Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures

German Choir

The University of Illinois German Choir will perform its Spring Concert on Sunday, April 29th at 3:00 PM in the University Lutheran Church-Student Center, 604 E. Chalmers St., C. Choral and instrumental works by Fischer and Rosenmüller and others will be performed using original instruments.  Admission is free.

Click here to listen to a sample from a previous Christmas consert

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The Illinois German Choir (Deutscher Chor) is a small chamber choir (Kammerchor) which devotes itself to compositions of German choral composers from Hassler to Distler and Lau. The choir is sponsored by the German Department and provides an opportunity for the interested choral singer desiring to practice German through singing to join the choir in the preparation and performance of masterpieces of German choral music. To join the choir, please contact the director, Prof. Fred Lawrence (367-5127), at the beginning of any semester. Students can receive academic credit for participation in the choir through enrollment in German 199 (German Choir). Rehearsals are held Tuesday evenings from 8-10 pm at St. Andrew Lutheran Center, 909 S. Wright, Champaign.

To be notified of upcoming concerts, send an email to listserv@listserv.uiuc.edu. Put in the body of the email "subscribe germanchoir your full name" or "signoff germanchoir." This list will only be used to publicize German choir concerts.

Highlights from the concert on Sunday, Dec. 8 2002, 3 pm in the Spurlock Museum:
Recordings courtesy of Paul Weston


Machet die Tore weit
Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)


Vom Himmel hoch
Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630)


Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich
Johannes Eccard (1553-1611)


Magnificat
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)


Das neugeborne Kindelein
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)


Zu Bethlehem geboren
Fritz Volbach (1861-1940)

Prof. Fred Lawrence, Director

Contact info: 333-6928
Email: germanchoir@uiuc.edu

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Last update: April 20, 2007