Advent of Hope

The “Advent of Hope” con­cert uni­que­ly con­nec­ted Rein Abbey, the paris­hes of the regi­on, and num­e­rous belie­vers. At the invi­ta­ti­on of Ger­trud Zwi­cker, Abbot Phil­ipp and mem­bers of the con­vent pro­vi­ded short spi­ri­tu­al impul­ses bet­ween the musi­cal con­tri­bu­ti­ons.

The event included a varie­ty of par­ti­ci­pan­ts: the Schwung­mu­si Sti­woll (Bernd Pret­ten­tha­ler), the Vier­ge­sang St. Bar­to­lo­mä, the Maria Stra­ßen­gel church choir under Kata­lin Mit­ter­wall­ner, Insie­me from Hit­zen­dorf (Mar­tha Edl­mair-Perst­ling), Pro Eccle­sia under the direc­tion of Ger­trud Zwi­cker, the St. Oswald choir (Chris­ta Hofer), and the Stroh­rös­erln from Grat­wein.

The joint sin­ging of “Es wird scho glei dum­pa” with over 300 voices led to the sub­se­quent Aga­pe in the monas­tery cour­ty­ard, to which the par­ti­ci­pa­ting paris­hes had invi­ted under the Christ­mas tree.

(Pho­tos: Johan­nes Kübeck)