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“I like the breakthrough moments.”
Helena, welcome to the BOC. Where does your interest in music and singing come from? Helena: My interest in music started with singing. It would take a lot of effort … Read more...
“I was lucky with the BOC.”
Tauran, welcome to the BOC. When did you first become interested in music? Tauran: Music has always been part of my life. My dad plays the guitar and my mum is a good … Read more...
“Even during the rehearsal break, you’re closer to yourself.”
Bernd, you are a new member of the BOC, welcome. Where does your musical interest come from? Bernd: During and after primary school, I took keyboard lessons for a few … Read more...
“The greatest motivation is the community.”
Rosa, welcome to the BOC. Where does your interest in music and especially choral singing come from? Rosa: As far back as I can remember, I've been singing all my … Read more...
Music articles
Jin Jiyan Azadi – Zan Zendegi Azadi
Created as musical miniatures in 2023 and 2024, five different individual movements are summarised as a collection under the title Geminids 23. What unites these small, independent movements is their reference to events in the year 2022/23. However, the instrumentation and occasion of each composition is different, and there is not … [Read more...]
„An artist who does not believe does not achieve something like this.“
"Don't be surprised that I am such a believer," wrote the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) to his patron in 1887 after he had completed the "Mass in D major". "But an artist who does not believe does not accomplish such a thing." Between personal devotion and artistic maturity The words show that the "Mass in D major" is more … [Read more...]
„Worked with great love“
A mass by the Romantic composer Robert Schumann is worthy of attention in several respects. In Lutheran Zwickau in Saxony - the composer's birthplace - one could hardly encounter the Catholic liturgy. Moreover, Robert Schumann was not a churchgoer in the true sense of the word. At best, he developed religious ideas in general terms from … [Read more...]
‘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...]
