Concerts 2026

CANTICUM

Music from the Old Hanseatic Cities

European Hanseatic Ensemble
Manfred Cordes, conductor

Concert programme

Who is not familiar with the love poems from the Song of Solomon? Disdained by the clergy but loved by composers for their vivid language, these passages from the Bible were often used as the basis for wedding compositions. These were particularly popular in the wealthy trading cities on the Baltic Sea around 1600 and provided the local composers with a welcome source of additional income. With vocal soloists and historical instruments, the European Hanseatic Ensemble presents works from old Hanseatic cities.

Programme (German only)

NDR Kultur will record the concert in Lüneburg and will broadcast it on 8 November 2026 at 9.30 p.m. The programme will then be available online for 30 days.

Saturday, 4 July 2026, 7 p.m.: All’improvviso Festival Gliwice

Gliwice (Poland), Hala Modeli GZUT

Address: ul. Robotnicza 2, Gliwice
Tickets: PLN 63,60 / red. PLN 37,10

Tickets available online at www.ticketmaster.pl

Promoter: All’improvviso Festival Gliwice
Kindly supported by the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation

Sunday, 5 July 2026, 7.30 p.m.: Festiwal Omnia Beneficia 2026 – 48th Starosądecki Festiwal Muzyki Dawnej

Stary Sącz (Poland), Church of St. Elisabeth

Admission free, purchase of a programme for PLN 10 required

Promoter: Festiwal Omnia Beneficia
Kindly supported by the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation

Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 7.30 p.m.

Rostock, Universitätskirche

Tickets on advance sale: € 15 / red. € 10
Tickets at the evening box office: € 17 / red. € 12
Free admission for holders of the “Kulturticket”
(red.: students and people with disabilities of 50 GdB or more)

Tickets at Pressezentrum Rostock, online under www.mvticket.de and at the evening box office from 6.30 p.m.

Promoter: Orlando e.V.
Kindly supported by the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation and in cooperation with the Rostock University of Music and Drama