GRAND PRIX OF NATIONS Berlin 2017 - Program Book

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Sing Along Workshop of the Berlin Radio Choir
conducted by Nicolas Fink
The Berlin Radio Choir and INTERKULTUR started their cooperation in 2014 and have since
then done a great job creating outstanding international Sing Along projects for an ever growing
singing community. 1.000 participants enrolled in the Sing Along projects at the Palace
of Music in Budapest and the Konzerthaus in Vienna alone, making them the highlights of
this cooperation so far.
The Berlin Radio Choir as the host of the “Fest der Chorkulturen” is taking a new step in this
successful cooperation by providing, for the first time, an exclusive Sing Along Workshop with
an a-cappella repertoire. The 5-day workshop led by Nicolas Fink is unique in its intensity of
the working process and will culminate in a performance during the closing concert of the
“Fest der Chorkulturen” at the Chamber Music Hall of the Berlin Philharmonic.
120 ambitious amateur singers long experienced in international sing along projects have
been selected on the basis of video recording applications.
Program
The program of the workshop inlcudes for the first time challenging sacred A-cappella works
works of the early baroque and romantic period.
• Heinrich Schütz:
Es ist erschienen die heilsame Gnade Gottes SWV 371
O lieber Herre Gott SWV 381
So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ SWV 379
Herr, auf Dich traue ich SWV 377
• Josef Gabriel Rheinberger:
Mass in Es-Dur op. 109
During the several-day work phase and the final performance with Nicolas Fink participants
have the opportunity to gain intensive insights into the professional works with choirs. Thereby
the artistic work comprehends two completely different genres and demonstrates in a
fascinating way the flexibility required in terms of tonality.
Most of the workshop participants are already looking forward to their next project with
Nicolas Fink, the Sing Along project of the World Festival Singers in Riga - “The Creation in
Riga” - scheduled for July 19 to 21, 2017.
The next international Sing Along Concert of the Berlin Radio Choir and the 1.200 voices of
the sing-along-community is scheduled for June 1 to 3, 2018 for the performing of Georg
Friedrich Handel’s Messiah at the new Philharmonie de Paris.