In times of Corona, it can be dangerous if a lot of people in a closed room to sing together. The three major Brucker choirs have therefore forced break.
Fürstenfeldbruck–The current state of mind of the Amateur singers can take Helga Lindner hardly in words. “This is quite hard to explain – like a told to eat”, says the Chairman of the choral society of Fürstenfeldbruck. “It has to do with emotions. Our community Sing is missing us so much, you feel like amputated.“
Claudia, Fresh from the Philharmonic chorus of Similar reports. Also, you will always get the feedback on how much the members in rehearsals and performances, miss. “For many of this choir is to Sing as well.” Some of them are over 40 years, and the singers feel that colleagues are like a second family.
The Brucker Bach choir and the orchestra had to be shortly after the start of Corona limitations of their traditional good Friday concert cancellations. Nearly 800 spectators in the city hall, on the stage 100 singers plus children’s choir – “not stop”, says Board member Mary Hammer. Bitter it was, especially for the 18 professional musicians, which had engaged the Bach choir as a support. The choir community and the Philharmonic choir have already had to cancel performances.
Problem with aerosols: Via respiratory droplets enter the air in the room
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Helga Lindner stresses that it is with particular Regret to an inappropriate easing of restrictions. To her, it is clear that the risk to the community Sing is not to be dismissed out of Hand. On the breath of the singer droplets and airborne particles called aerosols get in the air in the room. “You have to assume that the infectious droplets in the exhaled air of an Infected can remain for long periods of time in its proximity and also very many minutes to float in space and Hiking,” writes Professor Dr. Markus M. Hess, Medical Director of the vocal clinic Hamburg, in an essay on the theme of “choir Singing and vocal lessons in times of Corona”.
Therefore, it is currently fashionable for all to Sing alone to the house. The choral society meets Recently, with CEO Hans Peter Pairott to the Online sample in front of the Computer. For the Bach choir conductor Gerd Guglhör is Einsing Videos on the club website. Andreas Obermayer, head of the Philharmonic choir, sending Exercises, audio examples and more recently every Monday a “hit of the week”, a catchy new song that everyone should learn for themselves. For orientation Obermayer plays the individual voices on the piano.
All three choirs hope to see towards the end of the year to occur again. All three have ambitious projects in the Pipeline, to the stage. The Bach choir will perform in December in the city hall, the Opera “der Mond” by Carl Orff, at least, “if we have samples from September,” says Maria Hammer. On it all hope.
Hope to have a concert in the fall
The choral society is planning the “peace fair” from Karl Jenkins, “a big concert” (Lindner) with orchestra, a guest choir from Hungary, the Church choir from Emmering and other contributors. A total of 250 actors populate the stage of the town hall – to many, the current minimum, comply with stands. Whether because of the performance date may be held in November? “There is a Chance – if the reproduction numbers is so reduce that you can risk it,” says Lindner. “Otherwise, it must be in the next year.”
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The Philharmonic choir hopes to be able to fall in the Church of St. Bernhard, an a-Capella concert in a small cast give. In addition, one would have to urgently begin to plan for the carnival concerts 2021 – nine months forward for the elaborate productions are normal. But the effort could be in vain. “So we can occur in February in the savings Bank hall, would have to change a lot,” says the Chairman Claudia Fresh. Nevertheless, you do not want to give up the same. “If there is the possibility of carnival concerts to be listed, it would be dramatic, if we had none prepared.”
