Encore broadcast | Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children’s Chorus

February 15, 2025, 11:00 am

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Photo: Jürgen Beilein.

Today we feature a visiting children’s choir from Austria: the Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen. This group came to Chicago to perform in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 at the 2024 Grant Park Music Festival, and to give some choir-only concerts at venues around town.

This was recorded as part of the Rush Hour Concerts in St. James Cathedral on August 13, 2024. The music, a mix of Austrian and American tunes, is introduced by two senior members of the choir, Sophie Fadinger and Laura Maier.

This episode was first broadcast on October 5, 2024.

Playlist

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8:
II. Closing Scene from Goethe’s Faust:
Chorus, “Er überwächst uns schon” (Selige Knaben)
Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen; Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Recorded August 16, 2024 at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion.

Traditional Austrian: Yodels, “Holada itti” & “Dri-hod-li”

Herwig Reiter: Vogelhochzeit

Herwig Reiter: Privatermarsch

Traditional Austrian arr. Josef Wolfgang Ziegler: “O du lieber Augustin”

Johann Strauss II arr. Willy Hermann: Donauwalzer (The Blue Danube, Op. 314) *

Ludwig van Beethoven: “Freude, schöner Götterfunken” (Ode to Joy), from Symphony No. 9 *

Richard Rodgers arr. Clay Warnick: The Sound of Music Medley: *
– “The Sound of Music”
– “My Favorite Things”
– “Do-Re-Mi”
– “Climb Every Mountain”

Richard Rodgers arr. John Cacavas: Edelweiss *

Traditional Shaker arr. Elaine Hagenberg: I Will Be a Child of Peace *

George Gershwin arr. Pete King: “Clap Yo’ Hands” *

Rudolf Sieczyński: “Wien, Wien nur du allein” *

Samuel A. Ward: America the Beautiful *

Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children’s Chorus
Katja Kalmar, director
* Andjelko Igrec, piano
Recorded August 13, 2024 at St. James Cathedral.