Mädchenchor Hannover

Mädchenchor Hannover
Choir
Origin	Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Founded	1951
Founder	Heinz Hennig
Genre	Concert girls' choir
Chief conductor	Andreas Felber
Website	www.maedchenchor-hannover.de

Der Mädchenchor Hannover is a girls' choir of girls and young women, based in Hannover, the state capital of Lower Saxony, Germany.^[1] Girls and young woman between ages 14 and 20 perform a wide range of repertoire from Renaissance to contemporary music. The choir won prizes at international competitions and made recordings.

History

Heinz Hennig, the conductor of the Knabenchor Hannover from its founding in 1950 to 2001, founded the girls choir in 1951, and initially led the group. From 1952 to 1977, Ludwig Rutt directed the choir. From 1978 until his death in 1999, Rutt shared the leadership with Gudrun Schröfel, who then took over. Similarly, from 2017 she shared leadership with her designated successor, Andreas Felber [de] who took over in 2019.^[2]

The choir recorded for German and international broadcasters, and for CDs. Several former members became musicians, some of them professional singers. The choir has achieved prizes at international competitions beginning in 1964.

Awards

1964: International competition Neerpelt / Belgium – first prize
1981: International competition Guido d' Arezzo / Italiy – first prize
1982: 1st Deutscher Chorwettbewerb [de] in Cologne – first prize
1983: Let the Peoples Sing – BBC in London – first prize
1986: City Medal Hannover [de] for merits for the city
1987: International competition Varna / Bulgaria – first prize
1987: Niedersachsenpreis für Kultur
1989: Internationaler Kammerchorwettbewerb Marktoberdorf – third prize
1990: 3rd Deutscher Chorwettbewerb in Stuttgart – first prize
1995: International Smetana Chorwettbewerb Litomyšl / Czech Republic – first prize and winner
1997: Johannes-Brahms-Wettbewerb Hamburg – first prize
2003: Internationaler Kammerchorwettbewerb Marktoberdorf – second prize
2005: Let the Peoples Sing – WDR in Cologne – second prize
2006: 7th Deutscher Chorwettbewerb in Kiel – first prize
2010: ECHO Klassik
2014: 9th Deutscher Chorwettbewerb Weimar – first prize

Recordings

Johann Adolph Hasse / Antonio Vivaldi: Miserere, Salve Regina und Gloria - 2023
Reger / Humperdinck / Cornelius et al.: Weihnachtliche Chormusik der Romantik – 2019
Andreas N. Tarkmann: Inka-Kantate "Töchter der Sonne" / Gustav Holst: Savitri (chamber opera) – 2018
Fauré / Messager: Messe des pêcheur de Villerville and Bach / Pergolesi: Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden – 2016
Britten: Children's Crusade / A Ceremony of Carols – 2015
Johann Michael Haydn / Hans Kössler: Messen für Frauenchor – 2013
Tarkmann: Didos Geheimnis – 2013
André Caplet: Le Miroir de Jésus – 2012
Geliebte Seele – Romantische Lieder und Duette – 2010
Orff: Carmina Burana – with Knabenchor Hannover, NDR Radiophilharmonie, 2008
Gaude,Plaude! – Psalmen und Motetten aus italienischen Konventen – with Hannoversche Hofkapelle, 2008
Gloria! – Weihnachtliche Klänge mit dem Mädchenchor Hannover – with Stockholm Chamber Brass, 2007
Von Mozart bis Messiaen – with NDR Radiophilharmonie, 2006
Brahms: Gesänge für Frauenchor, Hörner und Harfe, with NDR Radiophilharmonie, 2003
Wenn sich die Welt auftut – Europäische Chormusik des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts – 2000
Concert for a new Millenium – Mädchenchor Hannover auf der EXPO 2000 – 2000
Kaleidoskop 2 – 1999
Brahms: Es tönt ein voller Harfenklang – Weltliche und geistliche Gesänge für Frauenchor, 1996
Folk songs of the four seasons / Was die Alten sungen – 1996
Johann Adolf Hasse: Miserere in C minor / Johann Michael Haydn: Missa Sti. Aloysii – with Kammerakademie Hannover, 1995
Jakobs Stern ist aufgegangen – Weihnachtliche Chormusik – 1992
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols / Heinrich von Herzogenberg: 6 Mädchenlieder / Petr Eben: Griechisches Wörterbuch – 1990
Chorwerke der Romantik – 1986
Kaleidoskop – collection 1982–1993