Sheet music titled "Im Grünen" by Felix Mendelssohn, featuring musical notes and German lyrics. The background shows a blurred image of trees and foliage.

A look back at challenging months

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Like many choirs in Germany, the Stuttgarter Oratorienchor e.V. has been hit hard in its annual planning by the measures taken against the pandemic. Rescheduled or Cancelled: The choir’s regular rehearsals (regulation by the federal state and school closures for “external users”) since mid-March. The traditional Palm Sunday concert in April 2020 (A. Pärt “Stabat Mater” and Mozart’s “Requiem” in the special “Levin version”). A one-week concert tour to Bolzano/Bressanone/Caltern/Rovereto and Trento, IT at the invitation of the “Haydn Orchestra Bolzano” in June 2020 with the unpublished oratorio “Durchzug durchs Rote Meer” and “Te Deum” by J. N. Hummel and Lesen Sie mehr …

A graph illustrating the impact of protective measures on COVID-19 case numbers over time, showing two curves: a high peak without measures and a flattened curve with measures, below the healthcare system's capacity line.

No rehearsals – No concert – No everyday life…

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Surely word has already spread that our Passion Concert on Palm Sunday will not take place. The reasons for this are sufficiently known to everyone. The Stuttgarter Oratorienchor has stopped rehearsals since Friday, 13.3.2020 until further notice. Just a few weeks ago, no one could imagine that everything we took for granted until now would be banned, closed or canceled. For now, there is only one thing we can do: We all participate in the effort to get some grip on this health crisis affecting our entire society. After all, we all want to enjoy wonderful music in concert halls Lesen Sie mehr …

A tranquil sunrise over a serene lake with reflections of tall trees. Mist gently hovers above the water, creating a peaceful and picturesque scene.

Heavenly spheres and earthly feelings

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Legends and myths have accompanied Mozart’s mysterious Requiem Torso from the very beginning. What a tragedy: of all things, during the composition of a requiem mass, death “itself” ends the work of the seriously diseased musical genius. One third of the mass text remains unscored and the orchestral arrangement is completed only in rudimentary form. Nevertheless, the emotions evoked by this “unfinished” composition are of elemental force. Hopeless and hopeful at the same time, everything that grips man in the face of death is gathered together. The spectrum ranges from despair, sadness and fear to anger and hope. But also Lesen Sie mehr …