Preview of an ORF Documentation about the St.Florianer Sängerknaben (St. Florian Boys´ Choir)
The St. Florianer Sängerknaben (Florian Boys' Choir), whose existence has been documented since 1071, celebrates its 950th birthday in 2021.
Former members include innumerable musicians and composers, of whom Anton Bruckner is undoubtably the most famous. On the occasion of this jubilee the ORF has commissioned a documentary by the Viennese director and screenwriter Manfred Corrine on the subject of Bruckner's childhood, comparing the life of a choirboy then and now. The film searches for traces and clues in Ansfelden, where Bruckner's birthplace is now a museum dedicated to the composer; in Hörsching, where the 11-year-old was taught organ and basso continuo by his cousin Johann Baptist Weiß; in St.Florian, where he was accepted as a choirboy in the Augustinian monastery; and in Kronstorf, where he worked as an assistant teacher from 1943 to 1845 and discovered the full extent of his musical talent. Bruckner's years of apprenticeship are re-enacted dramatically, juxtaposing these with everyday life as a modern choirboy. There is in addition a reconstruction of the sound-world of the 1830's set against a backdrop of current concerts by the St. Florianer Sängerknaben, and the video portrait is rounded out with interviews, historical pictures and 3-D animations.
Manfred Corrine (* 1963)
St.Florianer Sängerknaben. Anton Bruckner´s Musical Home (A 2021)
Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
„Locus iste“. Gradual in C major, WAB 23 (1869)
„Os justi“. Lydian Gradual , WAB 30, 2 (1879)
St. Florianer Sängerknaben
Markus Stumpner | Musical Director