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2024

07 & 08 December

7:30 pm St. Josef, Moitzfeld
5 pm Gnadenkirche, Bergisch Gladbach
O you silent time
Advent concert to sing along to
Choir tonart
Johannes Honecker, conductor

24 & 25 November

6 pm Eurogress Aachen
8 pm Eurogress Aachen
3rd symphony concert
William Walton Belshazzar's Feast
Choir tonart, Symphonic Choir Aachen,
Aachen Opera Choir
Rehearsals: Jori Klomp, Johannes Honecker
Aachen Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Ward, conductor

02 & 03 November

8 p.m. St. Foillan, Aachen
5 p.m. St. Severin, Eilendorf
Consolation
T. L. de Victoria Requiem
C. Monteverdi Sestina
Madrigal Choir Aachen
Johannes Honecker, conductor

12 & 13 October

8 pm St Michael's, Würzburg
4 pm St Kilian, Bad Windsheim
Emotional worlds
J.G. Rheinberger Cantus Missae op. 109
Works by Mäntyjärvi, Britten, Ristow, Monteverdi
Madrigal Choir Aachen
Johannes Honecker, conductor

29 September

17:30 Benedictine Abbey Kornelimünster
Evensong with works by Schütz, Mendelssohn, Homilius and others.
Madrigal Choir Aachen
Johannes Honecker, conductor

07 & 08 September

19:30 St. Marien, Bergisch Gladbach Gronau
17:00 St. Antonius Abbas, Herkenrath
Karl Jenkins The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace
Inga Balzer-Wolf, soprano
Nima Pournaghshband, bass
Orchestra Juniperus
Choir tonart
Johannes Honecker, Conductor

27 June

8 pm St Martha, Nuremberg
Final concert Masterclass Frieder Bernius
Domenico Scarlatti Stabat mater
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach,
Johann Christoph Bach and Gottfried Homilius
Chamber Choir Stuttgart
Mirja Betzer, Anna Goeke, Benedikt Kantert, Cyrille Nanchen, Johannes Honecker, conductors

15/ 16 & 20 June

8 p.m. City Church St. Nicholas, Aachen

6 p.m. De Kopermolen, Vaals

8 p.m. St Anna, Aachen-Walheim

On overgrown paths

Aljoscha Ristow Morgenstern-Gesänge (world premiere)

Paul Hindemith Six Chansons

Works by Mäntyjärvi, McGlade and Rautavaara

Madrigalchor Aachen

Johannes Honecker, Director

06 June

Concert and Ballroom "Neue Welt" Zwickau 7:30 p.m.
Opening concert of the 19th International
Robert Schumann Competition Zwickau
Robert Schumann
Of the Page and the King’s Daughter op. 140
The Singer's Curse op. 139
The King's Son op. 116
Overture to the Rheinweinlied op. 123
Carolina Ullrich (soprano), Henriette Gödde (alto), Zhuohan, Sun (tenor), Jonathan Michie (baritone), Andrey Valiguras (bass)
Robert Franz Singakademie Halle/Saale,

Choral Association Sachsenring Zwickau and
Members of the Hamburg Symphonic Choir,
Rehearsals: Ekkehard Klemm, Andreas Reuter, Simon Fröhlich.

Clara Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra Plauen-Zwickau
Conductors: Johannes Honecker, Nikolaas Schmeer,

Howard Arman

11 - 15 April

Stuttgart, Liederhalle. 11 & 12 April 8pm

Cologne, Philharmonie. 14 April 6pm

Freiburg, Concert Hall. 15 April 8pm

Jean Sibelius Finlandia Hymn op. 26, No. 7

Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 7 op. 105

Feruccio Busoni Concerto op. 39

Chorwerk Ruhr & Zurich Singakademie

Rehearsal Johannes Honecker

Kirill Gerstein, piano

SWR Symphony Orchestra

John Stogards, conductor

25 February

Aukirche Monschau

Dona nobis pacem

Works by Hindemith, Rautavaara, Rheinberger and others

Madrigalchor Aachen

Johannes Honecker, Director

2023

 16 & 17 December 2023, Church of the Peace of God & St. Antonius Abbas Bergisch Gladbach: Arise, become light. Works by Fauré, Rheinberger, Ešenvalds, etc. Jonas Nobis, trumpet. George Warren, organ. Choir tonart. Johannes Honecker, conductor.

