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The Bremer Domchor (Bremen Cathedral Choir) is a mixed choir at the Protestant Bremen Cathedral in Bremen, Germany. The choir has enriched the city's cultural life since 1856. Its members meet several times a week with commitment and joy in singing together at rehearsals. The varied repertoire includes music from the early Baroque (e.g. Claudio Monteverdi: Marienvesper 1610) to the present day (Otfried Büsing: Adonai 2009, world premiere).
The first choir at the Dom was founded in 1684 by the theologian and church musician Laurentius Laurentii, who was responsible for music at the Domschule Bremen and the Dommusik. Today's choir was founded in 1856 by Heinrich Kurth (1828-1872), the music teacher at the Domschule. He was succeeded by Carl Martin Reinthaler (1858-1893), Eduard Nößler (1893-1929), Richard Liesche (1930-1957), Hans Heintze (1958–1975), Wolfgang Helbich (1976-2008) and Tobias Gravenhorst (from 2008).
The choir has around 120 members. They perform six to eight concerts per year, also many services. Several events have been recorded or broadcast. In addition to the regular organization of church services and the “Motetten”, the focus of the work of the Bremer Domchor is on the performances of great oratorios from the 18th and 19th centuries, supplemented by numerous a cappella works. Frequent live broadcasts by radio stations, CD productions (including Ein Deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms, awarded the German Record Critics' Prize) reflect the high level of the choir.
Many choir members also sing in small-scale projects, which greatly benefits the quality of the large cathedral choir. Concert tours have taken the Bremer Domchor to e.g. France, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Hungary, Switzerland, Israel and the USA. |
