Program Book - Wernigerode 2017
10th International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival and Competition July 05 - 09, 2017 Wernigerode, Germany Singing in the colourful city in the Harz mountain range Since 1999 the International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival and Competition is a crowd puller for choirs and music ensembles from all over the world. The colorful city in the Harz mountain range attracts visitors with its unique charm of medieval architecture and moreover with its musical characteristics: Three renowned German choirs come from this small town. Furthermore this competition, named after Johannes Brahms, puts a musical focus on this German composer and the German romantics of the 19th century. Numerous advanced trainings offer interested choirs outstanding possibilities of mutual learning and professional training e.g. with evaluation performances and individual coaching. Apart from pedagogical offers further concerts will take place downtown and in the surroundings of Wernigerode. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival & Competition the city of Wernigerode and INTERKULTUR will come up with some surprises, which will add to the program's established highlights such as the Choir Parade, Charity Concert and the Closing Concert. http://wernigerode.interkultur.com
10th International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival and Competition
July 05 - 09, 2017 Wernigerode, Germany
Singing in the colourful city in the Harz mountain range
Since 1999 the International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival and Competition is a crowd puller for choirs and music ensembles from all over the world. The colorful city in the Harz mountain range attracts visitors with its unique charm of medieval architecture and moreover with its musical characteristics: Three renowned German choirs come from this small town. Furthermore this competition, named after Johannes Brahms, puts a musical focus on this German composer and the German romantics of the 19th century.
Numerous advanced trainings offer interested choirs outstanding possibilities of mutual learning and professional training e.g. with evaluation performances and individual coaching.
Apart from pedagogical offers further concerts will take place downtown and in the surroundings of Wernigerode.
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival & Competition the city of Wernigerode and INTERKULTUR will come up with some surprises, which will add to the program's established highlights such as the Choir Parade, Charity Concert and the Closing Concert.
http://wernigerode.interkultur.com
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
26<br />
Zugleich gehört die Region zu den bekanntesten und beliebtesten Ferien- und Naherholungsgebieten<br />
Norddeutschlands. Millionen Menschen besuchen jährlich den Nationalpark<br />
Harz und seine Nationalparkgemeinden. In der wunderschönen Natur des Harzes findet<br />
man Bergwerksmuseen, alte Burgen, Schlösser und Tropfsteinhöhlen. Über die Grenzen des<br />
Harzes hinaus bekannt ist der Hexenspuk in der Walpurgisnacht auf dem sagenumwobenen<br />
Blocksberg. Ende April eines jeden Jahres wird hier endgültig der Winter vertrieben. Sie sehen:<br />
es lohnt sich also, der „Bunten Stadt am Harz“ einen Besuch abzustatten.<br />
*****<br />
The town of <strong>Wernigerode</strong>, lying at the northern edge of what is surely the most beautiful of<br />
Germany’s low mountain ranges, lends its special colour to the region of the Harz. Goethe and<br />
Löns in their day have cherished the unique atmosphere of this endearing gem among small<br />
German towns, taking great joy in the harmonious whole it forms. The town that Löns called<br />
“the colourful town beneath the Harz” is mentioned in records as early as 1121. Still today,<br />
every visitor is fascinated by its feast of colour, composed of picturesque timber-framed houses<br />
and old winding streets, historical gardens and <strong>Wernigerode</strong> Castle, enthroned high above<br />
the town’s many roofs. A particular jewel is <strong>Wernigerode</strong>’s Old Town, some 200 acres of which<br />
have been designated a National Conservation Area. Visitors will find painstakingly fashioned<br />
half-timbered facades belonging to all the epochs of European architecture, from the post-andbeam<br />
constructions typical of the region since earliest times through to the styles of the Goth-
Change language