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Singing & Choral Music

Ever since I can remember I have loved singing; so do the other members of my family and as a consequence I was brought up with a lot of 'informal music education' already at home. Later I learned to play several musical instruments with the effect of only realizing that the voice seemed to be the closest 'instrument' to me.

I ended up in school choir and since that time have experienced various kind of 'intensities' of choral music: I was a member of the very successful choir of the Vienna University of Economics under Johannes Prinz, sang with the choir of the Church Music Faculty at the Vienna University of Music under Erwin Ortner for a short time as well as with Günther Theuring and was a member of the choir of the Catholic Students' Community in Vienna under Hermann Platzer among others.

Together with him I founded a small vocal group called "Vokalensemble Mosaik" in the 90ies; currently a bi-national group (Austrian-Slovaque), it offers a variety of interesting experiences to all its members!

Repertoire suggestions:

Naturally, one's favourites keep changing, but I should like to point you to a list of great pieces from several periods of time which I discovered during my time as a choral soprano. Hopefully, you'll find one or the other gem among the pieces of my list! (If so, I'd be glad to read from you!)

Enjoy!

Sacred:

• John Cooke (+ 1419) - Stella celi
• Josquin Desprez (ca. 1440 - 1521) - Ave Maria
• Josquin Desprez (ca. 1440 - 1521) - In pace
• Ludwig Senfl (ca. 1486 - 1543) - Magnificat octo tonorum
• Adrian Willaert (ca. 1490 - 1562) - Pater Noster & Ave Maria
• Gregor Aichinger (1564 - 1628) - Laudate Dominum (Psalm 150)
• Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) - Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, SWV35
• Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) - Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes
• Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) - Selig sind die Toten
• Gutierrez Fernandez Hidalgo (ca. 1553 - 1620) - Magnificat quarti toni
• Johann Michael Bach (1648 - 1694) - Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) - Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) - Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809 - 1847) - Jube Dom'ne
• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809 - 1847) - Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe
• Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896) - Virga Iesse
• Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896) - Os iusti
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) - Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) - Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein reines Herz
• Hugo Distler (1908 - 1942) - Lobe den Herren
• Hugo Distler (1908 - 1942) - Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) - Rosa mystica (from A. M. D. G.)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) - A Hymn to the Virgin
• Johann Nepomuk David (1895 - 1977) - Die zwei Blinden
• Joan Maria Thomas (1896 - 1966) - Salve Regina
• Hermann Platzer (* 1960) - Daß wir vollströmen mit Lebensatem
• Hermann Platzer (* 1960) - Zeige mir, Herr, deine Wege
• Hermann Platzer (* 1960) - Einhundertmal (Blessings on occasion of birthday)
• Manfred Novak (* 1977) - Irish blessing

Secular (just a few pointers...!):

Renaissance music:

• Ludwig Senfl (ca. 1486 - 1543) - Ich armes Käuzlein kleine (a *real* gem!!!)
• Josquin Desprez (ca. 1440 - 1521) - Qui belles amours a
• Clément Jannequin (1485 - 1559) - Le chant des oyseaux
• Juan Vasquez (ca. 1510 - 1560) - Ojos morenos
• Juan Vasquez (ca. 1510 - 1560) - Gentil señora mía
• Adriano Banchieri (1567 - 1634) - Capricciata & Contrappunto bestiale alla mente
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) - Ecco mormorar l'onde
• Robert Ramsey (? - ?) - Sleep, fleshly birth
• anon. - Where be ye, my love?

20th century music:

• Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963) - Six Chansons
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) - Sacred & Profane
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) - Five Flower Songs, op. 47
• Cesar Bresgen (1980) - Die Ziege hat Zahnweh (Cycle for SSA)
• Ken Langer (* 1959) - The Train
• Hermann Platzer (* 1960) - Arrangements of old and new Folksongs
• Hermann Platzer (* 1960) - Landregen
• Hermann Platzer (* 1960) - Reklame (was premiered on the 4th World Symposium on Choral Music in Sydney)
• John Lennon, arr.: Hermann Platzer (* 1960) - Imagine
• Irish Traditional, arr.: Hermann Platzer (* 1960) - Cockles & Mussels
• Traditional, arr.: Manfred Novak (* 1977) - I Once Loved a Boy
• Manfred Novak (* 1977) - The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls (on a poem by Longfellow)