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* [[Würzburg Cultural Prize]]
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| website = {{url|http://www.guenter-jena.de/}}
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'''Günter Jena''' (born 1933) is a German choral conductor and musicologist. He was the director of church music at [[St. Michael's Church, Hamburg|St. Michaelis]] in Hamburg from 1973 to 1997. He founded the festival Bach-Tage Hamburg, and prepared the choir for ballet performances of choreographer [[John Neumeier]] at the [[Hamburg State Opera]].
'''Günter Jena''' (born 1933) is a German choral conductor and musicologist. He was the director of church music at [[St. Michael's Church, Hamburg|St. Michaelis]] in Hamburg from 1973 to 1997. He founded the festival Bach-Tage Hamburg, and provided music for ballet performances of choreographer [[John Neumeier]] at the [[Hamburg State Opera]], including Bach's ''[[St Matthew Passion]]''.


== Career ==
== Career ==
Born in [[Leipzig]], Jena attended the [[Thomasschule]] there, and then studied musicology. He studied psychology and philosophy in Berlin, and conducting and [[pipe organ|organ]] at the [[Musikhochschule München]] with [[Karl Richter (conductor)|Karl Richter]], becoming his assistant.<ref name="BC" />
Born in [[Leipzig]], Jena attended the [[Thomasschule]] there, and then studied musicology. He studied psychology and philosophy in Berlin, and conducting and [[pipe organ|organ]] at the [[Musikhochschule München]] with [[Karl Richter (conductor)|Karl Richter]], becoming his assistant.<ref name="BC" />


Jena worked as the church musician at {{ill|St. Johannis, Würzburg|de|St.-Johannis-Kirche (Würzburg)|lt=St. Johannis}} in [[Würzburg]]. In 1969 he founded the festival {{ill|Würzburger Bachtage|de}}.<ref name="BC" /> From 1973 he was the church musician at [[Hamburg]]'s [[St. Michael's Church, Hamburg|Hauptkirche St. Michaelis]], where he regularly conducted performances of works by [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]], music from the [[Classical period (music)|classical period]] and the [[romantic music|romantic period]].<ref name="Banuscher" /> He founded the festival Bach-Tage Hamburg, and was appointed director of church music (''Kirchenmusikdirektor'') for the region. Jena prepared the choir for performances by the choreographer [[John Neumeier]] at the [[Hamburg State Opera|Hamburgische Staatsoper]], including Bach's ''[[St Matthew Passion]]'' and Mozart's [[Requiem (Mozart)|Requiem]].<ref name="Banuscher" /> He prepared and conducted the [[NDR Chor]] for a recording of the complete [[a cappella]] works by [[Johannes Brahms]] from 1981.<ref name="Stäbler" /> He retired in 1997.<ref name="Banuscher" />
Jena worked as the church musician at {{ill|St. Johannis, Würzburg|de|St.-Johannis-Kirche (Würzburg)|lt=St. Johannis}} in [[Würzburg]]. In 1969 he founded the festival {{ill|Würzburger Bachtage|de}}.<ref name="BC" /> From 1973 he was the church musician at [[Hamburg]]'s [[St. Michael's Church, Hamburg|Hauptkirche St. Michaelis]], where he regularly conducted performances of works by [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]], music from the [[Classical period (music)|classical period]] and the [[romantic music|romantic period]].<ref name="Banuscher" /> He founded the festival Bach-Tage Hamburg, and was appointed [[Kirchenmusikdirektor]] (director of church music) for the region. Jena prepared choir and orchestra for performances by the choreographer [[John Neumeier]] at the [[Hamburg State Opera|Hamburgische Staatsoper]], including Bach's ''[[St Matthew Passion]]'' in 1981<ref name="Neumeier" /><ref name="Ballet" /> and Mozart's [[Requiem (Mozart)|Requiem]].<ref name="Banuscher" /> Jena conducted the performances for the premieres, and also a revival of the ''St Matthew Passion'' in 2013, now in his church.<ref name="Merker" /> The 200th performance of the production was given on [[Good Friday]] 2017.<ref name="Neumeier" />


Jena published books about the musicological and theological background of Bach's ''[[Christmas Oratorio]]'', ''[[The Art of Fugue]]'' and ''St Matthew Passion''. He is a member of the [[Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg]].<ref name="BC" />
Jena prepared and conducted the [[NDR Chor]] for a recording of the complete [[a cappella]] works by [[Johannes Brahms]] from 1981.<ref name="Stäbler" /> It includes works such as [[Fünf Gesänge, Op. 104 (Brahms)|''Fünf Gesänge'', Op. 104]]. Jena retired in 1997.<ref name="Banuscher" /> He published books about the musicological and theological background of Bach's ''[[Christmas Oratorio]]'', ''[[The Art of Fugue]]'' and ''St Matthew Passion''. He is a member of the [[Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg]].<ref name="BC" />


