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“On stage you shine from within”
Helga, how did you get into the BOC? Helga: My mum and I were guests on a steamboat trip with the Berliner Volkschor because some of our family were already choir … Read more...
“It’s great that rehearsals aren’t always so serious”
Marita, what got you into choral singing? Marita: I attended a concert by the Berliner Volkschor with cheerful opera melodies that really inspired me. When I read an … Read more...
“After the wall was built, we kept the seats free”
Wolfgang, you are our longest-serving member of the BOC. What do you think of when you remember your beginnings? Wolfgang: Especially the year 1961. Before the Wall … Read more...
“The choir can be a family”
Irmgard and Ursula, you have been singing soprano together for 51 years, first in the Berliner Volkschor, now in the BOC. What makes singing in a choir so special for … Read more...
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‘Now give thanks to God’
On 5 December 1757, the Prussian army under Frederick II defeated the Austrian troops in the Battle of Leuthen during the Seven Years' War. The Lower Silesian and now Polish town became the scene of a legend when, on the evening after the battle, over 20,000 soldiers are said to have spontaneously sung the hymn 'Nun danket alle Gott'. The … [Read more...]
‘O you my intoxication! You my love! O thou my song! …do not leave me!’
Ghasele is the title of a setting of the poem 'Schlußlied' by Friedrich Rückert from the collection Wanderung (Zweiter Bezirk-Ghaselen). The ghasele itself is an Arabic and Persian lyrical form of poetry from pre-Islamic times. It flourished between the 13th and 14th centuries. The specifically German interest in Persian poetry emerged … [Read more...]
Glagolská Mše
Glagolitic script is the oldest Slavic script and a foundation of Old Church Slavonic that was cast in letters. It was invented in 863 AD by the monk Cyril of Salonika for the mission in Pannonia and Moravia. The Greek alphabet could only be used for Slavic languages to a limited extent and did not seem suitable for the cultural … [Read more...]
