Choir Festival Baden

We are looking forward to coming together again to sing in a large group. In 2021, we wanted to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the regional church with many voices in unison and get in the mood for the services at the 2021 World Council of Churches Assembly with choral singing. Now it will finally be 2022. With this flyer, we would like to whet your appetite to come to Karlsruhe on the first weekend in July and take part in the choir festival. It is worthwhile for all those who enjoy singing and making music in a choir and also for all those who like to hear how colorful and polyphonic sacred choral music is, from classical choral music to gospel and jazz. Adults, young people and children - there is something for all age groups interested in singing. As a special guest, we were able to attract the well-known Stavanger Gospel Choir from Norway. We very much hope that this festival will help to revitalize choral singing in our regional church and beyond after the Corona-related dry spell. We would like to thank the city of Karlsruhe, the churches and cantorates in Karlsruhe for their hospitality. Everyone who is planning and supporting the Choir Festival 2022 is looking forward to your participation. Be there!

Program

FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2022

17.30 Reception of the City of Karlsruhe by the Lord Mayor Dr. Frank Mentrup for invited guests in the City Hall

18.30 "From eternity to eternity"
`Best of' from five oratorios by Mendelssohn, Haydn, Handel, Bach with Karlsruhe choirs on the Marktplatz stage

20.00 Break and stage conversion with refreshments at the stands around the market square

21.00 Open-air concert "Stavanger Gospel Choir" on the market square stage

SATURDAY, JULY 2, 2022

10.00 a.m. Arrival and warm-up

10.30-11.00 a.m. Opening on the market square, wind instruments and open singing

11.30 - 13.00 and 14.00 - 15.30 Workshops at various locations in the city center, including a large gospel workshop with Timo Böcking

From 12.00 noon "Mosaic of choirs" - performance opportunities for choirs on stages, squares and in churches

10:00-17:00 Program for children's choirs around the Lutherkirche Karlsruhe, including a children's concert at 3:00 p.m. in the Lutherkirche

1.15 pm Rehearsal for the sing-along oratorio "From Eternity to Eternity" `Best of' from five oratorios by Mendelssohn, Haydn, Handel, Bach on the market square

14.00 Market square, sing-along oratorio

16.30 hrs Performance by the children's choirs on the market square stage

5.15 p.m. Auditions for the Vespers services

18.00-19.00 Vespers services with different characters at three different locations

19.30-22.00 Choir night in Karlsruhe churches and pop/wind/gospel music on the Marktplatz stage

22.30 Evening carol singing on the market square

SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2022

9.15 a.m. audition with break

10.30 a.m. Festive service with the regional bishop for the Baden Choir Festival on the market square

11.30 a.m. Closing with brass music