. 144b, is a late Romantic composition of Max Reger, also called Hebbel Requiem, a setting of Friedrich Hebbel's poem Requiem. Reger wrote it in 1915 for alto solo, chorus and orchestra...
, organ works, Reger-Chor-International, conductor Gabriel Dessauer (2001, recorded live in St. Bonifatius Wiesbaden) - Max RegerMax RegerJohann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger was a German composer, conductor, pianist, organist, and academic teacher.-Life:...
: Der 100. Psalm, Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue in E minor op. 127, Reger-Chor-International, conductor Gabriel Dessauer (2003, recorded live in St. Bonifatius Wiesbaden) http://www.ohscatalog.org/regerpsalm100.html
External links
- Reger-Chor on Kirchenmusik in St. Bonifatius Wiesbaden (in German)
- Gabriel Dessauer on Kirchenmusik in St. Bonifatius Wiesbaden
- Orgel von St. Bonifatius Wiesbaden on Kirchenmusik in St. Bonifatius Wiesbaden (in German)
- Orgel der Marktkirche Wiesbaden on Marktkirche Wiesbaden (in German)