Rheingauer Kantorei

Rheingauer Kantorei
Choir
Front of the Rheingauer Dom, a regular venue of the choir, 2013.
Origin	Geisenheim Wiesbaden
Founded	1977
Genre	Mixed choir
Chief conductor	Frank Stähle Horst Werner

Rheingauer Kantorei (Rheingau chorale), now Neue Rheingauer Kantorei, is a mixed choir of the Rheingau region in Germany, performing mostly sacred music in services and concerts.

The choir was founded in 1977 by Frank Stähle as the choir of the Evangelisches Dekanat Wiesbaden-Rheingau (Protestant deanery Wiesbaden-Rheingau), merging two groups, the church choir of the Protestant parish in Geisenheim and singers from Wiesbaden. The purpose of the choir was to sing in church services of the region and to sing oratorios in concert. Main venues for the concerts were the Marktkirche in Wiesbaden and the Rheingauer Dom in Geisenheim. The groups rehearsed separately in Geisenheim and performed the concerts together.

In 1978, the choir performed Handel's Messias, in the Rheingauer Dom and the Lutherkirche in Wiesbaden, and Ein deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms, in Geisenheim and the Marktkirche.

In 1979, Bach's St Matthew Passion was performed in St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden and in Worms, in a collaboration with the Wormser Kurrende. Mendelssohn's Elias was performed with the Radiosinfonieorchester Frankfurt, in Geisenheim and the Marktkirche.Erich Wenk sang the title part, Klesie Kelly the soprano parts.