• Recording of John Dowland’s The Third Booke of Songs (1603)

    Photos: E.P and Maria Skiba Between 7–10 July 2025, The Schoole of Night met at the Christuskirche in Görlitz to record John Dowland’s complete Third Booke of Songs (1603). This marks the fourth recording of Dowland’s complete songbooks. Our Dowland recording library now includes:

  • Rehearsals of the Third Booke of Songs of John Dowland

    On Monday, June 30 we started the rehearsals for the recording of John Dowland’s entire Third Booke of Songs (1603). The Third Booke is a tale of love and death, courtly intrigues and great politics. It is a farewell to Elizabeth I and Essex. The recording is planned for next week.

  • The Second Booke of Songs

    Frank Pschichholz working on his dissertation. On June 20 he had his doctoral examination. It is done. The Second Booke of Songs and the Earl of Essex.

  • Für die Unsrigen – ein Impuls | In Memoriam Ronald Steckel

    On 11 April 2025, the opening of an exhibition dedicated to the Jacob Böhme Contemporary Artists’ Association (Jakob Böhme Bund) took place in Dom Kultury in Zgorzelec. This exhibition is a tribute to Ronald Steckel, who was a member of the association and also a great inspiration for all artists. Ronald passed away in June…

  • Jacob Böhme and Angelus Silesius in March 2025

    Jacob Böhme und Angelus Silesius The Schoole of Night Maria Skiba & Frank Pschichholz Concert in the Freie Waldorfschule Görlitz „Jacob Böhme“ 20 March 2025

  • Retrospective of the Jacob Böhme Year 2024

    The year 2024 was a special year in Görlitz, we celebrated the 400th anniversary of the death of the German mystic and philosopher Jacob Böhme. There were many events commemorating Böhme, and we also contributed our share to the musical side of the celebrations.

  • Renaissance Dark Wave Night in December

    On December 21 The Schoole will perform at Gleis 1 – KulTourPunkt at the train station (Bahnhof) in Görlitz. 19.00 Photo : Sascha Röhricht In the programme you will find the lute songs of John Dowland followed by our dark wave programme – songs written by Frank Pschichholz to the texts of John Donne, John…

  • Jacob Böhme Memorial Festival Görlitz / Zgorzelec

    17 November 2024 13.00, Gleis 1 – KulTourPunkt im Bahnhof Görlitz The Schoole of Night at the Jacob Böhme Memorial Festival in Görlitz / Zgorzelec “Böhme & Kafka – Zwei aus der Zeit gefallene Herren” – Stage readings with compositions of contemporary and classical music Frank Pschichholz, Maria Skiba & Hans Narva 14.30 Nikolaikirche, Bogstraße…

  • Concert in Miejski Dom Kultury in Zgorzelec

    Friday 11.10.2024 at 18.00 in Miejski Dom Kultury in Zgorzelec The Schoole will perform a programme with a choice of songs from Angelus Silesius’ Heilige Seelen=Lust (1657/68). Heilige Seelen=Lust a collection of religious and spiritual songs / poems, the music for which was composed by Georg Joseph, a composer associated with the bishop’s court in…

  • Manfred Stahnke’s ‘…wohlgestimmete gebärende Harmoney…’ on 7 September 2024 in the Nikolaikirche in Görlitz

    On 7 September 2024 The Schoole of Night will perform the composition of Manfred Stahnke ‘…wohlgestimmete gebärende Harmoney…’ The composition was comissioned by The Schoole of Night and The Internationale Jacob Böhme Gesellschaft in 2018. It is designed for the special acoustics of the Nikolaikirche in Görlitz and it provides the listener and the performer…