All Saints' Church Mumbles Swansea

Monday 31^st July 2006 7.30pm

Göttinger Stadtkantorei St. Johannis
(St. John's City Choir Göttingen)

Conductor and Organ Bernd Eberhardt

Volker Klaukien Organ Accompaniment

Photos from Concert on 31st July 2006, 7.30 pm (7.8.2006)

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Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):

Fantasy in G-major (pièce d órgue) for Organ, BWV 572

Klaus Miehling (*1963):

Psalm 73 for four part Choir and Organ

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847):

Sonata in A-major Op. 65, Nr. 3 for Organ

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy:

Motet for four part Choir "Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt" (Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth), Op. 69

INTERVAL

Louis Vierne (1870-1937):

Pastorale from Sinfonia Nr. 1 for Organ

Helmut Michael Brand (*1959):

Voce mea ad Dominum speravi (Psalm 76) for Choir of seven voices and Organ (I cried unto God with my voice - corresponds to Psalm 77 in Luther's translation as well as in the King James Bible)

Louis Vierne:

Finale from Sinfonia Nr. 1 for Organ

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Göttinger Stadtkantorei (St. John's City Choir Göttingen)

Volker Klaukien, Organ Accompaniment

Conductor and Organ: Bernd Eberhardt

Top of Page Göttingen is located 70 miles south of Hanover in Germany with about 130 000 inhabitants. It has become famous because of its University, founded by George II, Elector of Hanover (and King of the UK), in 1737. Mathematics and natural sciences have been of special importance there, with 44 Nobel Prize winners having lived and worked in the city or still living there. First mentioned in 953 Göttingen would celebrate 1050 years of documented history in 2003.

Cheltenham and Göttingen became twinned in 1951; with St. John's Choir being twinned to the Cheltenham Bach Choir. Information on Göttingen in English on http://www.eng.goettingen.de/

The Göttinger Stadtkantorei is the choir of the main Lutheran St. John's Church in the University City of Göttingen. From its foundation in 1930 the choir has become known as a concert choir as well as participating in services; The choir also performs major concert works, for example Franz Schmidt's Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln (The Book of Seven Seals), Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir; and Alfred Schnittke's Requiem. Interpreting new music has a long standing tradition with the Stadtkantorei. Last year entries were invited for a composers' competition, works from two of the competitors will be performed this evening. In November this year Penderecki's newest major work Credo will be performed by the Göttinger Stadtkantorei. Radio recordings as well as concert tours are further examples of the variety of work the choir undertakes.

Homepage on the Internet: http://www.stadtkantorei.de. On http://www.stadtkantorei.de/archiv/werke_chronologisch.html is a list of music performed in concert in the last 25 years.

Bernd Eberhardt studied at the Hochschule der Künste (Academy of Arts, now University of Arts) in Berlin and at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, among others with Uwe Gronostay (choir) and also Rudolf Heinemann and Ewald Kooiman (organ).

Berndt Eberhard was appointed to St. John's Church in Göttingen in 1999 after a number of years as church musician in Stuttgart; he is currently working there as conductor of the Göttingen Stadtkantorei and the Göttingen Chamber Choir. As conductor and organist he regularly visits a number of cities in Germany and further afield in Europe.

Volker Klaukien is currently working as a scientist at the Max Planck Institute of Physics in Göttingen and is a member of the Göttingen Stadtkantorei. He has been trained as a church musician. His sensitive way of playing makes him much in demand as soloist and accompanist on the organ and the piano.

Top of Page Helmut Michael Brand won 1^st prize in the composers' competition of the Göttinger Stadtkantorei in 2005. He is currently living in Tuttlingen in Southern Germany, working there as organist and choir conductor. Many of his works for choir and organ have been published by Strube Verlag (Publishing House) in Munich.

Klaus Miehling is a musicologist and composer in Freiburg (on the Upper Rhine). His contribution to the composers' competition kindled special interest with the judges particularly because of its striking use of melody. His technique of composition is unquestionably traditional and strikingly conservative, but it also stands out because of its undoubted quality. His musical output is quite extensive.

The choir wish to thank All Saints' Church for giving them the opportunity to take part in worship and concert.

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ALL SAINTS ALIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL

2nd-24th September

Featuring Choral Classics by Candlelight, Young Singers Concert, Remembering the 1960s, Lunchtime Serenades, Evening Soirées, Coffee Concerts, Festival Songs of Praise, Organ recital,
An Evening Meditation, A Dixieland Jazz Nite,
A High Scorers Concert, A Mozartiad to celebrate his 250th anniversary, and a Gala Concert with soloists.

Detailed Programme: All Saints' Alive Festival September 2006

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