STUTTGARTER HYMNUS-CHORKNABEN

Last year, the Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben celebrated their 125th anniversary. Founded in 1900, Hymnus is the oldest boys’ choir in southwestern Germany and has been dedicated to sacred vocal music in all its facets ever since. Despite its long tradition, the ensemble has not gathered dust; on the contrary, the young and forward-looking singers know how to captivate their audience, as they will do in the Haigerloch Castle Church, whose majestic rocky setting provides a fitting backdrop for the uplifting programme »Laudate!« – a concert with songs of praise and gratitude. The Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben span the programme with choral pieces by the Baroque master of sacred music, Johann Sebastian Bach, and the Norwegian composer Knut Nystedt, who himself sang as a soprano soloist in the boys’ choir. Above all, the message resonates: »Jesus remains my joy.«