Stuttgarter Oratorienchor e.V.

…in the 18th century! The Madre Antigua brotherhood of Cádiz was a group of pious believers who, since 1730, had been holding spiritual retreats and prayers in a private house every Thursday from midnight for three hours, consisting of scenes of the Passion and the Lord’s Seven Last Words. However, these gatherings were a ‘thorn in the side’ of the ecclesiastical authorities in Cádiz. They were particularly disturbed by the fact that these prayers and retreats took place in a private house. So the brotherhood was ‘asked’ to meet for their devotions in the church of Nuestra Señora del Rosario. Read more…

Tickets for our Christmas concert are on sale! A few weeks before a concert, you will see our advertising posters in various places in the Stuttgart city area, sometimes also in the surrounding region. You may also have received one of our concert flyers or heard about our upcoming concert “Joy to the World! A Tribute to John Rutter” and would now like to get tickets. We can generally offer you the following options: Presale via our choir members (family, friends, neighbors, colleagues). Don’t know any of our choir members? No problem! Use our contact form to register your need Read more…

Even if many fans of (sacred) choral music do not know the name of the London composer in this country, most of them will have heard his music, possibly unconsciously. Those who have experienced the various celebrations of the British Royal Family in London’s Westminster Abbey in recent years via television broadcasts have certainly been able to enjoy his choral compositions. Sir Dr. John Milford Rutter CBE (Commander of the British Empire) is not without reason one of the preferred composers of the British monarchy. His choral music has been described as “brilliant and emotionally stirring”. Rutter’s compositional and conducting Read more…