15.04.2016 Views

Sing'n' Joy Vienna 2016 - Program Book

30th International Franz Schubert Choir Competition and 3rd Sing'n'Joy Vienna May 04 - 08, 2016 Vienna, Austria 2016 is the anniversary year of the popular Franz Schubert Choir Competition & Festival. Already for the 30th time this competition will take place in the European Capital of Music Vienna. Following the competition’s motto "Sing'n'Joy Vienna" choirs from all over the world will come together from May 4-8, 2016. The Sing'n'Joy concept focuses on the traditional Schubert competition but also features intercultural meetings and performances in Friendship Concerts. The competitions will be taking place in the famous Vienna Concert House (“Konzerthaus Wien”). A highlight and at the same time festive closing of the event will be the popular Sing Along Concert with the Berlin Radio Choir. Conducted by Simon Halsey international choirs as well as individual singers will sing together with the famous Berlin Radio Choir. In appreciation of the namesake Franz Schubert, Schubert’s mass Nr. 6 E flat major will be performed together with all participants.

30th International Franz Schubert Choir Competition and 3rd Sing'n'Joy Vienna
May 04 - 08, 2016 Vienna, Austria

2016 is the anniversary year of the popular Franz Schubert Choir Competition & Festival. Already for the 30th time this competition will take place in the European Capital of Music Vienna. Following the competition’s motto "Sing'n'Joy Vienna" choirs from all over the world will come together from May 4-8, 2016. The Sing'n'Joy concept focuses on the traditional Schubert competition but also features intercultural meetings and performances in Friendship Concerts.

The competitions will be taking place in the famous Vienna Concert House (“Konzerthaus Wien”). A highlight and at the same time festive closing of the event will be the popular Sing Along Concert with the Berlin Radio Choir. Conducted by Simon Halsey international choirs as well as individual singers will sing together with the famous Berlin Radio Choir. In appreciation of the namesake Franz Schubert, Schubert’s mass Nr. 6 E flat major will be performed together with all participants.

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

10<br />

Kardinal Dr. Christoph<br />

Schönborn<br />

Erzbischof von Wien<br />

Archbishop of <strong>Vienna</strong><br />

„Ich kenne überhaupt keinen Komponisten,<br />

der eine so vollkommen eigene Welt darstellt<br />

wie Schubert. Das ist etwas, das für mich<br />

zum Rätselhaftesten in der Musikgeschichte<br />

gehört“, bekannte der vor kurzem verstorbene<br />

große Dirigent Nikolaus Harnoncourt.<br />

Und Ernst Krenek meinte bewundernd: „Er<br />

ist eine jener seltenen Erscheinungen, um<br />

derentwillen man Gott danken kann, dass er<br />

die Welt erschaffen hat.“<br />

Ja, auch ich muss hier ganz persönlich gestehen,<br />

dass mir die Musik Schuberts besonders<br />

zu Herzen geht, in ihrer Innigkeit und Tiefe, in<br />

ihrer Melancholie und Dramatik. Sie ist ganz<br />

und gar „vox humana“, menschliche Stimme,<br />

auch noch dort, wo sie – wie im „Et incarnatus<br />

est“ der Großen Messe in Es-Dur – tiefste<br />

göttliche Mysterien ins Wort zu bringen hat.<br />

Ich freue mich sehr, dass gerade dieses wunderbare<br />

Werk im Mitsingkonzert erklingen<br />

wird. So wünsche ich dem Franz-Schubert-<br />

Chorwettbewerb – und dies ganz besonders<br />

in diesem Jubiläumsjahr - freudiges und erfüllendes<br />

Musizieren, danke Ihnen allen sehr<br />

für Ihren Einsatz und grüße Sie herzlich!<br />

”I do not know any composer, apart from Schubert,<br />

who presents a world of its own that is so<br />

much beyond compare. For me, this is one of<br />

the greatest mysteries in the history of music,”<br />

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, the famous and recently<br />

deceased conductor, admitted on one occasion.<br />

And Ernst Krenek, expressing his admiration for<br />

Franz Schubert, said: “He is one of those rare<br />

figures for whose sake one can thank God for<br />

creating the world.”<br />

Yes, I have to confess as well that Schubert’s music<br />

pulls at my heartstrings in a particularly intensive<br />

way each time I listen to it. It is so intimate<br />

and profound, so melancholy and so dramatic<br />

in nature. His music is downright and utterly<br />

“vox humana”, human voice, even in situations<br />

in which it has to articulate most profound divine<br />

mysteries, like in the ”Et incarnatus est“ in<br />

Mass No. 6 in E-flat major. I feel very delighted<br />

that this masterpiece has been selected for the<br />

Sing Along Concert.<br />

I wish you all the very best for the Franz Schubert<br />

Choir Competition, especially in this anniversary<br />

year, along with joy and deep-felt gratification<br />

in making and listening to music together.<br />

Thank you all so very much for your effort and<br />

commitment!<br />

Kardinal Dr. Christoph Schönborn<br />

Erzbischof von Wien / Archbishop of <strong>Vienna</strong>

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!