The history of the Convent of St. Florian can be traced back to the early Christian burial site of
Saint Florian the Martyr (304 AD). The convent's baroque church built by Carlo Carlone and Jakob Prandtauer is _disibledevent=85">St. Florian Convent Boys' Choir goes back as far as 1071, at the time when monks of the Augustiner Chorherren took over the monastery.
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Many musicians have come from the ranks of the SFSK, the most famous of these being the composer Anton Bruckner, whose name is inseparably connected with St. Florian. About fifty years ago the convent closed down its private school. Since then, the Boys' Choir still reside at the convent but attend public schools in St. Florian where they form special classes suited to their needs. Until _disibledevent=85">SFSK's duties consisted solely of providing church music for the convent. Under the musical direction of Professor Hans Bachl and Convent Director Josef Leitner they went on their first concert tours abroad and successfully took part in competitions.
Today the choir has many different responsibilities. Church music is still of central importance. _disibledevent=85">SFSK join with the Convent Choir and the Convent Orchestra under the direction of Professor Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter in singing mass. But they are also an internationally acclaimed choir, travelling all over the world as well as recording CDs or frequently appearing _disibledevent=85">the St. Florian Boys' Choir was founded in 1996. One year later it assumed responsibility for the institution of the Boys' Choir. Large-scale rebuilding as well as modernization of the Convent's boarding school was undertaken as a result of the Society's financial support as well as generous support from the Provincial Government of Upper Austria.
Program
Hallelujah from the "Messiah" Georg Friedrich Handel
Panis angelicus Cesar Franck
Tota pulchra es Maurice Durufle
Ave Maria Franz Schubert
Jesus bleibet meine Freude Johann Sebastian Bach
Chit Chat Polka Johann Strauss
Radetzky March Johann Strauss
Edelweiss Richard Rodgers
Austrian Yodeller and Schuhplattlers Traditional Austrian Songs and Dances
You Are My Heart’s Delingt form opera The Land of Smiles Franz Lehar
The Blue Danube Johann Strauss
Das klinget so herrlich(Choir)
Der Vogelfanger bin ja (Papageno,The birdcatcher am I)
O zittre nich(Oh,tremble not) or Der Holle Rache (The vengeance of Hell)
(Queen of the Night)
O Isis und Osiris (Sarastro and choir)
“So muss allein ich bleiben”(Rosalinde, Adele,Eisenstein)
“Ich lade gern mir Gaste ein”(Orlofsky and choir)
“Im Feuerstrom der Reben” (Orlofsky,Rosalinde and choir)
Csardas (Rosalinde)
“Bruderlein und Schwesterlein”(Falke and choir)
The Crescent Moon Rising Chinese Folk
Beautiful Homeland—Rising Chinese Folk
Sakura Japanese Folk
Santa Lucia Italian Folk
Memory From “Cats” Andrew Lloyd Webber
Briar-Rose Franz Schubert
Auld Lang Syne Scotland Folk
Encore
Jasmine Flower Chinese Folk
Chit Chat Polka Johann Strauss
Time: 2008/9/12-2008/9/13
Venue: Beijing Concert Hall
Price: 80/180/280/380/480/580/680/880
