Concerts 2026

SOUNDING GALLERY

Paths to Buxtehude: Lunchtime concert

Participants in the masterclasses of the European Hanseatic Ensemble
Michael Fuerst / Frithjof Smith, musical direction

Concert programme

The choir loft in St Aegidien Church in Lübeck offers listeners the extraordinary opportunity to experience early music as it was typically heard when it was first composed: the sound rises from the loft towards the vaulted ceiling and ‘pours’ down from there into the church interior. For the lunchtime concert, participants in the European Hanse Ensemble’s masterclasses have put together a programme designed to let the audience enjoy this special acoustic experience.

Under the direction of Frithjof Smith and Michael Fuerst, the programme features 17th-century works from the old Hanseatic cities.

Thursday, 17 September 2026, 12 p.m.: Buxtehude Days Lübeck

Lübeck, St. Aegidienkirche

Admission free, donations welcome

Promoter: Orlando e.V.
Funded by the European Union and in cooperation with Ev.-Luth. Kirchengemeinde St. Aegidien

Five pieces before Buxtehude

Workshop concert: A journey through the old Hanseatic cities

Participants in the masterclasses of the European Hanseatic Ensemble
Manfred Cordes, conductor

Concert programme

Since 2019, the European Hanseatic Ensemble has been inviting over 50 young musicians from all over Europe to its Lübeck masterclasses every September to discover the musical heritage of the old Hanseatic cities with them. The final concert of the four-day course will be open to the public for the second time and can be experienced as part of the evening programme of the Buxtehude Days.

The young talents were selected out of over 100 applications and work in individual lessons, small ensembles and large ensembles on a vocal-instrumental repertoire that shaped the Northern European cultural landscape many years ago and fascinates the course participants anew every year. At the Buxtehude Days concert, they present the results of their intensive work.

Masterclasses and the workshop concert are part of the EU-funded project YTHM.

Thursday, 17 September 2026, 7 p.m.: Buxtehude Days Lübeck

Lübeck, St. Catherine’s Church

Tickets: € 20 / red. € 12 (students, LübeckCard holders and people with disabilities of 50 GdB or more)

Tickets available at all Lübeck-Ticket advance booking offices, online at www.luebeck-ticket.de and at the evening box office from 6.30 p.m.

Promoter: Orlando e.V.
Funded by the European Union and in cooperation with the St. Anne’s Museum