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

2024 is the year of Jacob Böhme and The Schoole of Night has prepared four different programmes for this occasion. The concerts will be produced together with the Internationale Jacob Böhme Gesellschaft.

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I. 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)

11 October 2024, 18.00, Dom Kultury in Zgorzelec

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II. Manfred Stahnke (*1951)

„…wohlgestimmte gebärende Harmoney“

Annäherungen an Jacob Böhme

Sopran, Viola, Posaune, E-Gitarre und Orgel.

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

7 September 2024, Nikolaikirche, Görlitz

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III. In Darkness Let Me Dwell

English and Dutch music from the time of Jacob Böhme

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

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IV. John Donne Recomposed

New songs to the texts of the English poet John Donne (1572-1631)

22 December 2024, Kulturbahnhof, Görlitz