Cantanima was founded by the Styrian Choral Association in 2004 with the aim of uniting musically talented and especially motivated singers between the ages of 16 and 26 from all over Styria. The singers, who are chosen at an annual audition, work on challenging choral literature during rehearsal days and weekends. It is only possible to maintain high musical achievement through the singers'commitment, the intense phases of rehearsal and additional vocal coaching: the most delicate choral music, performed with precision and balance, partly by memory, but most importantly, always true to the choir's name “sung with soul”. Cantanima has performed successfully at renowned choir festivals, has given a great number of concerts in Austria and its neighboring countries, won numerous prizes at international competitions.
The choir was founded by Franz M. Herzog and has been conducted by Sebastian Meixner since 2014.
Wie schon auf Instagram gesagt: Die Stimme sind absolut Top, aber bitte hört mit dem geknödelten Operngesang auf. Es handelt sich um Pop!! und der Stimme tut es mal ganz gut nicht so gestelzt zu singen. 😮 Oper ☺Pop Macht es so wie bei Skyfall. Das ist viel viel besser. Für Verdi, Bach, Schütz usw. kann man den Operngesang ja auspacken. Da passt es gut.
Viel besser als Bella Ciao. In den ganz großen Höhen sollte der Sopran die Operntechnik ablegen und einfach offen singen. Einfach mit weniger Druck singen. Ihr habt so gute zauberhafte Stimmen, deshalb singt bitte insgesamt auf leiserem Niveau. Die lauten Passagen klingen wirklich nicht schön. Die leisen Passagen sind dafür phantastisch. Der Chorleiter muss vielleicht mal umdenken.
It has nothing to do with concentration camps. It is a lamento aboutthe indiscriminate bombing of the town of Dresden by the British and American airforces after the end of WWII. The town then was crowded with civilian refugees who all fell victim to the so called „Feuersturm“. I do not want to apologize the atrocities committed by the Germans during the war, but just wanted to clarify the background of this piece. The composer was the then choirmaster of the Dresden Kreuzchor who witnessed the terrible destruction of his home town by this (post-)war crime committed by the Western allies, the result of which is described and lamented in the lyrics of this song.
This prayer is completely bogus and has nothing to do with St. Francis. The sappy 19th century vocabulary is impossible for the medieval saint. What he would think of the bizarre gesturing is anyone’s guess.
...zum Vergleich die Interpretation viele Jahre früher, noch unter Herzog als Chorleiter: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Rop7LMhtUf4.html
