Verleih uns Frieden

In the organizer's words:

On July 12, the Tübingen University chamber choir Concerto vocale will present motets of supplication, thanksgiving and praise from five centuries in the Diakonissenkirche Stuttgart. Sensitive prayers and powerful laments by Claudio Monteverdi, Johannes Brahms, Hugo Distler and Maurice Duruflé merge with confident and praising psalm settings by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Charles Villiers Stanford. Highlights include Felix Mendelssohn's "Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt" in A major and Knut Nystedt's four-choir "Immortal Bach".

Peter Unterberg is the conductor. Free admission.

Founded in 1996, the Concerto vocale chamber choir at the University of Tübingen regularly performs in concerts in the region and in neighboring countries and is known for its special a cappella sound. With a broad repertoire of challenging works from all musical eras, the young chamber choir has established a firm place for itself in the musical life of the Tübingen-Stuttgart region.

Conductor Peter Unterberg studied in Dieter Kurz's choir conducting class at the Stuttgart University of Music, and received further conducting instruction from KMD Gerhard Steiff, Rolf Schweizer and Helmuth Rilling, among others.