Der Mädchenchor Hannover is a girls' choir of girls and young women, based in Hannover, the state capital of Lower Saxony, Germany. Girls and young woman between ages 14 and 20 perform a wide range of repertoire from Renaissance to contemporary music. The choir won prizes at international competitions and made recordings.
History Heinz Hennig, the conductor of the Knabenchor Hannover from its founding in 1950 to 2001, founded the girls choir in 1951, and initially led the group. From 1952 to 1977, Ludwig Rutt directed the choir. From 1978 until his death in 1999, Rutt shared the leadership with Gudrun Schröfel, who then took over. Similarly, from 2017 she shared leadership with her designated successor, who took over in 2019.
The choir recorded for German and international broadcasters, and for CDs. Several former members became musicians, some of them professional singers. The choir has achieved prizes at international competitions beginning in 1964.
Awards 1964: International competition Neerpelt / Belgium – first prize 1981: International competition Guido d' Arezzo / Italiy – first prize 1982: 1st in Cologne – first prize 1983: Let the Peoples Sing – BBC in London – first prize 1986: for merits for the city 1987: International competition Varna / Bulgaria – first prize 1987: Niedersachsenpreis für Kultur 1989: Internationaler Kammerchorwettbewerb Marktoberdorf – third prize 1990: 3rd Deutscher Chorwettbewerb in Stuttgart – first prize 1995: International Smetana Chorwettbewerb Litomyšl / Czech Republic – first prize and winner 1997: Johannes-Brahms-Wettbewerb Hamburg – first prize 2003: Internationaler Kammerchorwettbewerb Marktoberdorf – second prize 2005: Let the Peoples Sing – WDR in Cologne – second prize 2006: 7th Deutscher Chorwettbewerb in Kiel – first prize 2010: ECHO Klassik 2014: 9th Deutscher Chorwettbewerb Weimar – first prize
Recordings Johann Adolph Hasse / Antonio Vivaldi: Miserere, Salve Regina und Gloria - 2023 Reger / Humperdinck / Cornelius et al.: Weihnachtliche Chormusik der Romantik – 2019 Andreas N. Tarkmann: Inka-Kantate "Töchter der Sonne" / Gustav Holst: Savitri (chamber opera) – 2018 Fauré / Messager: Messe des pêcheur de Villerville and Bach / Pergolesi: Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden – 2016 Britten: Children's Crusade / A Ceremony of Carols – 2015 Johann Michael Haydn / Hans Kössler: Messen für Frauenchor – 2013 Tarkmann: Didos Geheimnis – 2013 André Caplet: Le Miroir de Jésus – 2012 Geliebte Seele – Romantische Lieder und Duette – 2010 Orff: Carmina Burana – with Knabenchor Hannover, NDR Radiophilharmonie, 2008 Gaude, Plaude! – Psalmen und Motetten aus italienischen Konventen – with Hannoversche Hofkapelle, 2008 Gloria! – Weihnachtliche Klänge mit dem Mädchenchor Hannover – with Stockholm Chamber Brass, 2007 Von Mozart bis Messiaen – with NDR Radiophilharmonie, 2006 Brahms: Gesänge für Frauenchor, Hörner und Harfe, with NDR Radiophilharmonie, 2003 Wenn sich die Welt auftut – Europäische Chormusik des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts – 2000 Concert for a new Millenium – Mädchenchor Hannover auf der EXPO 2000 – 2000 Kaleidoskop 2 – 1999 Brahms: Es tönt ein voller Harfenklang – Weltliche und geistliche Gesänge für Frauenchor, 1996 Folk songs of the four seasons / Was die Alten sungen – 1996 Johann Adolf Hasse: Miserere in C minor / Johann Michael Haydn: Missa Sti. Aloysii – with Kammerakademie Hannover, 1995 Jakobs Stern ist aufgegangen – Weihnachtliche Chormusik – 1992 Britten: A Ceremony of Carols / Heinrich von Herzogenberg: 6 Mädchenlieder / Petr Eben: Griechisches Wörterbuch – 1990 Chorwerke der Romantik – 1986 Kaleidoskop – collection 1982–1993
Film Die Stimme der Mädchen, NDR television 2017, author: Tobias Hartmann, first aired 3 December 2017
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