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Petri-Kantorei (Choir)

Founded: Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Petri-Kantorei, which consists of around 80 members, is a demanding community choir that organizes concerts, vespers, church services, open singing and the Carol Service with joy and commitment.

The last major projects were:
– a trip to the twin town of Darlington (October 2013)
Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248/I-VI by J.S. Bach (abridged based on ideas by A. Schweitzer, December 2013)
Johannes-Passion BWV 245 by J.S. Bach (spring 2014)
Brockes-Passion by Gottfried Haeinrich Stölzel (spring 2015)
Ein deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms (autumn 2016)
Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 by J.S. Bach (spring 2018)
Elias by Felix Mendelssohn (Fall 2019)

The following major choral works have been performed in recent years:
J. V. Meder: Matthäus-Passion
George Frideric Handel: Utrecht Te Deum
G.H. Stölzel: Brockes-Passion
J.S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248/I-VI
J.S. Bach: Johannes-Passion BWV 245
J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244
J.S. Bach: many cantatas, Missa brevis in F major, BWV 233
J. Haydn: Die Schöpfung
F. Mendelssohn: Lobgesang & Psalm 42
J. Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
A. Bungert: Mysterium Op. 80
Maurice Duruflé: Requiem



Sources:
Musik in Petri Website, English translation by Aryeh Oron (March 2024)
Bits & pieces from other sources
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (March 2024)

Christoph Gerthner: Short Biography | Ensembles: Petri-Kantorei | Petri-Kammerchor
Bach Discography:
Recordings of Vocal Works

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Petri-Kantorei (Musik in Petri) [German]


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