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Uplifted Voices

took place · 2 Oct 2026

Peterskirche Leipzig, Germany

classical culture
Uplifted Voices — Peterskirche Leipzig, Leipzig
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Reine Frauensache
Conductor: Jochen Stankewitz
Girls' and Women's Choir of Schola Cantorum Leipzig
Conductor: Bernhard Steiner
Piano: Aya Kugele

The ensemble Reine Frauensache and the Girls' and Women's Choir of Schola Cantorum Leipzig jointly present a survey of works by female composers who wrote for women's voices. The programme spans from Romanticism - beginning with Emilie Zumsteeg, one of the first women to conduct a women's choir - through choral works of the early 20th century from the Anglo-American sphere to contemporary compositions. Marleen Hoffmann from the Archive for Women and Music guides the evening with background information on the composers and their works.

In cooperation with Edition Peters.

Programme:
Emilie Zumsteeg (1769-1857): Auf ihr Schwestern; Fanny Hensel (1805-1847): Frühzeitiger Frühling; Julia Schwartz (1963): Mein Tanzlied; Yudania Gómez Heredia (1994): Sanctus (from: Missa Brevis); Laura Sheils (1995): Jubilate Deo; Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847-1907): De røde Roser I Lunden stå; Vitezslava Kaprálová (1915-1940): Potpolis; Marie-Claire Saindon (1984): De ce Roseau; Ethel Smyth (1858-1944): March of the Women; Agnes Tyrell (1846-1883): Mondnacht; Florence Price (1887-1953): The Moon Bridge; Louise Adolpha Le Beau (1850-1927): Sanctus