 10 December 2023, Eurogress Aachen: Neruda. Works by Annette Kruisbrink and Patricio Wang. Luciana Mancini, soprano. Patricio Arroyo, tenor. Duo Bögeholz Mosalini, instrumentalists. Vocal ensemble Caleidon. Johannes Honecker and Patricio Wang, conductor.

 5 & 6 December 2023, Konzerthaus Dortmund: M. Ravel Daphnis et Chloé. Chorwerk Ruhr. Johannes Honecker, rehearsal. Chamber Choir of the University of Dortmund. Ulrich Arns, rehearsal. Members of the Dortmund Opera Choir. Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra. Gabriel Feltz, conductor.

 5 November 2023 in St. Paulus Künzelsau: Da pacem Domine. J. Ryelandt Mass, A. Becker From the depths, K. Nystedt Audi. A Cappella e.V. Volker Hempfling and Johannes Honecker, conductor.

 22/23 September 2023 St. Dimitrios Aachen, Aula of the HfMT Cologne: Felix Mendelssohn Elijah. Inga Balzer-Wolf, soprano. Bettina Schaeffer, alto. Stefan Sbonnik, tenor. Frederik Schauhoff, bass. Madrigal Choir Aachen. Vocal ensemble Caleidon. Orchestra of students of the HfMT Cologne. Johannes Honecker, conductor.

 13 September 2023 Minoritenkirche Cologne: Music at noon. C. Schürch Les Quatrains Valaisans. WDR Radio Choir. Scholarship holders of the Forum Dirigieren, conductor.

 1 September 2023 in the auditorium of the HfM Saar, Saarbrücken: Choir concert as part of the HfM Saar Summer School. H. Uçarsu Kar Sarkimi, Y. Konstantinidis from: 8 Songs of Asia Minor No. 1, 6 and 8, Saarbrücken Chamber Choir.   
 22 June 2023 at the Deutsche Bank Stadium Aachen: Horse and Symphony. Works from Beatles to Adele. Aachen Youth Choir Theatre, Aachen Symphony Orchestra (conductor: Christopher Ward).  
 18/19 June 2023, Christopher Ward, E. Elgar: Dream of Gerontius, Madrigalchor Aachen (conducted by Johannes Honecker), New Dublin Voices (conducted by Bernie Sherlock), BachVokal (conducted by Georg Hage), Junger Chor Aachen (conducted by Fritz ter Wey), Carmina Mundi (conducted by Harald Nickoll), Aachener Kammerchor (conducted by Martin te Laak), Sinfonieorchester Aachen.  
 4/10/11 & 18 June 2023 in Kopermolen Vaals [NL], Depot Aachen, Trinitatiskirche Köln & Kulturkirche Liebfrauen Duisburg: Cherubim. Works by D. Bogdanovic, S. Assad, F. Gasull Aigua (UA) as part of the Spegtra festival. Vocal ensemble Caleidon, instrumentalists.   
 2 June 2023 at the Depot, Aachen: International guest choir concert as part of the International Chorbiennale Aachen. Works by C. Monteverdi, M. Lauridsen, J. Linkola, among others, Madrigalchor Aachen, Sofia Kiev (cond. Oleksii Shamrytskyi).  
 28 May 2023, Christopher Ward, A. Berg: Wozzeck, Opernchor Theater Aachen (rehearsed by Johannes Honecker), Kinderchor Theater Aachen (rehearsed by Jori Klomp), soloist ensemble of the Theater Aachen, Sinfonieorchester Aachen  
 13/14 May 2023 Sommersång - Scandinavian choral music for the Midsommarfest. Concert choir tonart e.V.   
 26 April 2023 in the auditorium of the HfMT Cologne: Choral concert. J. Daniel-Lesur Le Cantique de Cantique. Chorwerk Ruhr.   
 19 March 2023 in the Bergischer Löwen, Bergisch Gladbach: Concert of the city's music performing associations. Konzertchor tonart e.V., sing-along concert with clubs and audience.
 
 12 January 2023 in the auditorium of the HfMT Cologne: Concert with the WDR Rundfunkchor choir academy. N.W. Gade 5 songs op. 13.
 

