Liedertafel Dachau

Wednesday April 28

at 12 p.m

On 3 October 1879 the tradition of the Liedertafel-style choirs established by Friedrich Zelter in 1808 found its way to Dachau : 38 friends of choral singing founded the all-male choral club they called “Liedertafel Dachau”.  During the following years the Liedertafel's members continuously increased in number - the association being open to all social strata and professions.  The Liedertafel staged spring, winter and fund-raising concerts, Christmas parties, balls and outings, and during the 1920s even operettas.  From 1966 on, the all-male choir of the Liedertafel co-existed with a mixed-choir choir which nowadays has taken over completely.  The Liedertafel has woven bonds with several choirs from Germany as well as abroad and even paid return visits to some of them, including the Choir of the Kärntner Landsmannschaft from Klagenfurt, Austria , Bad Salzig's “Frohsinn” Choir, and the Monadnock Chorus of Peterborough, USA.  For many others, especially from the USA, the choir regularly organizes concerts in Dachau , which are always followed by get-togethers in the best tradition of the choir's name "Liedertafel" (a free translation being “song and feast”).

From 1987, when Peter Frank became choirmaster, the Liedertafel took a great leap forward in the development of its musical skills.  Frank forged new paths by introducing the choir to the great works for choir and orchestra. Since 1989 the Liedertafel Dachau has performed Charpentier's Te Deum and other sacred music composed by Vivaldi, Mozart, Salieri and J. S. Bach, the oratorios The Creation and The Seasons by Haydn, Mozart's Requiem and Davide penitente, J. S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio and St John's Passion, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Brahms's Zigeunerlieder and Rossini's Petite messe solennelle, all in the Renaissance Banqueting Hall of Dachau Palace.  In 2003 the choir participated in a memorial concert given by Dachau 's choirs performing Brahms's A German Requiem which took place at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site.  On the occasion of the 1,200^th anniversary of the City of Dachau in 2005, Peter Frank conducted the open-air performance of Orff's Carmina Burana performed by Dachau 's choirs (amongst others, the Liedertafel) in the Court Garden.  But the Liedertafel's repertory includes also a cappella works, for example works dating Germany ’s period of Romanticism as well as sacred choral music.  In 2004, the year of its 125^th  anniversary, the Liedertafel Dachau was awarded the Kron-Maus Culture Prize as an appreciation for being an integral part of Dachau 's rich cultural life.

ONDRASEK YOUTH CHOIR, CZECH REPUBLIC

Thursday April 29th at 2 p.m.

In 1992, Josef Zajiček, one of the first members of the choir, assumed the conductor’s baton of the Ondrasek Czech Youth Choir.  Thus began a whole new chapter in the life of the choir; with great successes at   home   and followed by many prizes at international choir competitions and festivals. Now the name Ondrášek can be heard on the most prominent stages around   Europe .  Over recent years the choir’s activities have included wins in   Arezzo   (1995) and Llangollen (2000) festival, tours to   Japan   (1998) and   South Africa   (2000), concerts in the Urals (2004) and visits to almost all European countries.

At home, the choir works with many major Czech composers (Otmar Mácha, Petr Eben, Ilja Hurník, Antonín Tučapský). Ondrášek has become a notable promoter of choral singing, and the choir organises musical programmes for children and young people, workshops for young conductors and, since 1996, a regular nationwide children’s choir competition.  Over the 40 years, Ondrášek has become an inseparable part of musical life in the region of Nový Jičín.  The concerts of the choir as a whole, i.e. performed by all sections of the choir, and New Year’s concerts, where the best of Czech and world’s ensembles, orchestras and interprets are presented, rank among the genuine cultural events of the town.

Since its beginnings Ondrášek has worked with radio and television studios.  The choir has shot several series of musical youth programmes, for Czech Television and also recorded 6 CDs.

Ondrášek choir comes from the town of  Nový Jičín, and today is a part of the  Elementary School  of  Fine Arts  in Nový Jičín which provides the choir with proper conditions for its work.  There are three preparatory sections of the choir and two concert ensembles.  Organisation and administration (in areas such as membership, contact with parents, planning of concerts, tours and choir training camps, making and repairing of choir costumes, development and PR) is carried out by the Society of Friends of the Ondrášek Youth & Children’s Choir, presided by Mrs. Svatoslava Lenartová, who is also the president of the choir.

Ondrášek and its leadership have been awarded many prestigious prizes and awards for their long-standing and systematic work in the fields of culture and education.

VOCALIS, NORWAY

Friday April 30th at 1 p.m.

Vocalis is one of Norway’s best female choirs.  The choir was founded in 1987. The choir now has 32 voices, ranging in age between 18 – 51 years old.

Vocalis is well known for its rich, soft sound and has won many prices for its performances, both nationally and abroad.  The choir’s most recent win was in Cantonigros, Spain, where the choir won 1st prize in the female choirs’ competition.

