Gewandhaus zu Leipzig
Concert by the Leipzig University Orchestra
Conducted by Yuri Lebedev, the Leipzig University Orchestra will be performing Passacaglia Op. 1 by Anton Webern, Bolero by Maurice Ravel and Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 by Jean Sibelius.
Venue
Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, Großer Saal, Augustusplatz 8, 04109 Leipzig
Contact
Leipziger Universitätsmusik
Goldschmidtstraße 12
04103 Leipzig
Tel: +49 (0)341 97 30190
Fax: +49 (0)341 97 30198
E-Mail: unimusik@uni-leipzig.de
Further information
Thomaskirche zu Leipzig
St. Paul, Oratorio, by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy is one of the outstanding personalities who left a special mark on music and culture in Leipzig. Both as musical director of the Gewandhaus and the founder of the Leipzig Music Conservatory - the first training establishment for musicians in Germany - he carved a place for himself in the annals of Leipzig's history. The oratorio was first performed in Leipzig on March 16, 1837, conducted by Mendelssohn, in the University church of St. Pauli.
Soloists:
Viktorija Kaminskaite - soprano
Annette Markert - alto
Christoph Genz - tenor
Stephan Genz - baritone
Venue
Thomaskirche zu Leipzig, Thomaskirchhof 18, 04109 Leipzig
Contact
Leipziger Universitätsmusik
Goldschmidtstraße 12
04103 Leipzig
Tel: +49 (0)341 97 30190
Fax: +49 (0)341 97 30198
E-Mail: unimusik@uni-leipzig.de
Further information
Museum für Musikinstrumente der Universität Leipzig
Concert by the Leipziger Concert ensemble
In compiling its concert programmes, the Leipziger Concert gives pride of place to works from the rich musical tradition of Saxony and Central Germany. The programme for this concert is Baroque, featuring works by Werner Fabricius (Universitätsmusikdirektor at the University church of St. Pauli from 1656-1679).
Moderator: Dr. Michael Maul, Bach-Archiv
Venue
Museum für Musikinstrumente der Universität Leipzig, Zimeliensaal, Johannisplatz 5 - 11, 04103 Leipzig
Contact
Leipziger Universitätsmusik
Goldschmidtstraße 12
04103 Leipzig
Tel: +49 (0)341 97 30190
Fax: +49 (0)341 97 30198
E-Mail: unimusik@uni-leipzig.de
Further information
Peterskirche
St. John Passion, BWV 245, by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: David Timm
Soloists:
Marie Friederike Schröder - soprano
David Erler - altus
Martin Petzold - tenor
Marek Rzepka - Bass (Arias)
Tobias Berndt - Bass (Christ)
Venue
Peterskirche, Schletterstraße 5, 04107 Leipzig
Contact
Leipziger Universitätsmusik
Goldschmidtstraße 12
04103 Leipzig
Tel: +49 (0)341 97 30190
Fax: +49 (0)341 97 30198
E-Mail: unimusik@uni-leipzig.de
Further information
Gewandhaus zu Leipzig
Opening concert
The Leipziger Universitätsmusik ensembles will be putting the numerous guests of honour in the mood for the anniversary celebrations from May 9 to December 2, 2009, with a musical journey through six hundred years of University history.
The audience will first of all be transported back musically to the period around 1409. Following this, the Leipzig University Choir will perform music from the time of Johann Sebastian Bach, including one cantata from the "Festmusiken zu Leipziger Universitätsfeiern", festival music written for the University by Leipzig's famous composer. To close, the Leipzig University Orchestra invites us to take a foray into the Romantic era, after which the University big band will bring us full circle back to the present day with a programme of modern music.
The opening address delivered by the the vice-chancellor of the Universität Leipzig and speeches by guests of honour, including the vice-chancellor of the Karlsuniversität in Prague will underscore the solemnity of the occasion and the importance of the 600th anniversary of Germany's second-oldest university.
Entry by invitation only.
Venue
Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, Augustusplatz 8, 04109 Leipzig
Contact
Geschäftsstelle 2009
Ritterstraße 30-36
04109 Leipzig
Tel: +49 (0)341 97 35035
Fax: +49 (0)341 97 35039
E-Mail: 2009@uni-leipzig.de