BR-Chor: Sacred Concert

Previous Concert Next Concert Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert: "most important thing" Saturday 14 November 2026 20.00 Uhr München, Prinzregententheater Save the Date Concert Introduction: 19 Uhr Choir Subscription

Program Duke Ellington Sacred Concert for Soprano, Mixed Choir and Big Band, edited and arranged by John Høybye and Peder Pedersen Christian Elsässer New Work for Choir and Big Band, World Premiere, Commissioned Work, supported by the Freundeskreis Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks Duke Ellington It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) for Choir and Big Band Nils Lindberg As You Are for Mixed Choir a cappella Duke Ellington Such Sweet Thunder for Big Band Duke Ellington Kinda Dukish/Rockin’ in Rhythm for Big Band as well as a selection of Spirituals: Deep River The Battle of Jericho Wade in the Water

Performers Merit Ostermann Mezzo-soprano Andrew Lepri Meyer Tenor Gaines Hall Tap Dance Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks hr-Bigband Peter Dijkstra Conductor

The Sacred Concerts are "the most important thing I have ever done," Duke Ellington once stated – the father of the swing big band style and creator of cult songs like It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)