Cantores Suaves (Vocal Ensemble)

Founded: 2008 - Vienna, Austria

The a cappella ensemble, Cantores Suaves, was founded in 2008 by Sigrid Sendler and Dr. Günter Schütz, with a successful first appearance at the Vienna Karlskirche. The first musical "home" became then the Viennese Peterskirche, in which the Cantores Suaves performs highly denmanded music at regular intervals. The The repertoire of the ensemble ranges from early music to contemporary; likewise the ensemble endeavors works of the orthodox church music and innovative, to bring back to life rarely heard choral music.

Since autumn 2010, Gerlinde Bachinger has directed the ensemble.

Source: Programme of Cantores Suaves (January 15, 2011), English translation by Aryeh Oron (January 2019); Photos 01-02: Tauchner SVD (May 2011)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (January 2019)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Lucio Golino

Choir

[P-1] (2011, Video): F.N. Brauns: Markus-Passion

Rudolf Scholz

Choir

[C-6] (2011): BWV 34
[V-1] (2012): BWV 249

Links to other Sites

Cantores Suaves (Peterskirche Wien) [German, PDF]