Wernigerode 2015 - Program Book
International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival and Competition July 15 - 19, 2015 | Wernigerode, Germany The man after whom the festival is named for, Johannes Brahms, and the German Romantics of the 19th century, will be a focal point. This event offers interested choirs excellent opportunities to learn together and refine their specialist skills with coaching concerts and rehearsals with recognized international choral experts. We explicitly invite choirs and ensembles of all kinds who prefer not to take part in competition but like to give concerts in Wernigerode and other regional communities. The festival will provide ample opportunities for groups to perform their repertoires to an interested audience, whether they are specialized in choral, orchestral or folk music. Wernigerode is a town with a very special flair. It is a gem of medieval architecture located on the foot of the low mountain range of the Harz. There is hardly any other town with so many magnificent semi-timbered houses – a feast for your eyes. And it is an excellent stage for the parade and opening ceremony and further open air events
International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival and Competition
July 15 - 19, 2015 | Wernigerode, Germany
The man after whom the festival is named for, Johannes Brahms, and the German Romantics of the 19th century, will be a focal point.
This event offers interested choirs excellent opportunities to learn together and refine their specialist skills with coaching concerts and rehearsals with recognized international choral experts. We explicitly invite choirs and ensembles of all kinds who prefer not to take part in competition but like to give concerts in Wernigerode and other regional communities. The festival will provide ample opportunities for groups to perform their repertoires to an interested audience, whether they are specialized in choral, orchestral or folk music.
Wernigerode is a town with a very special flair. It is a gem of medieval architecture located on the foot of the low mountain range of the Harz. There is hardly any other town with so many magnificent semi-timbered houses – a feast for your eyes. And it is an excellent stage for the parade and opening ceremony and further open air events
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Die Gastgeberstadt <strong>Wernigerode</strong> / The host town <strong>Wernigerode</strong>23Schließlich haben das Philharmonische Kammerorchester und die überregional bekanntenSchlossfestspiele Anteil an dieser Traditionspflege. Mit der sehr erfolgreichen Durchführungder Internationalen Johannes-Brahms-Chorwettbewerbe wurde <strong>Wernigerode</strong>sRuf als „Chorstadt“ international Nachdruck verliehen.Aber nicht nur <strong>Wernigerode</strong> allein ist eine Reise wert. Ebenso interessant und abwechslungsreichist die nähere Umgebung. Die wunderschöne Natur des Harzes bietet freienZugang zu Bergwerksmuseen, alten Burgen, Schlössern und Tropfsteinhöhlen. Über dieGrenzen des Harzes hinaus bekannt ist der Hexenspuk in der Walpurgisnacht auf demsagenumwobenen Blocksberg. Ende April eines jeden Jahres wird hier endgültig der Wintervertrieben. Sie sehen: es lohnt sich also, der „Bunten Stadt am Harz“ einen Besuchabzustatten.***At the northern edge of the Harz Mountains, arguably the most beautiful of all Iow Mountainranges in Germany, there lies a town that gives the region its own bright, distinctivenote. This is <strong>Wernigerode</strong>, the "colourful town in the Harz". First mentioned in 1121, it isrenowned for its half-timbered houses whose wonderful display of classical shades and freshcolours has long fascinated every visitor – Goethe and Löns in their day valued the uniqueatmosphere of this jewel of a little town and delighted in the whole array of its frontages.
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