Idsteiner Kantorei

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Idsteiner Kantorei
Choir
Idsteiner Kantorei, Carsten Koch, Unionskirche Idstein.jpg
Choral concert at the Unionskirche, Idstein, conducted by Carsten Koch, Bach: Christmas Oratorio , Part 4
Origin Idstein, Hesse, Germany
Founded1972 (1972)
Genre Mixed choir
Members80
Chief conductor Carsten Koch
Website www.idsteiner-kantorei.de

Idsteiner Kantorei (Idstein chorale) is a mixed choir in Idstein, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Germany. The group performs regularly in the Protestant Unionskirche in services and concerts, also in smaller churches of the region and internationally. They practice collaboration with other choirs for larger projects.

Idstein Place in Hesse, Germany

Idstein is a town of about 25,000 inhabitants in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Because of its well preserved historical Altstadt it is part of the Deutsche Fachwerkstraße, connecting towns with fire fachwerk buildings and houses. In 2002, the town hosted the 42nd Hessentag state festival.

Rheingau-Taunus is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Limburg-Weilburg, Hochtaunuskreis, Main-Taunus-Kreis, district-free Wiesbaden, Mainz-Bingen, Rhein-Lahn.

Unionskirche, Idstein Protestant church in Idstein, Germany

The Unionskirche is the active Protestant parish church of Idstein, a town in the Rheingau-Taunus district in the German state of Hesse. Idstein was a residence of the counts of Nassau. The church building in the center of the historic Altstadt dates back to the 14th century when it was built as a collegiate church. It became Lutheran during the Reformation. Its interior was adapted in the 17th century to become a Lutheran "Predigt- und Hofkirche". The most prominent decoration in the church is the series of 38 paintings by the Flemish painter Michael Angelo Immenraedt, an exponent of Flemish Baroque painting, and others. They follow a program of Biblical scenes.

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History and location

The Idsteiner Kantorei was founded by Edwin Müller in 1972, based on the church choir at the Unionskirche. [1] He was succeeded by Carsten Koch, who is also lecturer of conducting at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt, in 2003. The choir performs in major services, such as Christmas, Easter and Konfirmation, and sings regular concerts, some in chamber formation in the smaller historic churches of the region.

Carsten Koch (musician) German organist, choral conductor and academic

Carsten Koch is a German organist, choral conductor and academic. He is the church musician at the Unionskirche in Idstein, Hesse, conducting the concert choir Idsteiner Kantorei and the orchestra Nassauische Kammerphilharmonie that he founded. He lectured orchestral conducting at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts.

The historic Unionskirche had a 1783 Stumm organ  [ de ], which was replaced in 1912 by an instrument of Walcker, but retaining the historic case (Prospekt). [2]

Walcker Orgelbau organ builder

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. His son Eberhard Friedrich Walcker moved the business to Ludwigsburg in 1820.

Choral concerts

Two to three annual concerts with soloists and orchestra have included a Bach cantata and the Missa, BWV during the Idsteiner Bachtage of 2000, with the orchestra Antichi Strumenti in historically informed performance conducted by Edwin Müller. [3] In 2002, on the occasion of the Hessentag, the choir and the choirs of St. Martin, Idstein, performed Haydn's Die Schöpfung in two concerts, one "not only for children". The conductors Müller and Franz Fink each conducted half of the work, with soloists Valentina Farcas, Daniel Sans and Johannes Schendel, and again the Antichi Strumenti. In 2010, another joined project of these choirs was Verdi's Messa da Requiem . Now Carsten Koch and Frank Fink conducted the Nassauische Kammerphilharmonie and soloists Christiane Kohl, Christa Bonhoff, Dantes Diwiak and Andreas Pruys. [4] [5] In 2015, the joined choirs performed Te Deum [6] and Gloria [7] by Karl Jenkins. In an international collaboration also with the Belgian choir De Wase Kantorij from the sister town Zwijndrecht, they performed again Haydn's Die Schöpfung in 2016, with soloists Susanne Völger, Christian Rathgeber and Johannes Hill, both in Idstein and in Zwijndrecht. [8] In 2017, the Idsteiner Kantorei could perform a concert in the Unionskirche again, after it had been renovated for several years. They performed Ola Gjeilo's Sunrise Mass and Eric Whitacre's Five Hebrew Love Songs. [9]

Historically informed performance Approach to the performance of classical music

Historically informed performance is an approach to the performance of classical music, which aims to be faithful to the approach, manner and style of the musical era in which a work was originally conceived.

Hessentag

The Hessentag is an annual event, both fair and festival, organized by the German state of Hesse to represent the different regions of Hesse. The events are shown for a week to the visitors, with an emphasis on cultural displays and exhibitions. It is the oldest and largest state festival (Landesfest) in Germany.

St. Martin, Idstein Church in Idstein, Germany

St. Martin is the name of a Catholic parish and church in Idstein, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Germany. The official name of the church is Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Martin. The name of the parish became St. Martin Idsteiner Land on 1 January 2017, when it was merged with five other parishes. The parish is part of the Diocese of Limburg.

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References

  1. ↑ "Idsteiner Kantorei" (in German). Unionskirche, Idstein . Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Evangelische Pfarrkirche (Unionskirche)" (in German). Denkmalpflege Hessen. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  3. ↑ Idsteiner Bach-Tage. Idstein (Schirmherr Hermann Müller, mayor). 27 May – 10 June 2000. p. 4 (orchestra), pp. 8–14 (concert program, text, notes), p. 29 (choir and conductor).
  4. ↑ "Einheit durch Vielfalt" (in German). Musikrat. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem" (in German). St. Martin. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "2/8/2015 / Jenkins, Karl: Te Deum". Boosey & Hawkes. 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "2/8/2015 / Jenkins, Karl: Gloria". Boosey & Hawkes. 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Grenzübergreifendes Konzertprojekt überzeugt in St. Martin Idstein". Wiesbadener Tagblatt . 19 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  9. ↑ Heeren-Pradt, Beke (7 April 2017). "Erstes Konzert der Idsteiner Kantorei in der renovierten Unionskirche" (in German). Wiesbadener Tagblatt . Retrieved 14 April 2018.
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