Flutes and organ Susanne Ehrhardt flutes(Berlin) + Sergej Tcherepanov organ(Lübeck)
Lamentation of beauty
Baroque music against war and destruction
Motets, sacred concertos and organ music of the Baroque era
Works by Rosenmüller, Zelenka, Fiocco, Buxtehude and Bach
The Lamentations of Jeremiah are one of the first poems against war and destruction in their visualization and depiction of suffering. In naming misery, in singing of pain and destruction, injury and humiliation, the idea of injustice is laid out, from which resistance can arise.
The concert revolves thematically around the "Lamentations of Jeremiah" from the Old Testament. With their strong, vivid language, they are among the earliest written testimonies to oriental poetry. In the Baroque period, a wealth of magnificently crafted compositions developed to accompany the lamentations.
The lament in the songs does not serve as a self-pity that leads to stagnation. Integrated into liturgical practice, the performers can initiate overcoming processes.
The concert will feature both the archaic early baroque compositions by Rosenmüller and very gallant, melodious and arioso late baroque works by Zelenka and Fiocco.
In the concert, Juliane Felsch-Grunow and Karsten Henschel span a dramatic arc from accusatory verses to touching melodies and poignant organ music to topical statements that are still valid today in the old compositions.
From the program
Johann Rosenmüller: Lamentationes Jeremiae
Joseph Hector Fiocco: Lamentatio Prima per il Giovedì Santo
Jan Dismas Zelenka: Lamentatio II from Lamentationes pro hebdomada sancta
Johann Hildebrand: War-anxiety sigh "Oh God! We did not know"
Johann Sebastian Bach and Dietrich Buxtehude: Preludes and fantasies on the organ
Biographies
SHORT
Juliane Felsch-Grunow - Organ
Born in Neuruppin in 1985, Juliane Felsch-Grunow received her first piano lessons at the age of five. She continued her practical training by studying Protestant church music at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). She completed her Master's degree in May 2019. She has been employed as a church musician in the town of Rheinsberg since fall 2015 and was appointed church music director in 2024.
Karsten Henschel - countertenor
Countertenor Karsten Henschel is one of the artists associated with historical research. Originally from Ludwigslust, he studied piano and singing at the Tübingen Academy of Music with a subsequent specialization in countertenor, later as a student of Astrid Bernius. This was followed by stage training with Julia Eder-Schäfer in Vienna. In addition to various engagements in the core areas of church music and baroque opera, his main focus is on working with his own baroque ensembles. www.kontratenor.com
Copyright: K. Henschel
