| A brief history of the EMSC |
| To get a personal view of the EMSCs' history, written by one of its founding members,
Klemens Ruprecht, Germany - click here. (from Stockholm hp, 1999)
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1996 London, England.
Founding of the choir.
One organizer. One week rehearsals, one concert (London, Regents Hall).
Program:
Mozart - Requiem, Haydn - Te Deum.
70 participants from 10 european countries. Accomodation in St. Thomas´ hospital, nurses home.
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1997 Berlin, Germany.
Four organizers. One week rehearsals, two concerts (Prenzlau, Berlin).
Program:
Bach - Johannes Passion.
Conductor: Prof Constantin Alex from Humboldt University Berlin. Orchestra: Preußisches Kammerorchester Prenzlau.
110 participants from 18 european countries. Private accomodation. Tape recording.
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1998 Ljubljana, Slowenien (easter).
15 organizers. One week rehearsals.
Program:
Puccini - Messa di Gloria.
Beethoven - Fantasie für Klavier und Orchester.
Gallus - Adoramus te Jesu Christe, Cantate dominum cantico novum.
Conductor: Marko Munih. Orchestra: Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra of Slovenia. Live i slovenian TV.
140 participants from 15 european countries. Private accomodation. CD recording.
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1998 Budapest, Hungary (autumn).
Three organizers. One week rehearsals.
Program:
Orff - Carmina burana.
Vaida - Magnificat.
Conductor: Gergely Vajda. Orchestra: Dohnányi Symphony Orchestra Budapest.
100 participants from 10 european countries. Private accomodation. Tape recording.
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1999 Stockholm, Sweden (easter).
Ten organizers. Ten days rehearsals.
Program:
Bach - Matthäus-Passion
Conductor: Constantin Alex. Orchestra: European Medical Students´Orchestra.
140 participants from 15 european countries. Private accomodation. CD recording.
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2000 Valladolid, Spain (easter).
Five organizers. One week rehearsals.
Program:
Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem
Conductor: Max Bragado Darman. Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León.
100 participants from 15 european countries. Nurses home accomodation. CD recording, yet to come.
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2000 Warszawa, Poland (autumn).
Three organizers. One week rehearsals.
Program:
Gorecki - Totus Tuus
Brahms - Schicksalslied
Beethoven - Final 9th symphony
Bernstein - Chichester Psalms
Conductor: Jose Maria Florencio Junior. Orchestra: Polska Orkiestra Radiowa.
80 participants from 12 european countries. Students home accomodation. CD recording, yet to come.
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2001 Riga, Latvia (easter).
Five organizers. One week rehearsals.
Program:
Bruckner - Te Deum
Poulenc - Gloria
Raminsh - Magnificat
Conductor: Normunds Vaicis. Orchestra: Latvian National Symphony orchestra.
70 participants from 13 european countries. Students home and private host accomodation. No recording.
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2001 Edinburgh, Scotland (autumn).
Five organizers. One week rehearsals.
Program:
Haydn - Nelson Mass
MacMillan - Cantos Sagrados
Tippett - Five Spirituals from A Child of Our Time
Britten - Rejoice in the Lamb
Conductor: Richard Jeffcoat. Orchestra: Invited Instrumentalists from the University of Edinburgh.
90 participants from 15 european countries. Students home accomodation. No recording.
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2002 Berlin, Germany (spring).
Ten organizers. Ten days rehearsals. Two concerts.
Program:
Rossini – Petite Messe Solennelle (version for 2 pianos and harmonium)
Conductor: Prof Constantin Alex.
95 participants from 14 european countries. Private accomodation. CD recording.
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2003 Porto, Portugal (spring).
Eight organizers. Ten days rehearsals. Two concerts.
Program:
Fauré – Requiem
Mendelssohn Bartholdy – Hear my prayer
Bruckner – Ave Maria, Pange lingua, Graduale
Conductor: António Sérgio Ferreira.
90 participants from 16 european countries. Youth hostel accomodation. CD recording.
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2004 Heidelberg, Germany (spring).
Eight organizers. Ten days rehearsals. Two concerts.
Program:
Dvorak – Mass in D
Händel – 'Dettingen' te Deum
Conductor: Heinz-Rüdiger Drengemann.
60 participants from 15 european countries. Private accomodation. CD recording.
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