Format: CD
Barcode: 4260077710936
Catalog number: AS 5093
Releasedate: 06-11-20
As one of the five boys‘ choirs in Saxony, the Freiberg Boys' Choir participates in a representative Saxon choral tradition. The release of this CD offers an opportunity to thank all of the former members of the choir who had invested immense amounts of their free time throughout the past decades for intensive work in concerts and rehearsals. The choir was founded and directed by Wolfgang Eger, in 2011 it was taken over by Andreas Reuter until it’s dissolution in 2017.
The present audio recordings originate from live-recordings and recordings for radio and television throughout the years 2000 to 2010, and they provide an insight into the extensive concert activities of the Freiberg Boys‘ Choir throughout its mere 24-years of existence.
Concerts at home and abroad, in the various federal states, and several times in the Czech Republic and Poland, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and France (including Notre-Dame in Paris), TV recordings for the Second German Television (ZDF) and for the ‘Mitteldeutschen Rundfunk‘ (MDR) as well as radio and CD recordings were included. The Freiberg Boys' Choir was involved in many productions at the Mittelsächsischen Theater in Freiberg, including the operas "Der Wildschütz", "Hansel and Gretel", "Carmen" and the Christmas opera "Christ-Elflein". The boys' choir performed regularly with the orchestras (as well as members of): the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Robert Schumann Philharmonic in Chemnitz, and the Central Saxon Philharmonic. There were a number of joint appearances with the opera singer and entertainer Gunther Emmerlich.
The highlights of their concert activities included the annual Christmas and New Year's Eve concerts and the final concert of the Gottfried Silbermann Days in 2005 at the Freiberg Cathedral. In 2004, the Freiberg Boys Choir was awarded the Freiberg Prize for the Advancement of the Arts. For some of the boys who sang in the choir, the Freiberg Boys’ Choir provided the basis for later admission into the Dresden Kreuzchor, the St. Thomas Choir, or for a professional musical career as a singer or member of an ensemble.
Everyone who was accepted into the boys' choir received a solid musical education and was granted access to traditional classical music - from the old masters such as Heinrich Schütz, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, to modern works, spirituals or gospel music. At the beginning of 2011, Wolfgang Eger retired from his role as the director of the Freiberg Boys’ Choir due to advancing age. Andreas Reuter was his successor until 2017. In the same year, the Freiberg Music School ended the sponsorship of the boys' choir, thereby dissolving it.
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1Machet die Tore weit01:40
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2Nun komm der Heiden Heiland01:53
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3O Herr hilf, lass wohlgelingen02:11
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4Hoch tut euch auf02:19
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5In der Christnacht02:58
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6Zündet die Lichter der Freude an02:14
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7Jesus unser Retter naht03:20
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8Der Stern zu Bethlehem03:13
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9Die Botschaft – Zu Bethlehem der Engelschar02:03
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10Weihnacht im hellen Lichterschein02:05
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11Engelverkündigung01:29
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12Kommet ihr Hirten01:51
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13Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht02:35
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14Es ist ein Ros entsprungen02:45
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15In dulci jubilo02:23
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16Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht02:49
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17Gottlob, nun geht das Jahr zu Ende04:23
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18Nun lob mein Seel den Herren04:32
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19Friedensseufzer auf Neujahr02:37
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20Als aller Hoffnung Ende war ...02:21
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21In das Dunkel dieser Welt, strahlt ein helles Licht03:18
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22Des Jahres letzte Stunde02:38
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23Klänge der Freude03:54
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24Panis angelicus03:51
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25Jauchzet frohlocket07:21