TRAVEL ACTIVITIES
Our aim is to make international choir travels every 3rd
year. Considering that travels are paid by the individual members, this
interval is an acceptable compromise. On the other hand we appreciate the
social dimension, shopping, and the common joy by presenting a good programme
is important to us. Therefore: We do want communications with foreign
choirs. Considering the social benefits from the travels we should like to be
acquainted with other choirs. Maybe we can exchange and mix
for concerts in Denmark and abroad and widen our musical knowledge?
2011
The
destination was Berlin, arriving and leaving individually, but with the concert
period as compulsory period.
A group
booking had been made at the same hotel, but first meeting as a group was in
pouring rain at the foot of the TV tower for a dinner together in the rotating
rooftop restaurant. Other excursions included e.g. the Parliament Building. In
its dome we gave a "spontaneous" number off-programme.
Our
spontaneous concert in the Parliament dome
(Photo
credits: Kell Sahlholdt)
The serious
part of the visit was our three concerts, one with sacral repertoire in the
Lutheran church Zum heiligen Kreuz.
From
the concert in Zum heiligen Kreuz, taken by the clergyman
(Photo
credits: Detlev Friedrich)
The
remaining two concerts had a more secular selection. First in the cultural
center Bildungszentrum am Antonplatz with a large audience. After the concert
the choir received a specially designed framed collage. The last concert took
place in the Schöneberg Town Hall, once situated in the former West Berlin and
therefore made famous by President Kennedy, when he declared: "Ich bin ein
Berliner" (I am a Berliner).
Lining
up before the concert in
(Photo
credits: Dan Sjøland)
We didn't
get famous, but the weather had changed to dry and warm, too warm for a choir
in their concert uniforms, but we finished. Altogether a challenge with
different repertoire and different concert venues, each scattered in a new
corner of Berlin.
But then we
could relax with a boat trip on the Spree and a concluding farewell dinner in a
restaurant close to our hotel.
Farewell
dinner at the Trattoria Vale un Peccato in Wilmersdorf district
(Photo credits: Jeanette Lyng et al.)
2008
Our 2008 travel went to Poland. There were concerts in the two towns
Wroclaw and Krakow. The Consonanza choir assisted us in arranging them. The
picture is from Sct. Elisabeth’s church, centrally located on the market place
in Wroclaw. The Krakow concert was in Sct. Joseph’s church in the Podgorze part
of town.
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Consonanza arranged this concert in Sct. Elisabeth’s Church in Wroclaw
(Photo credits: Jens Kruchov)
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Choir rehearsal before the concert in Sct. Joseph’s Church in Krakow
(Photo credits: Frederik Kruchov)
Some members of the choir left their travel souvenirs in Danish on
facebook.com. Even if you are unable to read Danish, you may enjoy photos and
videos. Use the search term: hundige koret.
2005
The summer of 2005 was spent in the Czech Republic. In Prague we had a
joint concert together with the splendid local Laetitia. choir in St. Ludmila Church. The
travel ended in Liberec in Bohemia. The town welcomed us in every respect apart
from the weather. Fortunately, both the weather, the people and
the concert performance were good when we performed in Oblastni Galeri in
Liberec, so the concert was an open air performance. Just look at the concert
picture.
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Hundige Choir performs Bach in Sct. Ludmila’s Church in Prague, June
2005.
Photo credits: Jens Kruchov
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Concert in Liberec July 2005. Conductor: Martin
Granau.
(Photo credits: Jens Kruchov)
Laetitia contacted us later en route to other concerts, and we arranged
their performance in a Copenhagen art museum.
2002
The Hundige Choir united with the Ringsted Choir (from the mid_Zealand
town Ringsted). Under the joint name "Zealand Concert Choir" both
choirs were active participants in the international choir Eisteddfod
(festival) in Llangollen in Wales in 2002 - being the only selected Danish
choir. The conductors were Martin Granau and Anne Marie Christensen.
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Updated January 15, 2009, corrected November 23, 2010.