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Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam is a concert choir which was founded more than 175 years ago. In its illustrious past, Toonkunst had strong ties with the renowned Concertgebouw Orchestra and contributed to productions led by great conductors such as Willem Mengelberg, Otto Klemperer, Bruno Walter, Eugen Jochum, Eduard van Beinum and Bernard Haitink.
Since the early 1970’s, Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam has performed annually with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra with the resident conductors Anton Kersjes and Hartmut Haenchen as well as many guest conductors such as Ken-ichiro Kobayashi, Jean Fournet and Sir Yehudi Menuhin. More concerts were given with other major Dutch orchestras. |
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Toonkunst's repertoire includes masterpieces such as J.S. Bach's Passions and High Mass, Requiems by Mozart, Verdi, Brahms and Bruckner, the Stabat Mater and the Mass in D by Dvořák, as well as the chorus parts of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Szymanovski's Third, Liszt's Dante and Faust Symphony plus the Second, Third and Eighth Symphonies by Mahler.
But the choir also sings modern works such as Kodály's and Diepenbrock's Te Deum and both Hendrik Andriessen's Te Deums. In 2002, Toonkunst successfully combined its annual performance of St Matthew's Passion with Frank Martin's Golgotha. In 2003, it brought Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms together with Szymanovsky's Stabat Mater. In 2005, the choir celebrated its 175th year with "Tenebrae" (Darkness), a new composition by Hans Kox, written especially for Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam.
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On 26 November Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam will perform Lux Aeterna by Morten Lauridsen, Agnus Dei by Samuel Barber and Requiem by Gustav Fauré.
More information soon on the concerts page. |
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Do you want to sing famous choir repertoire? With good soloists? Good orchestras? In the best concert halls?
In other words, do you want to join Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam?
Then come and attend one of our rehearsals. These are held on monday evenings from 20.00 to 22.30 in the church of the 'Doopsgezinde Gemeente' (Singel 452, downtown Amsterdam, near the Flower market). There is also a once-a-month group rehearsal on mondays from 19.00 to 20.00 for each voice section, which also focusses on technique. On the days preceeding a concert, there are extra piano and orchestra rehearsals
If you like the choir and the programme, you can make an appointment for an audition (tel. 06-44462640). The result is communicated to you directly after the audition.
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For more information, or appointments for auditions, please contact:
Secretariaat Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam
Postbus 17601
1001 JM Amsterdam
Telephone: 06-2928 2112
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