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
Jena was awarded the {{ill|Würzburg Cultural Prize|de|Kulturpreis der Stadt Würzburg}}. The {{ill|Hamburg Senate|de|Senat der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg}} appointed him an [[honorary professor]] in 1986 and awarded him the music prize [[Johannes Brahms Medal]] in 1987. He received the ''Plakette'' of the Akademie der Künste in Hamburg in 1988.
Jena was awarded the [[Würzburg Cultural Prize]] in 1970.<ref name="Würzburg" /> The {{ill|Hamburg Senate|de|Senat der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg}} appointed him an [[honorary professor]] in 1986 and awarded him the music prize [[Johannes Brahms Medal]] in 1987.
<ref name="Brahms" /><!-- He received the ''Plakette'' of the Akademie der Künste in Hamburg in 1988. -->


== Publications ==
== Publications ==
Publications by Jena are held by the German National Library:<ref name="Publications" />
* Günter Jena: ''"Das gehet meiner Seele nah". Die Matthäuspassion von Johann Sebastian Bach''. Piper Verlag 1993, [[Herder Publishers|Herder Verlag,]] Freiburg 1999
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=_33eAAAACAAJ "Das gehet meiner Seele nah". Die Matthäuspassion von Johann Sebastian Bach]. Piper Verlag 1993, [[Herder Publishers|Herder Verlag]], Freiburg 1999
* Günter Jena: ''"Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht". Das Weihnachtsoratorium von Johann Sebastian Bach''. 1997
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=0EQYAQAAIAAJ "Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht". Das Weihnachtsoratorium von Johann Sebastian Bach]. 1997
* Günter Jena: ''Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen'', with 2 CDs. 2000
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=2ioZAQAAIAAJ Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen], 2000


== Selected recordings ==
== Selected recordings ==
Recordings by Jena are held by the German National Library:<ref name="DNB" />
*''Johannes Brahms, Chorwerke''. [[NDR Chor]].
*''Johannes Brahms, Chorwerke''. [[NDR Chor]].
*''Johann Sebastian Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium''. Choir and orchestra of [[St. Michael's Church, Hamburg|St. Michaelis]], [[Lynne Dawson]], [[Marjana Lipovšek]], [[Peter Schreier]], [[Andreas Schmidt (baritone)|Andreas Schmidt]]. 1997
*''Johann Sebastian Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium''. Choir and orchestra of [[St. Michael's Church, Hamburg|St. Michaelis]], [[Lynne Dawson]], [[Marjana Lipovšek]], [[Peter Schreier]], [[Andreas Schmidt (baritone)|Andreas Schmidt]]. 1997


== References ==
== References ==
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| url = https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article324817/Guenter-Jena-feierte-mit-zwei-Ehrenbuergern-70-Geburtstag.html
| url = https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article324817/Guenter-Jena-feierte-mit-zwei-Ehrenbuergern-70-Geburtstag.html
| title = Günter Jena feierte mit zwei Ehrenbürgern 70. Geburtstag
| title = Günter Jena feierte mit zwei Ehrenbürgern 70. Geburtstag
| publisher = [[Die Welt]]
| newspaper = [[Die Welt]]
| date = 4 January 2003
| date = 4 January 2003
| language = German
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<ref name="Ballet">{{cite web
| url = http://ballett-journal.de/hamburg-ballett-matthaeus-passion/
| title = Die Schuldigen oder auch die Sühnenden
| publisher = Ballett-Journal
| date = 25 March 2016
| language = German
| accessdate = 5 May 2017
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<ref name="Brahms">{{cite web
|url = http://www.aluan.de/knowhow/musikpreise/brahmsmedaille.html
|title = Brahms-Medaille
|publisher = aluan.de
|language = German
|accessdate = 16 May 2017
|url-status = dead
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|archivedate = 3 March 2016
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<ref name="Merker">{{cite web
| url = http://der-neue-merker.eu/hamburg-st-michaelis-matthaus-passion-von-j-s-bach-in-der-choreographie-von-john-neumeier
| title = Hamburg / St. Michaelis: Matthäus-Passion von J.S.Bach in der Choreographie von John Neumeier
| publisher = Der neue Merker
| date = 18 June 2013
| language = German
| accessdate = 5 May 2017
| archive-date = 5 May 2017
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170505213638/http://der-neue-merker.eu/hamburg-st-michaelis-matthaus-passion-von-j-s-bach-in-der-choreographie-von-john-neumeier
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<ref name="Neumeier">{{cite journal
| url = http://www.hamburgballett.de/downloads/journal/journal_16_17_4.pdf
| title = Jubiläum von John Neumeiers / "Matthäus-Passion" / 200. Aufführung des Balletts am Karfreitag
| journal = Journal
| publisher = Hamburgische Staatsoper
| year = 2017
| language = German
| accessdate = 16 May 2017
}}</ref>

