Chamber choir of the Frauenkirche

The chamber choir of the Frauenkirche was brought to life by Matthias Grünert, the choir master of the Frauenkirche, in January 2005. It consists of 30 semi-professional male and female singers. Under the leadership of the choir master they are dedicated above all to the works of a cappella literature and 17- and 18-century oratorios.
 
The chamber choir made its first public appearance in the Lower Church of the Frauenkirche during Passion Week of 2005 with a concert. Since then, the main tasks are musical accompaniment of services, spiritual music on Sundays, concerts and further events in the Frauenkirche. Furthermore, the choir also acts as an ambassador of sacred music in the Frauenkirche during concerts outside of Dresden. It undertook a concert trip to the Alsace (2005), to Japan (2006) and Italy (2008). 2010 the choir was on tour in Great Britain and performed in the Coventry Cathedral.

Repertoire

In addition to regular rehearsals, all choir members receive voice training lessons from prominent Dresden alto Ulrike Zech. The repertoire of the young ensemble comprises above all the works of Johann Sebastian Bach (Christmas Oratorio, St. John Passion, B Minor Mass, Cantatas BWV 1, 65, 62, 110, 79, 137, inter alia, Motet No. 3 in E minor, BWV 227 ‘Jesu, meine Freude’), Rossini’s Petite Messe Solenelle, cantatas by A. G. Homilius, Fauré Requiem and many a cappella works.

Cast

The Chamber Choir consists of the following singers:

Soprano I
Norina Bamberg 
Susanne Grünert 
Kristina Hochauf
Friederike Langbein Christiane Schubert
Ulrike Thätner
Claudia Poppe

 

Tenor
Florian Kircheis 
Norbert Missel
Christoph Münch 
Hans-Martin Sachs
Jörg Sichelschmidt
Franz Wosslick

 

Soprano II
Ulrike Heindel
Karoline Hübner
Christin Linße
Monika Schneider
Antje Viehrig

 

Bass
Frieder Bamberg
Joachim Bleyl
Christoph Hein 
Matthias Hepprich 
Hans-Christian Hoch 
Sebastian Hoehne
Hans Kenschke
Erhard Schmidt 
Tim Sievernich
Rico Wenzel


 

Alto
Dorothea Bleyl 
Annedor Heidkamp
Sylvia Liebscher
Claudia Opitz
Juliane Seifert
Christiane Sichelschmidt
Hans-Peter Tschirch