Some clouds this evening will give way to mainly clear skies overnight. Low 47F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph. Windsbacher Knabenchor currently has 120 members. Older students are touring the U.S. Windsbacher Knabenchor members will be staying with Fort Wayne Children’s Choir families during their local stay. Martin Lehmann is the choir’s third conductor. Mark your calendars for Oct. 31, when the Windsbacher Knabenchor (Boys Choir) of Germany will be giving a joint performance with the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir at Concordia Theological Seminary’s Kramer Chapel. The concert begins at 7 p.m. The choir from Germany will include 50 boys, ages 12-19. Their travels Oct. 24- Nov. 3 will include stops in Sheboygan, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Valparaiso, Chicago and Fort Wayne. They will travel to Fort Wayne from Indianapolis on Oct. 31, have lunch in the downtown area, then give a small performance and discussion on life at the Windsbach school for the students at St. Paul’s Lutheran School. From there, the Knabenchor will rehearse at Kramer Chapel, and then give their concert with the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir Youth Chorale. The singers are expected to perform from the front of the chapel, so audience members can see them. Fort Wayne Children’s Choir (FWCC) executive artistic director Jonathan Busarow is coordinating the housing of the German choir. The boys will be staying with host families from the FWCC. They will leave the Summit City on Nov. 1. According to Kevin Hildebrand, kantor (director of music) at Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne, the seminary has a unique attachment to the Windsbach choir. “One of our seminary students was a teacher at (the Windsbach School),” he explained. This student, after he completed his undergraduate program, spent a year teaching English at the Windsbach school. Then, he came to the seminary in Fort Wayne and began his theological studies. The school at Windsbach, Germany, is a relative newcomer to the singing scene. In 1946, Hans Thamm organized the choir. What began with concerts in nearby venues expanded to becoming a touring group, reaching national and international audiences after the installation of Karl-Friedrich Beringer as director in 1978. Now, under the leadership of its third conductor, Martin Lehmann, the group tours the world, giving performances of sacred works by such composers as Bach, Mozart, Handel, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, and Brahms. They also like to include regional music, and some modern pieces. At the Fort Wayne concert, they will include some of the best German folk songs, too. Students who are part of the Windsbacher Knabenchor attend a boarding school, where they receive an academic as well as musical education. The choir and school has students ages 9-19, although on their tour of the American Midwest, they will not be including the youngest pupils. Over 1,500 young men have attended the Windsbach school, and its current enrollment includes about 120 young voices. Where: Kramer Chapel, 6600 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: this audio is not yet available or has expiredBrought to you by Bach first performed his St John Passion at Vespers on Good Friday in Leipzig at the St Nicholas Church It was the first Passion music he had written as cantor in Leipzig The story of the St John Passion is the biblical passage traditionally read on Good Friday The biblical passage is presented by the solo tenor (the Evangelist) the disciples and the people) are taken by the other singers which are sung and played by the whole ensemble he used poetry from popular Passion anthologies by Barthold Heinrich Brockes Christian Weise and Christian Heinrich Postel The 1750 obituary of JS Bach claimed that he had written five passions Only the St John and the St Matthew have survived in their entirety Two others are lost and the St Mark is incomplete Live concert recording from St Gumbertus Church Dorothee Mields (soprano)Terry Wey (alto)Patrick Grahl (tenor)Thomas Laske (bass)Tobias Berndt (bass)Windsbach Boys' ChoirFreiburg Baroque OrchestraLudwig Böhme (conductor) Read the text and English translation at the Emmanuel Music website A Crown of Thorns: The Passion is the short final period before the death of Jesus, described in the four canonical gospels during which a wreath of thorns was placed on the head of Jesus Christ at his crucifixion, with the Roman soldiers mocking his title "King of the Jews."(Image by hnance from Pixabay) Baroque, Choral, Orchestral, Religious MusicTracklist03:03Played at 03:03St John Passion: Part I [32'41]Composer Freiburg Baroque Orchestra + Tobias Berndt (bass) + Dorothee Mields (soprano) + Terry Wey (countertenor) + Patrick Grahl (tenor) + Thomas Laske (bass) + Windsbach Boys' Choir Published: YesterdayMon 5 May 2025 at 3:00am Download the ABC listen app for free music podcasts and playlists gorgeous singing in a perfect acoustical setting I've been singing in choral groups for 50+ years and this group brought tears to my eyes on this wet Silver medal winners in the 5-year-old division at the 2001 World Championships for young dressage horses were Holga Finken and Wanesco  Considered to be the most promising young horse of the 5-year-olds at the Championships Wanesco put down three sublime performances which gave away many glimpses of his talent and potential Wanesco was one point behind the first placed Rubels and Hans Peter Minderhout did Wanesco not lack in quality to the Oldenburg champion Under Holga Finken's professional horsemanship Wanesco was fourth in the first round with 8.4 was second in the second round and dominated the finals with 9.0 points Owned by Fritz Böhm from Worpswede and bred by Kurt Pelk from WIndsbach Wanesco is by Weltmeyer out of a Werther dam and is registered with the Bavarian Verband Related LinksBack to the 2001 WCYH IndexScores 2001 World Championships for Young Dressage Horses  Stalls for Rent at Durondeau Dressage in Peer, Belgium Exceptionally Well Located Equestrian Facility in Wellington, Florida Well-built Equestrian Estate With Multiple Business Opportunities in Sweden Stable Units for Rent at Lotje Schoots' Equestrian Center in Houten (NED) For Rent: Several Apartments and Stable Wing at High-End Equestrian Facility Stable Wing Available at Reiterhof Wensing on Dutch/German border Real Estate: Well-Appointed Country House with Extensive Equestrian Facility in the U.K. Rémi Blot