Vielstimmig II. 8 Chöre und 40 Konzerte

Eight very different Berlin choirs will come together on the weekend of November 16 and 17, 2024 for over 40 short concerts in the Humboldt Forum and make the place sing and resound.

In 2024, the Vielstimmig choir festival will revolve around the annual theme Hin und weg - Der Palast der Republik ist Gegenwart. You will hear pop hits, chorales, pop songs, hymns, folk songs, ballads and fugues at various locations in the Forum: in exhibitions, stairwells and in the large foyer. As a highlight, all the choirs - around 200 voices - will gather twice a day in the galleries of the large foyer to sing together from all sides. Admission is free.

For Vielstimmig 2024, the choirs have focused on the Humboldt Forum and specifically on the annual theme 2024 Hin und weg - der Palast der Republik ist Gegenwart. This has resulted in short programs that creatively combine the respective choir repertoire with the building and the current special exhibition. During their joint performances in the large foyer, the eight choirs will sing three new songs specially arranged for the occasion, approaching the Palace of the Republic from different perspectives: Albatros by Karat, Paradiesvögel by Silly and Sonderzug nach Pankow by Udo Lindenberg. On both days, you, the visitors, are invited to spontaneously take part in workshops on the topics of circle singing and body percussion.

"Choral singing evokes immediate emotions when you listen to it. With this in mind, we have invited all choirs to devote themselves to the complex themes of German-German history that are being discussed in the current special exhibition on the Palace of the Republic and to reflect on them in their concerts," says Anna-Lena Bolz, artistic director of the second Vielstimmig edition. Dramaturge Kaspar von Erffa adds: "The diversity of the selected approaches surprised and inspired us. And despite all the differences, there is ultimately always one level on which all the choirs very quickly come together: the joy of singing together!"

Musical direction: Anna Bolz

Dramaturgy: Kaspar von Erffa

A cooperation with the Chorverband Berlin: The Chorverband Berlin e.V. is the largest amateur music organization in the capital and the most important forum for Berlin's amateur choir scene. With its diverse activities as a professional association, organizer and donor, it provides intensive basic, broad and young talent work and creates the necessary conditions for top performances from its own ranks.

Program Sat, 16 November 2024

13:00-14:30: Choir concerts in the Humboldt Forum

14:00-14:50: Body percussion workshop (mechanical arena in the foyer)

15:00-15:20: "200 voices " - joint performance by all choirs (Foyer) Greetings from Petra Merkel, President of the Berlin Choir Association and Hartmut Dorgerloh, General Director of the Humboldt Forum

15:30-17:00: Choral concerts in the Humboldt Forum

16:30-17:20: Workshop Circle Singing (mechanical arena in the foyer)

17:30-17:50: "200 voices " - joint performance by all choirs (Foyer)

Program Sunday, 17 November 2024

12:00-13:30: Choir concerts in the Humboldt Forum

13:00-13:50: Circle Singing workshop (mechanical arena in the foyer)

14:00-14:20: "200 voices " - joint performance by all choirs (Foyer)

14:30-16:00: Choir concerts in the Humboldt Forum

15:30-16:20: Body percussion workshop (mechanical arena in the foyer)

16:30-16:50: "200 voices " - joint performance of all choirs (Foyer)

The choirs

Chinese Academic Choir

choir canta:re

Água na Boca

(L)ost songs

QuerChorallen

Liedertafel Bianca Castafiore

Fugatonale

Frösi Generation Choir

Further information

- free of charge,

- no ticket required

- Belongs to: Polyphonic II