We go on our third concert tour to Israel from 10th to 19th of November 2017. We would like to thank all of our sponsors and supporters who make the tour possible. We would like to thank our friends and partners in Israel who are preparing the concerts with so much commitment. All dates:

11.11. Jerusalem, Church of the Redeemer, 8 pm
12.11. Sde Boker, Music Club, 8.30 pm
13.11. Jerusalem, Moreshet Yisrael Synagogue, 8 pm
14.11. Tel Aviv, Beit Hatfutsot, 7.30 pm
15.11. Haifa, Krieger Center for Performing Arts, 7.30 pm
16.11. Jerusalem, Workshop with the choir of the Moreshet Yisrael Synagogue
18.11. Herzliya, City Hall, 8.30 pm
with Dorothea Wagner (soprano), Falk Hoffmann (tenor), Tilmann Löser (organ/piano), Reinhard Riedel (violin)
Supported by: Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen, Goethe Institut, Sächsische Staatskanzlei, Leipzigstiftung, Stadt Leipzig/Referat Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Stadt Leipzig/Kulturamt, GVL

New publication!
115 years ago, Oberkantor Werner Sander, the founder of the Leipziger Synagogalchor, was born, 45 years ago he died.
The musicologist Tina Frühauf Ph. D. (New York) has explored the history of his life and work:
In October 2017 the volume 213 of the “Jewish Miniatures”, dedicated to Werner Sander, will be published by Hentrich & Hentrich, edited by the Louis Lewandowski Festival, in German and English language.
The publication will also shed light on the first ten years of choir history (1962-1972).

Tina Frühauf: Werner Sander
“to finally fortify peace”. A Vital Exponent of Jewish Music in the GDR
80 pages, softcover, 20 illustrations
ISBN: 978-3-95565-238-8, 8.90 €

On January 23, 2017, we received the Distinguished Service Award of the Obermayer German Jewish History Awards at the Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus in recognition of our decade-long work for Jewish music.
http://obermayer.us/award/2017/2017.htm

Now it has been released, the CD of the program “Lidl fun goldenem land – Yiddish songs in new arrangements”, published by the label querstand at Verlagsgruppe Kamprad.
With support from the Ernst Schering Foundation Berlin twelve new arrangements of Yiddish songs have emerged for the concert stage. Internationally renowned arrangers have been inspired by the melodies and created complex, colorful and innovative arrangements, offering an impressive variety, which brings to life the melodic and emotional richness of the Yiddish songs in a contemporary and creative way. In addition to these new arrangements by Matthias Becker, Ludwig Boehme, Reiko Fueting, Juan Garcia, Walter Thomas Heyn, Fredo Jung and Philip Lawson, the CD contains two reminiscences of the choir’s arrangements of the 60’s and 80’s by Werner Sander and Friedbert Gross.

Track list and audio clips
€ 18,00 plus shipping costs
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Sunday, 5 April 2015, 6 p.m.
Monday, 6 April 2015, 8 p. m.
Leipzig TV (Leipzig Fernsehen): Broadcast of the recording of 7 March 2015 at St. Thomas Church, “Sounds from the Leipzig Temple – Reconstruction of a Synagogue concert from 1926”, together with the Kammerchor Josquin des Préz,
Anja Pöche (Soprano), Susanne Langner (Alto), Amnon Seelig (Cantor), Henrik Hochschild (Violin), Ulrich Vogel and Ullrich Böhme (Organ).

Concert report at Leipzig TV

On September 9, 2014, some stumbling blocks will be installed in Leipzig. We are sponsors for two commemorative stones for the cantor Samuel Lampel and his wife Rosa, that are to be installed at 4 p.m. into the pavement in front of their last self-chosen place of residence, Tschaikowskistr. 23.

The radio station Deutschlandradio Kultur represents every Friday at 10:50 a.m. amateur choirs from all over Germany.

The Leipzig Synagogal Choir is the “Choir of the week” in the next issue on 17 January 2014. Klaus Lockschen has visited us in rehearsal and concert.

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the death of chief cantor Werner Sander, the founder of the Leipzig Synagogal Choir, some members of the choir had visited his gravesite on 22 July 2012 to clean and clear it from weeds. We collected donations for the renovation of the tomb. After completion of a sponsorship agreement between the choir and the Jewish community of Leipzig, we were able to give the work commissioned. On 7 November 2013, it finally happened: The restored gravesite was ceremonially handed over to the Jewish community.

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