1050 Jahre Regensburger Domspatzen Regensburger Domspatzen & Christian Matthias Heiss

• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643): Cantate Domino:
• 1 Monteverdi: Cantate Domino 02:03
• Blasius Amon (1558 - 1590): Da pacem, Domine:
• 2 Amon: Da pacem, Domine 02:22
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 - 1594): Incipit Lamentatio:
• 3 Palestrina: Incipit Lamentatio 04:58
• Haec dies:
• 4 Palestrina: Haec dies 01:46
• Giovanni Croce (1557 - 1609): Buccinate:
• 5 Croce: Buccinate 03:22
• Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672): Psalmen Davids, Op. 2:
• 6 Schütz: Psalmen Davids, Op. 2: No. 14, Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied 05:13
• Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893): Da pacem, Domine, CG 116:
• 7 Gounod: Da pacem, Domine, CG 116 01:54
• Josef Rheinberger (1839 -1901): Vier Motetten, Op. 133:
• 8 Rheinberger: Vier Motetten, Op. 133: No. 1, Anima nostra 03:54
• Traditional: Gregorianische Communio:
• 9 Traditional: Gregorianische Communio: Passer invenit sibi domum 01:48
• Wolfram Buchenberg (b. 1962): Passer invenit sibi domum:
• 10 Buchenberg: Passer invenit sibi domum 04:46
• Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847): Psalm 100, Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt, MWV B 45:
• 11 Bartholdy: Psalm 100, Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt, MWV B 45 04:31
• Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896): Ave Maria, WAB 6:
• 12 Bruckner: Ave Maria, WAB 6 03:19
• Hrabanus Maurus (780 - 856), Joseph Renner jun. (1868 - 1934): Veni, Creator Spiritus:
• 13 Maurus, Renner jun.: Veni, Creator Spiritus 03:29
• Christian Matthias Heiss (b. 1967): Laudate Dominum:
• 14 Heiss: Laudate Dominum 03:09
• Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen, Psalm 91, MWV B 53:
• 15 Bartholdy: Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen, Psalm 91, MWV B 53 03:46
• Giovanni Gastoldi (1555 - 1609), Peter Cornelius (b. 1951): Vier italienische Chorlieder, Op. 20:
• 16 Gastoldi, Cornelius: Vier italienische Chorlieder, Op. 20: No. 3, Amor im Nachen (Amor vittorioso) 01:09
• John Dowland (1563 - 1626): First Book of Ayres:
• 17 Dowland: First Book of Ayres: No. 17, Come again! Sweet love 02:57
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828), Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860): Volkslieder für vier Männerstimmen, Op. 50:
• 18 Schubert, Silcher: Volkslieder für vier Männerstimmen, Op. 50: No. 6, Am Brunnen vor dem Tore 02:52
• Kretzschmer Zuccalmaglio (1775 - 1839), Franz Lehrndorfer (1928 - 2013): Ein Jäger längs dem Weiher ging:
• 19 Zuccalmaglio, Lehrndorfer: Ein Jäger längs dem Weiher ging 02:52
• Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Sieben Lieder für gemischten Chor, Op. 62:
• 20 Heyse, Brahms: Sieben Lieder für gemischten Chor, Op. 62: No. 5, All meine Herzgedanken 03:57
• Friedrich Schiller (1759 - 1805), Andreas Romberg (1767 - 1821): Das Lied von der Glocke, Op. 25:
• 21 Schiller, Romberg: Das Lied von der Glocke, Op. 25: Holder Friede 02:18
• Christian Mathhias Heiss: Zu Regensburg auf der Kirchturmspitz:
• 22 Heiss: Zu Regensburg auf der Kirchturmspitz 04:25
• Cesar Bresgen (1913 - 1988), Bernd Englbrecht (b. 1968): O du stille Zeit:
• 23 Bresgen, Englbrecht: O du stille Zeit 02:52
• Josef Rheinberger (1839 - 1901): Drei geistliche Gesänge, Op. 69:
• 24 Rheinberger: Drei geistliche Gesänge, Op. 69: No. 3, Abendlied 03:01
• Total Runtime 01:16:43

Info for 1050 Jahre Regensburger Domspatzen

The Regensburger Domspatzen celebrate their unique anniversary with a fascinating kaleidoscope of choral works, familiar and new. The oldest boy’s choir in the world, together with his current conductor Christian Heiß, offer up a sweeping and all-embracing world of sound that combines a fabulous tradition with a future full of promise and optimism. The simple title sums it up well: 1050 years!

Regensburger Domspatzen
Christian Heiss, direction

Regensburger Domspatzen
In 975 Bishop Wolfgang founded his own cathedral school in Regensburg. It is the hour of birth of the Regensburger Domspatzen. More than 1000 years later, the boys' choir is one of the oldest and most famous choirs in the world. At that time the liturgical singing in the bishop's church was already assigned to the pupils. This is still the main task of the Regensburger Domspatzen today: the musical arrangement of the services in the Regensburg Cathedral. They can be heard there every Sunday during school hours and on the high feast days of the church.

It is this clear and warm choral sound that has made the Domspatzen famous and unmistakable for decades. The choral sound is characterized by its versatility and dynamics. With their singing, the Domspatzen touch the hearts of the listeners in a special way. With the clear voices of a boys' choir, they give the choral music even more radiance and impressive depth. In addition to the cathedral conductor's choir, there are two other boys' choirs.

The extensive musical repertoire of the Regensburger Domspatzen ranges from the oldest hymns of the church, Gregorian chant, to vocal polyphony of the 16th century with works by Palestrina, Lasso and Hassler, the Baroque and Romantic periods to folk songs and works by contemporary composers. The Domspatzen regularly work together with well-known orchestras and soloists in larger oratorio projects.

The facility of the Domspatzen in Regensburg also includes a primary school, a high school with all-day care and a boarding school. Since 2022, the Domspatzen have been accepting girls in grammar school and boarding school for the first time in 1047 years. In the future they will form their own girls' choir at the cathedral.

Christian Heiss
Christian Heiss (*1967) has been Domkapellmeister in Regensburg since 2019 and thus head of the world-famous Regensburger Domspatzen. Even a cathedral sparrow was hot. After graduating from the Domspatzengymnasium, he studied church music with a major in organ at the Musikhochschule in Munich, with Franz Lehrndorfer among others. He completed his studies with the church music A diploma and the master class diploma in organ. In 1999 he was appointed cathedral organist in Eichstätt. In 2002 he then took over the position of Eichstätt Cathedral Kapellmeister, succeeding Professor Wolfram Menschick. In this function he conducted the choirs of the Eichstätt Cathedral Music (cathedral choir, Schola Gregoriana and youth choir). In addition, as diocesan music director and head of the office for church music, he was responsible for diocesan church music in the diocese of Eichstätt.

Christian Heiss also works as a choir composer and has created numerous pieces that have been published by renowned music publishers.

On behalf of the German Bishops' Conference, he set the primacy saying of Pope Benedict XVI to music. as an official gift from the German bishops on the occasion of the papal visit to Germany in the summer of 2011.

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