Choir profile and history

The chamber choir Trinitatis Kantori is an independent concert choir with a close connection to King Christian IV’s old baroque church, Trinitatis Kirke in Copenhagen. The choir was founded by the conductor, Per Enevold and Inge Bønnerup, the Trinitatis Kirke organist.

Since its presentation concert in 1993, the choir has given many concerts, several of which have been transmitted by Radio Denmark. The Christmas Concert 2000 was transmitted live from the church "Trinitatis Kirke" on December 17th as a part of the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) program of Christmas music. Apart from the concerts in "Trinitatis Kirke", the choir also performs in other parts of Denmark and abroad.

The choir has partaken in choir festivals in the Czech Republic and Italy. In October 1999, the choir went on a tour to Japan, performing four concerts in Tokyo, and in September 2001 the Trinitatis Kantori was invited to the 7th international festival for chamber choirs "Riga Dimd 2001" in Latvia.

In November 1999, the choir represented Denmark in the finals of the EBU choir contest "Let the Peoples Sing '99" - and won the first price in the category for mixed choirs. (Download HolmboeFrise2.mp3 (938 Kb) and Nachtlied.mp3 (3,1 MB) from the competition).

Apart from its extensive à capella-repertoire, the Trinitatis Kantori often performs works for choir and organ in cooperation with the organist of Trinitatis Kirke, Inge Bønnerup. Also, the choir has performed a number of J.S. Bach cantatas, the Christmas Oratory and St. John’s Passion, as well as W.A. Mozart’s Requiem and C. Monteverdi’s Vespero della Beata Vergine, in cooperation with professional musicians and soloists.  Special highlights in the musical career of the Trinitatis Kantori are the performances of J.S. Bach’s Mass in b-minor in March 1997 (a live concert version of this work is available on CD) and St. Matthew’s Passion in April 2003. The latter will be repeated in March 2005.

The Trinitatis Kantori has issued a total of 5 studio-CDs:                                                                    
Two were produced by POINT Records in cooperation with Inge Bønnerup: the first one, ”Kom, lad os juble” (”Come, let us rejoice”) with Danish church music from the early baroque to newly written works; the other one, ”Lux Aeterna” with an international repertoire of church music - Casals, Poulenc, Fissinger, Penderecki, La Cour, Holmboe and Per Nørgaard - issued in the spring of 1999. The other three CDs were produced by Classic Records: two CDs with music by J. Brahms: ‘Sacred Music’ and ‘Profane Music’ (both 2002), recorded in cooperation with Inge Bønnerup and pianist Ellen Refstrup; and the last CD “Igjennem bøgeskoven” (2003) containing Danish songs, both choral and for soloists, recorded in cooperation with the world famous Danish opera singers Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano) and Morten Ernst Lassen (baryton) and pianist Ulrich Stærk.

Per Enevold, the conductor and musical leader of the choir, has been the cantor of the Trinitatis Kirke since 1997. In his early years, while studying music at the University of Copenhagen, he founded the chamber choir Camerata and remained the leader of this choir for 20 years. He has also been the musical leader of the Danish Radio Choir and of the Copenhagen Boys Choir. Per Enevold has conducted concerts in most of Europe and the USA. He has recorded several CDs and has appeared in a number of TV and radio productions, both in Denmark and abroad.