| Dresdner Kreuzchor | |
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| Origin | Dresden, Saxony, Germany |
| Music director | Roderich Kreile |
| Headquarters | Kreuzkirche, Dresden |
| Website | www |
TheDresdner Kreuzchor is theboys' choir of theKreuzkirche inDresden, Germany. It has a seven-century history and a world-wide reputation. Today, the choir has about 150 members between the ages of 9 and 19, from Dresden and the surrounding region. The boys attend theKreuzschule in Dresden. They are also called "Kruzianer".
Until summer 2022, the director of the choir isRoderich Kreile, who is the 28th "Kreuzkantor" (Cantor) since theReformation.[1] Next Kreuzkantor will beMartin Lehmann [de].[2] The Cantor between 1971 and 1991 wasMartin Flämig.
The repertoire of the choir includes compositions from the early Baroque (Heinrich Schütz,Johann Sebastian Bach), the early 19th century and modern work. Several recordings are available from Berlin Classics, Deutsche Grammophon and Capriccio. The choir often performs with theSächsische Staatskapelle Dresden and theDresden Philharmonic Orchestra.
The choir singsVespers almost every Saturday at 5 pm and on Sunday at 9:30 am in the Church Service. Every year, they go on several concert tours in Germany, but also in Europe, Japan, South Korea, Israel, Canada, Latin America and the United States. Altogether, the choir performs about 100 times every year: 50 Church Services and Vespers, 10 concerts at their church (always including Bach'sChristmas Oratorio andSt Matthew Passion, andA German Requiem of Brahms), and 40 concert on tours. All in all, 150,000 people see the performances of the choir every year.
The Dresdner Kreuzchor has performed at theRheingau Musik Festival several times, notably in the first season in 1988 – theInner German border still in effect – a concert in theMarktkirche,Wiesbaden. They concluded a program of motets from the Renaissance to Bach, Brahms and Bruckner with words about peace,O Herr, mache mich zum Werkzeug deines Friedens (after thePrayer of Saint Francis), in the presence of the composerKurt Hessenberg.
Renowned opera houses like theSemperoper in Dresden, theKomische Oper Berlin and theDeutsche Oper Berlin have engaged members of the Dresdner Kreuzchor as soloists, for example as the three boys inThe Magic Flute or as the shepherd-boy inTosca.
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