NightSong: Passion concert by candlelight

The almost 2,700-year-old texts in the Lamentations of Jeremiah mourn the destruction of Jerusalem. Strictly and skilfully structured, they were performed as liturgical chants during the Passiontide from Maundy Thursday until complete darkness on the night of Holy Saturday. This dramatic musical staging also inspires contemporary composers.


Two vocal works written by Ali Gorji and Frank Schwemmer for this occasion will be premiered at the NightSong in honour of Palestrina. The two Berlin-based composers work with different cultural influences and meet at Palestrina, to whom they owe inspiration and inspiration.

The meditative concert ends with the famous ‘Miserere’ by Allegri, in which the soprano soars angelically on the high c‘’.


Liturgie: Karsamstag

• Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (ca. 1525-1594): Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae liber secundus - Teil I: n coena domini
  
• Gorji, Ali (*1978): Tenebre
  
• Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da: Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae liber secundus - Teil II: in parasceve
  
• Schwemmer, Frank (*1961): Psalm 88
  
• Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da: Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae liber secundus - Teil III: Sabbato sancto
  
• Allegri, Gregorio (1582-1652): Miserere
  

NoonSong - what's that?  

Every Saturday at noon, locals, visitors to Berlin, music lovers and admirers of architecture alike attend NoonSong. It is a concert and a church service in equal measure.  Eight professional singers from the vocal ensemble sirventes berlin, led by Stefan Schuck, sing choir music. The repertoire ranges from music from the Renaissance to contemporary compositions.