With this disc, St Thomas\u2019s Boys Choir remembers Leipzig\u2019s University Church of St Paul, which was destroyed in 1968. Built in the thirteenth century, the church survived the battle of the V\u00f6lkerschlacht as well as the First and Second World Wars unscathed. In 1968, however, the Politb\u00fcro of the socialist party, the Leipzig city council, and the University\u2019s senate decided to demolish the church and to redesign the town\u2019s Augustusplatz to match socialist ideals. A church was no longer adequate for the campus of what was then the Karl-Marx University. This CD was released on the anniversary of the church\u2019s demolition on 30 May. St Thomas\u2019s Boys Choir commemorates the great historical and cultural value of the University Church of St Paul together with the Gewandhaus Orchestra and a number of soloists. Compositions from Johann Sebastian Bach and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy to Dmitri Terzakis shed light onto the century-long joint history and musical connections between the University and St Thomas\u2019s Boys Choir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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