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MendelssohnKammerChor

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The MendelssohnKammerChor Berlin (English: MendelssohnChamberChoir Berlin) was named in September 2006 by Volkher Häusler, who had founded the choir in 1986 as Kreuzberger Kantorei. It is a semi-professional mixed choir which is located in Berlin. Volkher Häusler is its artistic director.

The repertoire ranges from early music to 20th-century classical music. Emphasis is made to the vocal music of the members of the Mendelssohn family, Fanny Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Arnold Mendelssohn.[1]

The MendelssohnKammerChor Berlin was involved in many commercial audio recordings for broadcasting, film und recording media[2][3] and is member of the Chorverband Berlin (English: Choir Association of Berlin).[4] The choir performs regularly in the chamber music hall of the Berliner Philharmonie[5][6] and has performed several world premieres of the German composer Volker Wangenheim. The choir also contributes to theatre projects, for example with artists such as Helge Leiberg.[7] The choir mainly gives concerts in the Berlin-Brandenburg area, but also has made concert tours to foreign countries.

The German pharmacologist Bruno Müller-Oerlinghausen is patron of the choir.

References

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  1. ^ MendelssohnKammerChor Berlin – Projekte Archived 2010-05-23 at the Wayback Machine German
  2. ^ Pepping-Collection – Volume 10 Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine German
  3. ^ CD, Kreuzberger Kantorei, Schütz, Bach, Distler, Volkher Häusler (1993)
  4. ^ Chöre im Chorverband Berlin Archived 2007-08-06 at the Wayback Machine German
  5. ^ Philharmonie-Projekte Archived 2010-05-23 at the Wayback Machine German
  6. ^ Berliner Chorspiegel 137 (2005)[permanent dead link] (PDF file) German
  7. ^ Improvisations – Bilder + Bronzen von Helge Leiberg – Totentanz German
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