Our Sing Along Concerts in Vienna and Salzburg offer individual singers and choirs the opportunity to perform an important work of choral music in Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral or Salzburg Cathedral in a professionally organized concert. For 16 years, individual amateur singers and choirs from all over the world come to Austria to be part of this unique Sing Along experience.
Under the direction of a renowned choirmaster you will be studying the current piece for several days in workshops during the Sing Along! (formerly Come and Sing!) Choir Festival. As part of the Sing Along! Festival Choir newly formed for each piece, you will then perform the work together with your fellow international singers, the Cathedral Orchestra and renowned soloists in a festive final concert in front of a broad audience in Vienna's St. Stephen’s Cathedral or Salzburg Cathedral.
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32nd Sing Along! Choir Festival | Vienna 2021
W. A. Mozart
Requiem (KV 626)
St. Stephen's Cathedral | 28 to 30 October 2021
In 2021, you have the opportunity to perform Mozart’s Requiem before All Saints' Day in St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna in a Sing Along Concert. Mozart married his wife Konstanze in St. Stephen´s and two of his children were baptized here. After his death, Mozart was laid out in St. Stephen's, before being transported to St. Marx cemetery in Vienna.
Directed by Prof. Gerald Wirth, President and Artistic director of the Vienna Boys’ Choir, you will study Mozart’s Requiem for several days during workshops held in English and German. You will perform this masterpiece of choral music with your fellow international singers, the Vienna Cathedral Orchestra and renowned soloists in a festive final concert in St. Stephen’s Cathedral.Programme
Thursday, 28 October 2021: workshop in the afternoon, in the evening reception of the Church Master of St. Stephen's Cathedral in the roof atrium of St. Stephen’s to get acquainted
Friday, 29 October 2021: workshops in the morning and afternoon
Saturday, 30 October 2021: grand evening concert at St. Stephen's Cathedral, followed by reception; dress rehearsal at noon
33rd Sing Along! Choir Festival | Vienna 2022
F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Elijah (MWV A 25)
St. Stephen's Cathedral | 7 to 9 July 2022
To mark the 175th anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's death, perform his work Elijah in the English version in a sing-along concert at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. The oratorio about the story of the biblical prophet Elijah is still one of the composer's best-known works. Mendelssohn translated the drama of the Old Testament material into equally dramatic music, some of which has operatic features.
Under the direction of Prof. Gerald Wirth, President and Artistic Director of the Vienna Boys' Choir, you will work on the work over several days in German- and English-language workshops. Together with renowned soloists and the Vienna Cathedral Orchestra, you will perform Mendelssohn's Elias as part of the Sing Mit! Festival Choir in a festive concert in St. Stephen's Cathedral.Programme
Thursday, 7 July 2022: workshop in the afternoon, in the evening reception of the Church Master of St. Stephen's Cathedral in the roof atrium of St. Stephen’s to get acquainted
Friday, 8 July 2022: workshops in the morning and afternoon
Saturday, 9 July 2022: grand evening concert at St. Stephen's Cathedral, followed by reception; dress rehearsal in the morning
34th Sing Along! Choir Festival | Vienna 2022
F. Schubert
Mass in E-flat Major (D 950)
St. Stephen's Cathedral | 14 to 16 July 2022
In a sing-along concert at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, to celebrate F. Schubert's 225th birthday, sing his Mass in E-flat Major. Schubert composed his longest and largest mass in the last year of his life. The first performance in the Parish Church "Holy Trinity" in Vienna-Alsergrund took place only after his death. "Striving next to the highest in art" - this is how Schubert is said to have characterized his work.
Under the direction of Prof. Gerald Wirth, Artistic Director and President of the Vienna Boys' Choir, you will study Schubert's Mass in E-flat Major over several days in workshops. As a crowning finale, you will perform the work in St. Stephen's Cathedral as a sing-along concert with the many other singers from all over the world, the Vienna Cathedral Orchestra and renowned soloists.Programme
Thursday, 14 July 2022: workshop in the afternoon, in the evening reception of the Church Master of St. Stephen's Cathedral in the roof atrium of St. Stephen’s to get acquainted
Friday, 15 July 2022: workshops in the morning and afternoon
Saturday, 16 July 2022: grand evening concert at St. Stephen's Cathedral, followed by reception; dress rehearsal in the morning
35st Sing Along! Choir Festival | Salzburg 2022
W. A. Mozart
Coronation Mass (KV 317) & Sparrow Mass (KV 220)
Salzburg Cathedral | 25 to 28 August 2022
Perform the Mozart Coronation Mass in a Sing Along Concert at Salzburg Cathedral - after all Mozart and Salzburg are inseparable. Mozart was born and raised here, his birthplace and apartment can be visited and you can find traces of Mozart on every corner of the city. Until today the baptismal font in which Mozart was baptized is in use and can be visited in Salzburg Cathedral.
Directed by János Czifra, Domkapellmeister (Musical Director) at Salzburg Cathedral, you will study the pieces with your fellow international singers during workshops held in German and English. On Saturday, the newly formed Sing Along! Festival Choir will perform the Coronation Mass as a Sing Along Concert with the Cathedral Orchestra and well-known soloists in Salzburg Cathedral. On Sunday, you will sing the Sparrow Mass during the Holy Mass from the organ loft of the Cathedral.Programme
Thursday, 25 August 2022: workshop in the afternoon
Friday, 26 August 2022: workshops in the morning and afternoon
Saturday, 27 August 2022: grand evening concert at Salzburg Cathedral; dress rehearsal in the morning
Sunday, 28 August 2022: accompanying the Holy Mass at Salzburg Cathedral
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