The repertoire is classical (mainly contemporary music), folk music, jazz and popular music.  Vocalis has recorded three CDs; one with popular music (Øyeblikk – Moments), one with Christmas music (O Sanctissima) and the last one with mainly contemporary music ( Månekveld – Night of the moon).

Conductor Tone Bianca Dahl studied to be a singer and a pianist, and  later a conductor.  She finished her studies at the Norwegian State Academy of Music in 1991, as Master of Arts in choral conducting.

She is now associate professor in choral conducting at the Norwegian State Academy of Music, the conductor of the chamber choir Schola Cantorum and the female choir Vocalis, and is a frequent guest lecturer for choirs and choral conductors in the Nordic countries.

Many of the arrangements on the CD O Sanctissima are made by Tone Bianca, for female choir and cello.  Tone Bianca has also composed a Requiem for equal voices, solo voices and percussion.

Music Library, Cork City Libraries,                                
Lifelong Learning Festival Programme                     
March 22 – 28 2010

Month of April “Fleischmann, Family and Friends” Exhibition.
Cork City celebrates Aloys Fleischmann’s life and work.

 Monday 22 March

11 a.m. 

"Town and Gown": The Contribution of Aloys Fleischmann to Cork’s Musical Life”.  Lecture by Dr Susan O’ Regan CIT School of Music, on Professor Fleischmann's unique and lasting contribution to music in Cork.

   2.00 – 3.30p.m    

"Bodhran for Beginners" (Adults). Bring your bodhran and join Colm Murphy for a class. Colm is an acclaimed bodhran player and tutor who has performed and recorded with musicians including De Dannan, Seamus Creagh and Jackie Daly. 

 Places limited. Booking essential. Maxium no. 5 (BOOKED OUT)

Tuesday 23 March 
  11.a.m. 

 “What Sibelius Can Do For You” Stephen Lane, CIT School of Music a self confessed addict to Sibelius , presents an introduction to Sibelius software. This notation software has been described as the word processor for music. Stephen Lane currently works in the CIT Cork School of Music teaching ear training and music theory.   He has a real interest in teaching people of all ages how to read, write and perform music and has developed a successful adult musicianship class in the CIT Cork School of Music which is open to the general public in the evenings.

The music notation software Sibelius allows people to produce professional printed versions of their music for publishing and general use. The software also plays back your music giving you instant feedback on the notes you type in from a simple piano piece to full orchestra. It is used by amateurs and professionals alike who wish to compose new music or simply make arrangements of existing music - all with the click of a mouse!! It is a  fascinating and versatile piece of software, enjoyable to use with many valuable functions. 
  1.00p.m 

iPods for the Terrified.  A beginner’s guide to ipods, itunes, the istore and podcasts. Learn how to transfer music from a CD to your computer and ipod. Learn how to purchase music from the istore and subscribe to podcasts. Tutor Paul Devane. Places limited. Booking essential. (BOOKED OUT)

Friday 26 March
 11.00a.m 

Donizetti: The spirit of the man & his music: Gramophone Recital by Joan kennelly. Relax and enjoy a programme of vocal, classical and orchestral music.

2.00 -  3.30p.m 

Bodhran for Beginners (Adult) Join Colm Murphy for a class.
*Booking Essential (PLACES STILL AVAILABLE)

Programme of Alois Fleischmann's Turmmusik for brass quartets

Monday, 21 December
3.00p.m.: Quartet from The Butter Exchange Band Church of St. Anne, Shandon, Cork.

 
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Friday, 25 December
11.40a.m.: James Fitzgerald Memorial Band: Steps of the Church of Our Lady, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork.

Friday, 25 December
12.00 noon: Ballincollig Concert Band: Church of St. Mary & St. John, Ballincollig, Co. Cork.

Wednesday, 6 January
7.00 p.m.: Quartet from First Southern Brigade, Collins Barracks Central Library, Grand Parade, Cork

Herr Alois Fleischmann arrived in Cork in 1906.
“Before he left Dachau Fleischmann arranged a number of folk melodies, old Christmas carols, for wind ensemble and organized for them to be played from the steeple of the parish church on Christmas Eve each year. This lovely custom, which gives good insight into the nature and quality of his imagination, continued annually until 1945. It is said that the players of the Turmmusik (steeple music), as it was called, were asked to direct the music towards his mother’s house as a special greeting from her son in Ireland. He undoubtedly found the move from his native place very difficult. ‘Since then’, he remarked towards the end of his life, ‘I have been living in the past, dreaming of the old times, of the shadow play of youth, of the distant sun of home’

Séamas de Barra: Aloys Fleischmann: Field day Publications, Dublin, 2006

Other useful links

CIT Cork School of Music
Cork International Choral Festival 
Cork Folk Festival
Cork Gigs
Cork Opera House
Cork Orchestral Society
Cork Symphony Orchestra
Crawford Art Gallery
East Cork Early Music Festival 2008
Everyman Palace Theatre
Guinness Jazz Festival
Guinnes Jazz Festival Fringe Events
Triskel Arts Centre
West Cork Chamber Music Festival
Whazon