 

2022

  • December 10th/11th, 2022 in St. Antonius Abbas Herkenrath, tent church Kippekausen Refrath: Welcome, King of Heaven. GF Handel Four Coronation Anthems, A. Vivaldi Gloria. Concert choir tonart eV, Orchestra Caleidon. Soprano: Inga Balzer-Wolf, Alto: Dominique Bilitza / Hanna Schäfer (11.12.)

 

  • October 27, 2022 in the City Church of St. Nikolaus Aachen: Benefit concert. Works by B. Britten, M. Lauridsen, J. Rutter and others. Madrigalchor Aachen, Orchestra Phantabio.

 

  • October 15, 2022 in the auditorium of the HfMT Cologne: Concert with the vocal ensemble of the HfMT Cologne. C. Monteverdi Lamento d'Arianna.

 

  • September 21, 2022 in the Knechtsteden Monastery Basilica: From di Lasso to the present. F. Perotti Ave Maris stella (premiere), E. Jang Nisi Dominus (premiere), O. Krokhalev Blumen (premiere), CH Honores Wen(n) der Tukan ruft (premiere), T. Blomenkamp Psalm 116. The Little Concert, Rheinische Kantorei. As part of the Knechtsteden Early Music Festival.

 

  • September 10, 2022 in the auditorium of the HfMT Cologne, September 25, 2022 in the auditorium of the FH Aachen: Yesterday's tomorrow. Works by S. Assad and H. Villa-Lobos as part of the Soundlinks and Spegtra festivals. Vocal ensemble Caleidon accompanied by guitar: Quatuor Eclisses, Cologne Guitar Quartet.

 

  • August 14, 2022 in the Annakirche Aachen: Concert for Peace. Monteverdi, Poulenc. Madrigal Choir Aachen.

 

  • July 24-31, 2022 Concert tour with the Aachen Madrigal Choir to Poland with concerts in Krakow (July 24, St. Barbara Church), Rybnik (July 26, St. Anthony's Basilica), Opole (July 27, St. Peter and Paul) and Wroclaw (July 29, University Church). Program: Regina Coeli Laetare with works by H. Schütz, JH Schein, G. Gorczycki, P. Lukaszewski and others.

 

  • July 1, 2022 in the Christuskirche Obernbeck: The Sound of Silence. Chorwerk Ruhr (stand-in for Florian Helgath). Works by M. Schmolling, C. Gesualdo and C. Monteverdi Sestina.

 

  • June 12, 2022 in the Free Evangelical Congregation of Aachen: Madrigals and Chansons. F. Poulenc Chansons françaises, including Madrigalchor Aachen

 

  • May 21/22, 2022 in St. Marien Bergisch Gladbach Gronau, St. Josef Bergisch Gladbach Heidkamp: L. Bernstein Chichester Psalms (small version), J. Rutter Magnificat (version for chamber orchestra). Concert choir tonart eV, Ensemble Caleidon, soprano: Inga Balzer-Wolf.

 

  • May 15, 2022 in the auditorium of the University of Cologne: GF Handel Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline - The ways of Zion do mourn HWV 264. Vocal ensemble of the HfMT Cologne, Orchestra of the University of Cologne.

 

  • February 26, 2022 in the auditorium of the HfMT Cologne: Concert with the Choral Academy of the WDR Radio Choir. Works by J. Brahms and O. Park.

  • ​ 2022, Florian Helgath, A. Kathny: Circles, E. Rushton: Chanson de Roland, Zürcher Singakademie

2021

  • 11/12 & 17 December 2021 in St. Michael Aachen, St. Andreas Aachen, St. Aposteln Cologne: My spirit rejoices. Choral music for Advent with works by H. Schütz, TL de Victoria, F. Mendelssohn and others. Madrigalchor Aachen.

  • November 2021, Florian Helgath, S. Odeh-Tamimi: Mansúr, Chorwerk Ruhr

  • 17 October 2021, Donaueschingen Festival for New Music, 20 October 2021 Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, 21 October 2021 Cologne Philharmonic, Sylvain Cambreling, F. Filidei: The Read Death (world premiere), Chorwerk Ruhr (rehearsed by Johannes Honecker), SWR Vokalensemble (rehearsed by Michael Alber), SWR Symphony Orchestra

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