Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia: Enjoy live music during Holy Week and Easter

There would be no emotion without the “Passion of Saint Matthew” by Johann Sebastian Bach. Performed by Dresdner Kreuzchor – for the last time under the direction of Kreuzkantor Roderich Kreile. Kreile has declared that he has performed this work nearly sixty times in Kreuzkantor’s twenty-five years.

Dresdner Kammerchor performs “The Passion of Saint Matthew” by Heinrich Schutz under the direction of Hans Christoph Radmann. For this work, Heinrich Schütz set the Passion story for music without instruments, only for cappella chorus. This makes it particularly impressive.

Connoisseurs and early music lovers know that when the Dresden twin city of Wroclaw orchestras give a concert, they combine the irresistible joy of composing music with the highest level of professionalism. And if the works of Jan Dismas Zelenka are also included in the program, then the forecast will be ideal. Zelinka was a Dresden court musician in the 18th century. In recent years, his work has been rediscovered and few have compared it to that of Johann Sebastian Bach.
The Wrocław Baroque and Ensemble Ælbgut Orchestra are played under the direction of Jaroslaw Thiel.

Thomanerchor presents “St Matthew Passion” by Johann Sebastian Bach under the direction of Thomaskantor Andreas Reize.

The St. Petri Vocal Ensemble and Dresden Baroque Orchestra perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Passion of Saint John” on historical instruments. The audience has the opportunity to sing along with all the choirs in four parts of writing.

Concert Principal Quartet Chursächsische Philharmonic playing “The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross” by Joseph Haydn.

Here you can experience Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Passion of St. Matthew” with the 18th century orchestra and Amsterdam a chapel.

The Passion of Saint Mark by Johann Sebastian Bach will be presented at the Bach Church in Anstadt. Vocal band Cantos Thuringia sings. The work, first carried out in 1731 in the city of Leipzig Thomaskirche, raises many questions. The original copy is considered lost. A 2010 reconstruction by Jörn Boysen can be heard in Arnstadt.

The Jenna Chamber Orchestra presents “The Passion of Saint John” led by Max Roek.

The works will be performed by César Franck and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdi. The Seven Words of Jesus on the Cross by César Frank can be heard.

Here you can hear Johann Sebastian Bach’s song “Saint John’s Passion” with the Ruthenium Choir and Altenberg Gera Orchestra under the direction of Christian K. Frank.

One of the elements of the Thuringian Bach Weeks program is a concert with works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Heinrich Grauen and Georg Philipp Tillmann. The performers are the “Purcell Choir” and the “Orfeo Orchestra” under the direction of Giorgi Vashigi.

The Robert-Franz-Singa Academy under the direction of Andreas Reuter performs Mass in D Major, Op. 86 by Anton Dvorak.

Organ Barry Jordan plays “The Way of the Cross” by Marcel Dupre.

Enjoy the service of the Gewandhaus and Thomanerchor Leipzig orchestras under the direction of Andreas Reize. Played by Carl Philippe Emmanuel Bach: “God Has Awakened the Lord” Wq 244.

A Solidarity Concert for Ukraine: A play by the members of “Lords of the Sound” in Kyiv by Antonio Vivaldi, Astor Piazzola, John Williams, Yevhen Stankovic, Miroslav Skorik and Mykola Lysenko.

Easter with Chamber Choir and Philharmonic Orchestra. Easter program with works by Schutz, Bach and Handel.

Here you can experience the opera choir and the Clara Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Jean Michael Horstmann. The program includes works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and Jean Desmas Zelinka.

The “Face Me” project was awarded the 2020 Thuringian Theater Award. Composed by Michael Krause, electronic music, the sound of the Philharmonic orchestra, and video mapping intertwine to create a striking picture and soundscape.

Here, “La Bohème”, the opera in four scenes by Giacomo Puccini, is performed in Italian with German subtitles.

The Thuringian Bach Festival presents a concert with Christian Bezuidenhout on the harp.

Don Giovanni directed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is on the program in Magdeburg.