Informations for singers 2013

Choir and individual singers are both invited. Singers should have sung „Messiah“ before.

Please bring vocal scores of Handel’s „Messiah“ in English with you. Every English edition can be used, instructions however refer to the Bärenreiter edition.

The following choral pieces will be sung:

* And The Glory Of The Lord
* And He Shall Purify
* O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion
* For Unto Us A Child Is Born
* Glory To God

* Behold The Lamb Of God
* Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
* And With His Stripes
* All We Like Sheep
* He Trusted In God
* Lift Up Your Heads

* Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him

* How beautiful are the feet / Break forth into joy

   (starting from bar 105)

* Their Sound Is Gone Out

* Hallelujah
* Since By Man Came Death

* O Death, Where Is Thy Sting / But Thanks Be To God
* Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain - Amen

DRESS CODE:

Ladies in black with a „friendly – coloured“ Accessoire.

Gentlemen wear a dinner jacket, white shirt and a coloured tie.

International Festival – Choir Concert on Friday, 12^th April 2013, at 7.00 p.m.

in the Protestant Christuskirche, Schwarzstrasse 25

The participating choirs present themselves here one after the other. Performing time: 10 minutes per choir. The music to be performed has to be submitted to us latest by

20^th March 2013. Organ and Piano are available. The choir can also be accompanied by own instruments, of course. On Friday choirs have the possibility of a 30 minute rehearsal at the Christuskirche.

Compulsory Final Piece: „Lift up your heads“ (from „Messiah“).