Die Nonnen

Die Nonnen (The Nuns), Op. 112, is composition for mixed choir and orchestra by Max Reger, written in 1909. The text is a poem by Martin Boelitz.

Die Nonnen
Choral composition by Max Reger
The composer in 1913
English	The Nuns
Opus	112
Language	German
Composed	1909 (1909)
Dedication	Philipp Wolfrum
Performed	8 May 1910 (1910-05-08): Dortmund
Scoring	choir orchestra

History

Reger completed Die Nonnen in 1909.^[1] It is a setting of a poem in three stanzas by Martin Boelitz [de].^[1] The work was first performed on 8 May 1910 in Dortmund as part of a Reger Festival there, by the Musik-Verein choir and the Städtisches Orchester Dortmund, conducted by Julius Janssen [de].^[2] It was first published by Bote & Bock in Berlin in 1910, with a dedication to Philipp Wolfrum.^[1][2] It was published again in 1967 as part of Reger's complete works by Breitkopf & Härtel.

Recordings

Die Nonnen was recorded in 1995 by the Bamberger Symphoniker and Chor, conducted by Horst Stein, and in 2000, together with Reger's Romantische Suite, by the NDR Chor and the Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hans Zender.^[3]