Frank Stähle

Frank Stähle (12 July 1942 – 10 December 2015)[1] was a German musician, a choral conductor and the director of Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium in Frankfurt from 1979 to 2007.

[2] Stähle was the church musician (cantor and organist) at the Marienstiftskirche in Lich from 1966 to 1970,[3] then at the Lutherkirche in Wiesbaden, the capital of Hesse.

[5] In 1978 he conducted Handel's Messias, in the Rheingauer Dom and the Lutherkirche in Wiesbaden, and Ein deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms, in Geisenheim and the Marktkirche.

[5] A reviewer wrote in the FAZ that the choir carried the dramatic action with great expressiveness in extremely differentiated grades of colour and articulation, based on a sensitive reading of text and score.

[8] The reviewer Helmut Hampel of the Wiesbadener Kurier noted the large choir with many young singers, and described the tempos as "wahrhaft lebendig und erfüllt" (truly lively and appropriate), especially in the final movement Dona nobis pacem.

[4] A reviewer noted the good preparation, which formed an ensemble able to create an impressive intense atmosphere by great dynamic contrasts.

[4] The reviewer of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung noted the merits of instilling in the performers a personal relation to what they were doing, literally joy at work ("Freude am Werk").