FIDES CANTAT 2022
– Vivat Musicus Poeticus
In the jubilee year of the Musicus Poeticus Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672), the Choral Festival will take place from the 16th to the 19th of June 2022.
Artist in Residence with concert and workshops will be
the RIAS-Kammerchor Berlin
Funded by: the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
Organizer: Evangelische Wittenbergstiftung, Lutherstadt Wittenberg.
Project partners: Kulturbüro der EKD, Luthergedenkstätten Sachsen-Anhalt.
CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
CONDITIONS OF
PARTICIPATION
PARTICIPATION free, registration deposit per chamber choir/ensemble 500 Euro (offsetting with accommodation)
Obligatory preparation for the workshops to be performed during the festival
Heinrich Schütz: Herr, auf dich traue ich – Psalm 31 (SWV 377, Carus Verlag CV 20.377/00)
Frank Schwemmer: Psalm 31 (Berliner Chormusik-Verlag BCV 19.04.03)
Leonhard Lechner: Mein süße Freud auf Erden (weltlich/geistlich, Carus Verlag CV 4.022/40)
All participants will receive individual certificates of participation in the workshops with the RIAS-Kammerchor Berlin.
The workshops are recognized as continuing education for choral conductors and music teachers.
APPLICATION
to be submitted to the Kulturbüro der EKD: kultur@ekd.de
vita, direction, repertoire, size of the chamber choir and other information by arrangement
EXPECTED COURSE OF EVENTS FIDES CANTAT 2022
All workshops will take place in various halls of Lutherstadt, the concerts in the Stadtkirche St. Marien and in the Schlosskirche.
Thursday 16.06.2022
Arrival in Wittenberg
17:00 drawing of the choirs for the festival cycle »Klingende Schlosskirche«,
for the workshops and for the places of worship
19:00 concert in the Stadtkirche St. Marien with the »Artist in Residence« – RIAS-Kammerchor Berlin,
conductor: Justin Doyle
Friday 17.06.2022
10:00-11:30 workshop I
12:00-13:30 workshop II
14:00 festival cycle »Klingende Schlosskirche I«
15:30-17:00 workshop III
18:00 festival cycle »Klingende Schlosskirche II«
21:00-24:00 evening of encounters in the castle courtyard
Saturday 18.06.2022
10:00-13:00 rehearsal in the churches of worship in the surrounding area,
planting of the Heinrich Schütz trees on site
14:00 festival cycle »Klingende Schlosskirche III«
15:00 visit to the Luthergedenkstätten (Luther memorials)
18:00 rehearsal for the final concert
21:00 film screening at the Schlossplatz
Sunday 19.06.2022
08:30 drive to the surrounding countryside for musical services
10:00-11:30 musical services in surrounding churches and churches of the city
(repertoire: compulsory pieces Schütz / Schwemmer / Lechner and an additional choir-selected piece)
13:00-14:00 dress rehearsal final concert in the Schlosskirche
15:00-16:00 final concert in the Schlosskirche
FIDES CANTAT 2024
In 2024, the theme of the Fides Cantat festival will be the first evangelical hymnal and its composers with a focus on Johann Walter (1496-1570).
contact
Jonathan Saretz, Projektmanager des Festivals – management@fides-cantat.de
Dr. Thies Gundlach, Evangelische Wittenbergstiftung – info@wittenberg.ekd.de
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Evangelische Wittenbergstiftung
Stiftung der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) zur Wahrnehmung gesamtkirchlicher Verantwortung in Wittenberg.
Schlossplatz 1 E
06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Vorstandsvorsitzender Dr. Thies Gundlach
Telefon 03491 5052710
Fax 03491-50527-29
info@wittenberg.ekd.de