Founded in 1996, the Vokalensemble Kölner Dom (Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble) is the youngest of Cologne Cathedral’s four choirs. It performs, in turn with the other choirs, at the Sunday Chapter Mass and Pontifical Masses, as well as the Evening Prayer, all of which are broadcast live on domradio.de.
Its repertoire includes a cappella works from the Renaissance to the present day, and its discography features recordings of organ Masses by Vierne, Widor and Langlais, as well as the complete recording of all masses by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with the Cologne Chamber Orchestra. Concert tours have taken the choir across Europe, and it has also participated in renowned festivals, including in Rome, Loreto and Moscow. The choir has also performed numerous oratorios, as well as Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 under Marc Minkowski and Daniel Barenboim. It has enjoyed a successful collaboration with the city’s orchestras for many years, including the Gürzenich Orchester Köln. In 2024, the choir performed Bach’s Mass in B minor at the XXIII Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra.
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