Author: Ute Konnerth

Impressive. Touching. Moving.

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The Stuttgart Oratorio Choir performed Antonín Dvořák’s “Stabat Mater” for the second time after 12 years last Palm Sunday. Enrico Trummer succeeded in leading all participants to a brilliant musical performance this evening. An excellently disposed choir was able to sing and play this ingenious composition with its glorious moments and incomparable emotionality directly into the soul of our audience through a variety of creative details, sometimes in alternation, but also together with a fantastic quartet of soloists and a highly professional orchestra. Everything was to the point… Rarely have the reactions of the audience been more intense during and Read more…

Change of the concert venue!

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The choir had been very happy about the invitation of the Elisabeth Church to the Passion Concert. After all, conquering a new concert venue is an exciting affair. However, a thorough check of the local conditions revealed that the space conditions for a choir, the quartet of soloists and a larger orchestra were not favourable by any stretch of the imagination. The folding rule we brought with us and various chair constellations were clear: unfortunately, large-scale oratorio performances pose serious problems in this church. Even borrowing and transporting choir platforms, without which it would not have been possible to set Read more…

Dear tenors… where are you?

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If you ask about famous male voices, names of tenors are usually mentioned. Who does not know Caruso or Pavarotti? Like Plácido Domingo, Fritz Wunderlich and many others – singers not mentioned here – they have achieved world fame because of their ability to sing high notes effortlessly and at the same time powerfully and beautifully. The Stuttgart Oratorio Choir has good tenors, but more of this species would be very important for a vocal balance in our male voice section. If you feel comfortable in the higher registers, just come to the auditorium of the Königin Olga Stift on Read more…