The Vienna Girls' Choir (German: Wiener Mädchenchor) is a choir of girls who are between ten and fifteen years of age. Formed in 2004 in Vienna, Austria the choir is a part of the Wirth Music Academy. Gerald Wirth, the Artistic Director of the Vienna Boys' Choir, assists in the management of the girls' choir, which meets in the historic Josefsstöckl on the grounds of the Vienna Boys' Choir, which was established in 1498.
The choir performs traditional Austrian folk songs as well as traditional and contemporary pieces from many nations. In February 2007, the Vienna Girls' Choir travelled to India to perform with a children's choir from New Delhi. This was the premiere of the World Peace Choir. Ravi Shankar hosted the meeting with rehearsals at the Ravi Shankar Institute for Music and Performing Arts (RIMPA).
Artistic Director
“A choir consists of many individuals who have to act as a team. A good concert can become a great performance if every single participant can bring his own personality to the mix.”
- Gerald Wirth
Gerald Wirth, the Artistic Director of the Vienna Boys' Choir, assists in the management of the girls' choir. He received his first musical training as a member of the Vienna Boys Choir and at the Anton Bruckner University in Linz, Austria, where he studied voice, oboe and piano. In 2001, he became artistic director of the Vienna Boys’ Choir, in 2013, its president.
Program
Franz Schubert: Military March
Ludwig van Beethoven: Marmot
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Longing for Spring
Franz Schubert: Lullaby
Franz Schubert: Death and the Maiden
Franz Schubert: Scottish Parliament
Felix Mendelssohn: Sound the Trumpet
Henry Purcell: Autumn
Felix Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture
Felix Mendelssohn: Witches' Song
Vienna Folk Song
Ralph Benatzky: Im Weissen Rossl (White Horse Inn)
Ralph Benatzky: Die Ganze Welt ist Himmelblau
- Intermission -
Johann Strauss: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
Johann Strauss: The Blue Danube
Fruhling In Wien: Robert Stolz
Chinese Folk Song: Jasmine Flower
Chinese Folk Song: I love you China
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II: Overture And Preludium
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II: My Favorite Things
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II: Do Re Me
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II: Edelweiss
Pop Music: Let it go