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"THE CREATION"

July 19 – 21, 2017

A Sing Along Concert of the World Festival Singers

„THE CREATION“

July 19 – 21, 2017 Riga, Latvia

A Sing Along Concert of the World Festival Singers

International Sing Along Concerts are the artistic highlight of the most active part of the international choral scene. The project World Festival Singers started in 2015 and unites about 1.400 singers from all continents in spectacular performances of some of the masterpieces of the choral symphonic literature.

These last few years, Sing Along Projects have been put on stage at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, in Munich, Leipzig and Hamburg as well as internationally, in May 2014, at the National Concert Hall in Budapest and, in May 2016, at the Konzerthaus Wien.

In 2017 singers from all over the World are invited to Riga for a distinguished performance of Joseph Haydn's "The Creation" in Riga Dome Cathedral. The project is part of the European Choir Games 2017 - a very special recognition of the international Sing Along tradition.

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The organization was first class, and the venues were terrific. All of our group thoroughly enjoyed the few days, and we particularly enjoyed meeting with members of other choirs. We struck up a particular relationship with the two choirs from Norway, who were staying in our hotel. It was also great to see the very high standard of the various choirs, and goes to show what we should be aiming to achieve......if we live long enough!!

Waterford Male Voice Choir, Ireland (Vienna 2016)

Thank you for a, as always, fantastic and well arranged festival! The choir was so satisfied and happy after our tour!

Chorus Celeste, Sweden (Vienna 2016)

Event Details

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Venues

The Sing Along Concert will take place in Riga Dome Cathedral, the biggest church of he Baltic countries. The rehearsal venue is the Great Guild Hall.

Riga Dome Cathedral

Great Guild

Latvian Festival Singers & Latvian National Orchestra

Nicolas Fink

Nicolas Fink will conduct the international Sing Along Concert „Die Schöpfung“ in Riga.

Nicolas Fink has conducted the Berlin Radio Chorus, the radio choruses of MDR Leipzig and WDR Cologne, the Choeur de Radio France, the Coro Casa de Musica Porto, and the Edvard Grieg Choir, among many others. He has additionally been the chorus master in concert projects with the Bavarian Radio Chorus and the RIAS Kammerchor, and has prepared large choral works for Sir Simon Rattle, Marek Janowski, and Thomas Hengelbrock. In 2014, he began his tenure as the choral director of the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Chorus.

Nicolas Fink | © Max Niemann

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DESTINATION

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