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| title = Kulturpreisträger der Stadt Würzburg
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* {{official|http://www.guenter-jena.de/ Website von Günter Jena}}
* {{official|http://www.guenter-jena.de/ Website von Günter Jena}}
* [http://www.weihnachtsoratorium-oper.de/bios/jena.htm Günter Jena] (in German) weihnachtsoratorium-oper.de
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=0EQYAQAAIAAJ&q=inauthor:"Günter+Jena"&dq=inauthor:"Günter+Jena"&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjE3fT32NnTAhUG1hQKHUfcBK0Q6AEIODAC Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht: das Weihnachtsoratorium von Johann Sebastian Bach : Erfahrungen und Gedanken eines Dirigenten] Herder 1997
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* [https://books.google.de/books?id=2ioZAQAAIAAJ&q=inauthor:%22G%C3%BCnter+Jena%22&dq=inauthor:%22G%C3%BCnter+Jena%22&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen: die Kunst der Fuge von Johann Sebastian Bach: Gedanken und Erfahrungen eines Interpreten] Herder 2000
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* [https://books.google.de/books?id=_33eAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y Das gehet meiner Seele nah.: Die Matthäuspassion von Johann Sebastian Bach.] Herder 2001
* [http://www.kellydeanhansen.com/opus104.html Five partsongs (Gesämge) for mixed chorus, Op. 104] kellydeanhansen.com


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Latest revision as of 16:47, 2 July 2024

Günter Jena
Organ in St. Michaelis, Hamburg, where Jena was responsible for church music from 1974
Born1933 (age 90–91)
Leipzig
Education
Occupations
Organizations
  • St. Johannis, Würzburg
  • St. Michaelis
Awards
Websitewww.guenter-jena.de

Günter Jena (born 1933) is a German choral conductor and musicologist. He was the director of church music at St. Michaelis in Hamburg from 1973 to 1997. He founded the festival Bach-Tage Hamburg, and provided music for ballet performances of choreographer John Neumeier at the Hamburg State Opera, including Bach's St Matthew Passion.

Career

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Born in Leipzig, Jena attended the Thomasschule there, and then studied musicology. He studied psychology and philosophy in Berlin, and conducting and organ at the Musikhochschule München with Karl Richter, becoming his assistant.[1]

Jena worked as the church musician at St. Johannis [de] in Würzburg. In 1969 he founded the festival Würzburger Bachtage [de].[1] From 1973 he was the church musician at Hamburg's Hauptkirche St. Michaelis, where he regularly conducted performances of works by Bach, music from the classical period and the romantic period.[2] He founded the festival Bach-Tage Hamburg, and was appointed Kirchenmusikdirektor (director of church music) for the region. Jena prepared choir and orchestra for performances by the choreographer John Neumeier at the Hamburgische Staatsoper, including Bach's St Matthew Passion in 1981[3][4] and Mozart's Requiem.[2] Jena conducted the performances for the premieres, and also a revival of the St Matthew Passion in 2013, now in his church.[5] The 200th performance of the production was given on Good Friday 2017.[3]

Jena prepared and conducted the NDR Chor for a recording of the complete a cappella works by Johannes Brahms from 1981.[6] It includes works such as Fünf Gesänge, Op. 104. Jena retired in 1997.[2] He published books about the musicological and theological background of Bach's Christmas Oratorio, The Art of Fugue and St Matthew Passion. He is a member of the Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg.[1]

Awards

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Jena was awarded the Würzburg Cultural Prize in 1970.[7] The Hamburg Senate [de] appointed him an honorary professor in 1986 and awarded him the music prize Johannes Brahms Medal in 1987. [8]

Publications

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Publications by Jena are held by the German National Library:[9]

Selected recordings

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Recordings by Jena are held by the German National Library:[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Günter Jena (Conductor)". Bach-Cantatas. 2003. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Banuscher, Doris (4 January 2003). "Günter Jena feierte mit zwei Ehrenbürgern 70. Geburtstag". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Jubiläum von John Neumeiers / "Matthäus-Passion" / 200. Aufführung des Balletts am Karfreitag" (PDF). Journal (in German). Hamburgische Staatsoper. 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Die Schuldigen oder auch die Sühnenden" (in German). Ballett-Journal. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Hamburg / St. Michaelis: Matthäus-Passion von J.S.Bach in der Choreographie von John Neumeier" (in German). Der neue Merker. 18 June 2013. Archived from the original on 5 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  6. ^ Stäbler, Markus. "1979 bis 1998: Gänsehautmomente mit Menuhin und Karl Richter". 70 Jahre NDR Chor (in German). NDR. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Kulturpreisträger der Stadt Würzburg" (in German). Würzburg. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Brahms-Medaille" (in German). aluan.de. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Publications by Günter Jena" (in German). German National Library. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Recordings by Günter Jena" (in German). German National Library. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
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