Jacob Böhme, a German mystic and philosopher was born 450 years ago in 1575 and died in Görlitz 400 years ago in the year 1624.

2024 and 2025 are the years of Jacob Böhme and The Schoole of Night has prepared a variety of programmes programmes for this occasion. The concerts in 2024 were produced together with the Internationale Jacob Böhme Gesellschaft.

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I. A Musicall Banquet.
Lute songs from around 1600.

Songs by John Dowland, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Johann Nauwach

The Schoole of Night
Maria Skiba – soprano
Frank Pschichholz – lute

English and Dutch music from the time of Jacob Böhme

Compositions of John Dowland (1563-1626), Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

24 August 2024, 19.00 , Literaturhaus Alte Synagoge, Langenstr. 24, Görlitz

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II. Manfred Stahnke (*1951)

„…wohlgestimmte gebärende Harmoney“

Annäherungen an Jacob Böhme

im Auftrag der Jacob Böhme-Gesellschaft e.V. in Görlitz und The Schoole of Night

The Schoole of Night
Maria Skiba – soprano and synthesizer | Dymitr Olszewski – viola | Johannes Launer – trombone | Frank Pschichholz – electric guitar and artistic direction

7 September 2024, 19.00, Nikolaikirche, Görlitz

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III. Angelus Silesius and the Legacy of Jacob Böhme

The Songs and Texts from Angelus Silesius (1624-1677),  Joseph Georg (1620-1668)

Heilige Seelen=Lust (Breslau, 1657/1668)

The Schoole of Night
Maria Skiba – soprano
Frank Pschichholz – theorbo

11 October 2024, 18.00, Dom Kultury in Zgorzelec

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IV. Renaissance Dark Wave Night

The Schoole of Night
Maria Skiba – soprano and synthesizer | Frank Lehmann – bass | Thomas Fräntzki – percussion | Frank Pschichholz – lute, electric guitar and artistic direction

D-Jane Melanie

21 December 2024, Kulturbahnhof, Görlitz, admission from 19.00

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Jacob Böhme und Angelus Silesius

The Schoole of Night

Maria Skiba & Frank Pschichholz

Concert in the Freie Waldorfschule Görlitz „Jacob Böhme“

20 March 2025