European Hanseatic Ensemble
Manfred Cordes, conductor

Concert programme

As the Hanseatic cities experienced an economic boom, their wealthy merchants and citizens developed a growing interest in culture and prestige. Driven by economic, political or religious conflicts in their home countries, or simply by the prospect of an attractive working environment, musicians from England, Flanders and southern Europe were drawn to thriving trading centres such as Hamburg, Gdańsk, Wrocław and Königsberg. This provided a significant boost to music in the Hanseatic cities.

The European Hanseatic Ensemble explores this development in its programme, presenting music from the 16th and 17th centuries with vocal soloists and period instruments such as the cornetto, trombone, Baroque violin, viola da gamba and chitarrone. The ensemble comprises young musicians from across Europe who are studying or have studied early music and are at the start of their musical careers.

The concert tour is part of the EU-funded project YTHM.

Programme (German only)