Deutsches Chorfest 2025 Nürnberg - Zeitenklang: Zwischen Tradition und digitaler Zukunft

In the organizer's words:

Sonat Vox
Conductor: Justus Merkel

Carré Chanté
Katrin Kern, mezzo-soprano
Federica Colucci, guitar
Development of the performance app: Dominik J. Dieterle
Choreography: Miriam Markl
Conductor: Janette Schmid

Sacred and secular works by Rudolf Mauersberger, Ola Gjeilo, Johannes Brahms and others as well as compositions by Dominik J. Dieterle and Katerina Gimon

A male choir and a female ensemble combine tradition and modernity to create a captivating sound experience. Sonat Vox opens the concert with sacred male choir literature and then presents a selection of secular songs by Brahms, Mendelssohn and others - a moving insight into the diversity, expressiveness and depth of male choir music.

In the second part of the program, the women's choir Carré Chanté presents "t_ans.humanismus", an artistic fusion between humans and digital technology. A choral cycle is transformed into a hybrid performance of analog voices and cell phone sounds, framed by dance and choreographic elements. The project sheds light on the effects of digitalization in terms of physicality, community and the possibilities of connecting with one another.

Program:

Part I

Rudolf Mauersberger (1889 - 1971): Lord, teach me
Damijan Močnik (*1967): Acclamatio
Albert de Klerk (1917 - 1998): Pater noster
Javier Busto (*1949): Psalmus 100
Vytautas Miškinis (*1954): I Know (commissioned composition 2020)
Ola Gjeilo (*1978): Northern Lights
(Sonat Vox)

Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): If I were a little bird
(Carré Chante)

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809 - 1847): In the Green
(Carré Chante and Sonat Vox)

Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): The Night D.983
Bedřich Smetana (1824 - 1884): Music
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Grave and Moon D.893
Wilhelm Nagel (1871 - 1955): Beautiful Night
(Sonat Vox)

Part II

Dominik J. Dieterle (*1989): Prologue: Road Map
Katerina Gimon (*1993): Earth
Dominik J. Dieterle: Mantra: Water, my Blood
Katerina Gimon: Water
Dominik J. Dieterle: The End Part 1
Dominik J. Dieterle: Leftovers
Katerina Gimon: Air
Katerina Gimon: Fire
Dominik J. Dieterle: The End Part 2
(Carré Chanté)

Price information:

Concert tickets for all Chorfest Plus concerts are available at chorfest.reservix.de, by telephone on 0761 888499 99 and at the usual advance booking offices. Registered Chorfest participants (except Chorfest Mini Pass) receive discounted tickets via the Reservix webshop for choirs while stocks last. Tickets: 25 euros Reduced (levels I-III): 20 / 16 / 12 euros