Fischer-Chöre

The Fischer choirs are a community of independent mixed choirs from the Stuttgart area, the choir director Gotthilf Fischer.

History

The then 18 -year-old Gotthilf Fischer took over in 1946, the line of the choral society Deizisau at Plochingen in Württemberg. Later followed by other choirs, which then also gave concerts together.

1969 were the choirs in the TV show Three times nine Wim Thoelke and were thus known to a wider audience. In 1971, the first LP by Polydor Records, which was like the following produced by Hans Bertram, made ​​his orchestra for the musical accompaniment appeared. They had several guest appearances on TV also. A milestone in the history of the choir was the appearance at the final of the soccer World Cup in 1974 in Munich. Together with Freddy Quinn sang the chorus the song The Great Game.

This was followed by a small series on television under the title Sing with the Fischer choirs as well as several trips, including to Rome (1976 and 1985 ), Jerusalem and the United States. During the visit with President Jimmy Carter handed Gotthilf Fischer his composition The Peace Fair, which was also sung by the choirs on a long-playing record.

1988 sang the Fischer- choruses the song of the TV lottery Let us sing. In 1989, a girls' choir of the Fischer- choirs with the song The nature on the track at the Grand Prix of folk music part, but reached in the preliminary round only place 6 and therefore could not qualify for the final itself. In the 1980s and 1990s, there were several recordings of concerts of the Fischer choirs that were broadcast in the ARD program and in the south- TV. Furthermore, the choirs were always in various television galas guest.

In the 1990s Gotthilf Fischer received with his choirs at SWR own television series The road of the songs, in which the choirs with an old bus ( SETRA bus, built in 1959) drove through the countryside and darboten their songs in different places. The program was enriched by many stars of the entertainment music. Besides God Help the fisherman opera singer Eva Lind was a few years solid moderator. The series was set in the spring of 2008.

Had the road of the songs following issues ( 90 minutes ): " The Black Forest ", " The Lake ", " The Swabian Alb ", " The Allgäu ", " The Neckar ", " Pfalz ", " From Lake Constance to Basel " " From Rothenburg to Schwäbisch Hall ," " From the Zugspitze to the Starnberger See ", " Moselle ", " Alsace ", " From the Matterhorn to Ticino ", " From the Salzburger Land Salzkammergut ", " From Heidelberg through the Black Forest to Freiburg " "Tirol", " Graubünden ", " Berner Oberland " (May 2005), " Winter Paradise Vorarlberg " (January 2006), " From Heidelberg through the beautiful Black Forest to Freiburg " (February 2006), " From Regensburg in the Bavarian Forest " ( May 2006), " Eastern Switzerland (June 2006), " Through Vienna and Lower Austria " (July 2006), " From Bingen to Cologne " (September 2006), " Through the Ticino and Northern Italy " (October 2006), " Styria " ( November 2006), " From Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn " (December 2006), " upper Bavaria - the Chiemsee lake Tegernsee " (2007), " Carinthia - From the Grossglockner to the Wörthersee " (2007) and "From Zurich to the Appenzell region " (2007).

Repertoire

The fishermen choirs are singing mainly folk songs and folk songs. But also include classic works, such as the Ave Verum by Mozart, choirs of Franz Schubert and opera choruses by different composers to the repertoire.

Honors

The LPs of Fischer choirs were repeatedly plated. The choir director also received, inter alia, In 1974, the Hermann- Lons Medal and the Golden Globe in 1975 an honorary Lion of RTL, the golden microphone and the first gold record.

Success title

  • Song of Joy, 1971
  • Together ( Eurovisionsfanfare ), 1974
  • Amazing grace, 1974
  • The Big Game 1974
  • Heimatmelodie, 1975
  • Our Father, 1976
  • Peace - was granted in the world, 1976
  • Great God, we praise you, 1976

Discography

LPs / CDs:

  • Music makes everything better in 1975
  • The most beautiful melodies 1975
  • Great God, we praise you 1976
  • Christmas with the Fischer choirs 1977
  • Opera melodies as we love 1979
  • Robert Stolz Welterfolge 1980
  • God Help Fischer: The big annual concert choirs Fischer 1982
  • Rejoice the things live, and sing 1986
  • Music knows no boundaries 1987
  • Singing is the answer 1987
  • Singing is the answer - Album for ARD program Fischer choirs 1988
  • Singe who added vocals 1989
  • Heimatmelodie 1989
  • We want to see goals - the most beautiful songs of the World 1990
  • Germany, your hymns - The secret national anthems of the 16 states in 1991
  • Golden hearts 1991
  • The Golden One 1991
  • Songs as beautiful as Baden- Württemberg - The most beautiful songs from the SAT 1 broadcast We in Baden-Württemberg in 1991
  • The Golden Hits of Folk Music 1992
  • Germany - Your Songs 1992
  • In uns'rer hand is uns're Earth 1993
  • Street of songs 1993
  • The Two of Deizisau: Walter Weitmann and Gotthilf Fischer 1997
  • Street of the songs 1 1995
  • Street of songs - The Palatinate 1997
  • Street of the songs - Am Neckar 1997
  • Feats in 2002
  • The most beautiful melodies from "Street of Songs " in 2002
  • Anniversary Issue - 75 years Gotthilf Fischer 2003
  • The Best of Gotthilf Fischer and his choirs from "Road of Songs" in 2004
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