Venue: National Centre for the Performing Arts - Concert Hall
Date: June 29, 2018
Programme
Giovanni Gastoldi
An hellen Tagen
Heinrich Isaac
Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen
Hans Leo Habler
Tanzen und Springen
Soloist: Alois Mühlbacher, Countertenor
Henry Purcell
Music for a While
Thomas Morley
Now is the month of Maying
John Dowland
Come again
Orlando Gibbons
The silver swan
Giovanni Gastoldi
Amor vittorioso
Soloist: Alois Mühlbacher, Countertenor
Georg Friedrich Handel
Ombra mai fu
Georg Friedrich Handel
Lascia ch’io pianga
Traditional
Arr. John Rutter
Barbara Allen
Soloist: Alois Mühlbacher, Countertenor
Giuseppe Giordani
Caro mio ben
Anton Bruckner
Trosterin Musik
Franz Lehar
Wolgalied
Franz Schubert
Heidenroslein
Soloist: Alois Mühlbacher, Countertenor
Franz Schubert
An die Musik
Richard Rodgers
Arr. Linda Spevacek
Edelweiss (mit Bandltanz)
Traditional Austrian Jodeller
Schuhplattler (typical Austrian dance performed in leather trousers)
——Intermission——
Mozart
Parts from The Magic Flute
Seid uns zum zweiten Mal willkommen
Vogelf?nger (Papageno)
Das klinget so herrlich
Johann Straub
Kaiserwalzer (Arranged Version)
Johann Straub Farnberger
Tritsch-tratsch-Polka
Johann Straub father
Arr. Franz Farnberger
Radetzkymarsch ("Radetzky march")
Gioachino Rossini
Katzenduett (duet of cats)
Kirby Shaw
The lion sleeps tonight
Johann Straub
Arr. Franz Farnberger
Banditen Galopp
Mozart
Bandel-Terzett (trio)
Rudolf Sieczynski
Wien, du Stadt meiner Tr?ume
Franz Lehar
Gold und Silber (waltz)
Josef Straub
Polka Auf Ferienreisen (Arranged Version)
Johann Straub
Arr. Franz Farnberger
An der schonen blauen Donau (Blue Danube Waltz)
Presenter: St. Florian Boys' Choir
The convent St. Florian located in the heart of Austria (between the music metropolis’ Vienna and Salzburg) is not only one of Austria’s most magnificent baroque structures, but is also one of the most significant cultural centres. Founded in 1071, the St. Florian Boys’ Choir is one of the Boys’ Choirs with the most tradition in the world. The famous composer Anton Bruckner, who was buried under "his" organ in the convent cathedral, also emanated from the Boys' Choir, as did numerous other great musicians.
Production of sacred music is still one of the most important functions of the boys' choir. Apart from this, they are also musical ambassadors for Austria everywhere in the world. Throughout the past decade, the choir has travelled all over the world, participating in significant musical festivals (amongst others, the Salzburg Festival, Vienna Festival, Festival d’Aix en Provence), as well as repeatedly cooperating with the famous orchestras (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Bruckner Orcherster …) and conductors. Franz Welser-M?st, director of the Cleveland Orchestra and former director of music of the Vienna State Opera, is the honourary president of the society "Friends of the St. Florian Boys' Choir".
Soloists of the St. Florian Boys' Choir regularly sing the parts composed for boys (e. g. the Three Boys in Mozart’s Magic flute in great opera houses (Vienna, Salzburg, Linz, Berlin, Verona, Barcelona, Aix en Provence, amongst others) and on CD (Rene Jacobs).
With an aim towards expanding the repertoire of the Boy s’ Choir, the Men’s Choir of the St. Florian Boys’ Choir was founded in 1989. Its ranks are made up for the most part of former Choir Boys who have continued to receive voice training and/or become professional singers, some of whom also perform in other renowned ensembles.
Soloists who are members of the Men’s Choir also form small ensembles, which perform mostly in concerts by the Boys’ Choir and sometimes also as groups in their own right.
The wide range of discography of the St. Florian Boys' Choir does not only comprise traditional Austrian music, folk music and Christmas carols, but also recordings of old music in cooperation with renowned prestigious ensembles on historical instruments.
The director of music ever since 1983, has been Franz Farnberger, who, after completing his studies in Vienna, conducted the Vienna Boys' Choir for eight years and was also teaching at the Anton Bruckner University.
