Christian Schmitt & Stefan Kurt

Name: Christian Schmitt & Stefan Kurt
Start: 2027-04-26T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2027-04-26T22:00:00+02:00
Location: Kölner Philharmonie

Organ plus... trumpet, cello, recitation

A man in a suit (Christian Schmitt) sits laughing on the floor in front of a large organ in an elegant, wood-paneled room.

The spiritual power of music and words between heaven and earth

The sound of the organ has always been perceived as musical prayer and thus also as a bridge to God. No wonder that many masterpieces refer to biblical texts and spiritual themes. Together with the well-known actor Stefan Kurt, organist and ECHO award winner Christian Schmitt now explores the spiritual expressiveness of organ works from three centuries.

Alternating between music and texts, the programme is dedicated to the divine in music. It ranges from Bach's baroque clarity to Julius Reubke's dramatic psalm setting to Petr Eben's impressive cycle ‘Okna’, which was inspired by the Chagall windows in the Hadassah Clinic in Jerusalem.

About this event

Programme

Mit Texten von Rumi, Meister Eckhard, Rainer Maria Rilke sowie Psalmen und Auszügen aus dem Hohelied der Liebe
Petr Eben

I. Modré okno (Blaues Fenster). Con moto

from: Okna podle Marca Chagalla (Fenster nach Marc Chagall)
für Trompete und Orgel
Petr Eben

II. Zelené okno (Grünes Fenster). Andantino pastorale

from: Okna podle Marca Chagalla (Fenster nach Marc Chagall)
für Trompete und Orgel
Johann Sebastian Bach

Prélude
Julius Reubke

Sonate »Der 94ste Psalm« c-Moll

für Orgel
- Break -
Karl Höller

Improvisationen über »Schönster Herr Jesu« op. 55

für Violoncello und Orgel
Leoš Janáček

Orgelsolo aus Mša glakolskaja (Glagolitische Messe) JW III/9
Petr Eben

III. Cervené okno (Rotes Fenster). Risoluto e drammatico

from: Okna podle Marca Chagalla (Fenster nach Marc Chagall)
für Trompete und Orgel
Petr Eben

IV. Zlaté okno (Goldenes Fenster). Festivo

from: Okna podle Marca Chagalla (Fenster nach Marc Chagall)
für Trompete und Orgel