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This year, the choirs of the Gronau and Rheine Music Associations and the Rheine Symphony Orchestra will present Parts I, II, and IV. <\/p>\n<p>Ralf Jungh\u00f6fer serves as the musical director. With Inga Balzer-Wolf (soprano), Judith Gennrich (alto), Stefan Sbonnik (tenor), and Antonio Di Martino (bass-baritone), the associations were able to secure a wonderful and experienced quartet of soloists. <\/p>\n<p>Tickets for this impressive concert experience are available at the tourist office, the bookstore on the market square, City-Wolbers, the municipal office, and from choir members, as well as online through Eventim.<\/p>\n<p>Advance ticket sales begin in late October!<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to your visit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cRejoice and be glad, arise and praise these days\u201d\u2014the opening chorale of one of Johann Sebastian Bach\u2019s most famous works begins with this festive call: The Christmas Oratorio, first performed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":106217,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[321],"class_list":["post-106216","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-music","cat_music"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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