Peter Schreier Choir

Peter Schreier Choir

Peter Schreier Choir was born in 1991 as a temporary ensemble when the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra needed a high quality choir of 50 singers for performances of St.John Passion by Bach. The choir was formed by the singers of Tapiola Chamber Choir and Finnish Chamber Choir.

Visiting later the Helsinki and Lahti Symphonic Orchestras, the Tampere Hall, the Savonlinna Opera Festival and the Naantali Music Festival as guest conductor Peter Schreier repeatedly asked for the same choir. Since the end of the Finnish Chamber Choir in 1993 Peter Schreier Choir consisted of Tapiola Chamber Choir and a number of free-lance singers of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. During 1991-2002 the choir performed the Passions, the Motets, the Mass in B Minor and the Christmas Oratorio by J.S Bach, the Requiem and Mass in C Minor by Mozart and the Creation by Haydn, a total of 25 concerts.

In 2000, the choir was honored to take part in the German Europäische Kirchenmusikfest, where Maestro Schreier was awarded the European Church Music Prize.

Work	Year	Venue	Orchestra
J.S.Bach: Johannes-Passion BWV 245	1991 (2 concerts)	Helsinki Cathedral	Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
	1995	Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Opera Festival	Avanti! Chamber Orchestra
J.S.Bach: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244	1993	Kerimäki Church, Savonlinna Opera Festival	Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra
	1994 (2 concerts)	St. John´s Church, Helsinki	Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
J.S.Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248	1993	Church of the Cross, Lahti	Sinfonia Lahti
	1994	Church of the Cross, Lahti	Sinfonia Lahti
	1996 (2 concerts)	St. John´s Church, Helsinki	Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
J.S.Bach: Messe h-moll BWV 232	1997	Kerimäki Church, Savonlinna Opera Festival	Tapiola Sinfonietta
	1998	Tampere Hall, Tampere	Tapiola Sinfonietta
	2000	Naantali Church, Naantali Music Festival	Tapiola Sinfonietta
	2000	Heilig-Kreuz-Münster, Festival Europäische Kirchenmusik, Schwäbisch Gmünd	Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Orkester Berlin
J.S.Bach: Motetten BWV 225-230	2000	Temppeliaukio Church, Helsinki Festival
	2001	Oulu Cathedral, Oulu Music Festival
	2002	Naantali Church, Naantali Music Festival
Joseph Haydn: Schöpfung	1995	Tampere Hall, Tampere	Tapiola Sinfonietta
	1997	Naantali Church, Naantali Music Festival	Tapiola Sinfonietta
W.A. Mozart: Requiem KV 626	1995	Naantali Church, Naantali Music Festival	Scottish Chamber Orchestra
	1999 (2 concerts)	St. John´s Church, Helsinki	Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
	2002	Sibelius Hall, Lahti	Sinfonia Lahti
W.A.Mozart: Messe c-moll KV 427	2001	Temppeliaukio Church, Helsinki	Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Franz Schubert: Messe As-dur D 678	1998	Tapiola Hall, Espoo	Tapiola Sinfonietta

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