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Carmina Burana – CVB Anniversary Concert

Sun 1. November 2026 | 8:00 pm | Philharmonie Berlin

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Christmas concert

Sun 13. December 2026 | 4:00 pm | Auenkirche, Wilhelmsaue 118A, 10715 Berlin

Music articles

‘O you my intoxication! You my love! O thou my song! …do not leave me!’

Thoughts on 'Geminids 23' and the commissioned work for the anniversary of the Berliner Oratorien-Chor.

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 …

by Thomas Hennig

Read more: ‘O you my intoxication! You my love! O thou my song! …do not leave me!’
29 Sep 2024 View concert (past): Anniversary concert: J. Brahms, T. Hennig, L. Janáček

Glagolská Mše

The artistic confession of a Moravian composer.

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 …

by Thomas Hennig

Read more: Glagolská Mše
29 Sep 2024 View concert (past): Anniversary concert: J. Brahms, T. Hennig, L. Janáček

‘From the heart – May it go to the heart again!’

Personal preliminary remarks on Beethoven's Missa solemnis.

The challenge of the late mass, which Beethoven himself described as 'thegreatest work(s) I have written so far', is extraordinary. Masterpieces with similarly intense artistic demands on all performers can be counted on one hand. Nevertheless, the story of the work's creation begins quite …

by Thomas Hennig

Read more: ‘From the heart – May it go to the heart again!’
19 May 2024 View concert (past): Beethoven – Missa solemnis (according to historically informed performance practices)

Make peace with war?

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) gilt sicherlich als wichtigster Vertreter der britischen Musik in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Als Schüler von Hubert Perry, Zeitgenosse Edward Elgars, enger Freund von Gustav Holst und Wegbereiter für Komponisten wie Benjamin Britten stand er für die …

by Benjamin Löser

Read more: Make peace with war?
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Teueres Hobby / Expensive Hobby

Choral symphonic music is an expensive hobby

By Nicolas Janberg

When it was founded 120 years ago, the Berliner Oratorien-Chor - then known as the Berliner Volks-Chor - dedicated itself to performing choral symphonic works to bring … [Read more...]

Anniversary contributions

  • “I like the breakthrough moments.”
  • “I was lucky with the BOC.”
  • “Even during the rehearsal break, you’re closer to yourself.”
  • “The greatest motivation is the community.”
  • “On stage you shine from within”
  • “It’s great that rehearsals aren’t always so serious”
  • “After the wall was built, we kept the seats free”
  • “The choir can be a family”

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