• Manfred Stahnke’s piece for the Schoole in the Nikolaikirche in Görlitz

    On 20 July 2019 The Schoole performed the piece by Manfred Stahnke „…wohlgestimmte gebärende Harmoney“ Annäherungen an Jacob Böhme The piece was commissioned by The Schoole of Night and the International Jacob Böhme Society and it is designed specifically for the acoustics of the Nikolaikirche in Görlitz. 20 July 2019, 21.00 Nikolaikirche Görlitz

  • New composition by Manfred Stahnke for The Schoole

    Manfred Stahnke has written a piece for The Schoole of Night. The composition has been commissioned by The Schoole and the International Jakob Böhme Society and it is designed for the acoustic space of the Nikolaikirche (St. Nicolas’ Church) in Görlitz and it is based on the texts of Jakob Böhme. It is written for…

  • A Musicall Banquet

    The Schoole has just finished recording Robert Dowland’s A Musicall Banquet (1610). The CD will be produced together with Radio Bremen and DUX.  

  • Bella Discordia in the Semperoper in Dresden

    The ensemble Bella Discordia will perform a programme of music written for a female voice ‘La virtuosissima cantatrice’ with music of Barbara Strozzi, Francesca Caccini and Luzzascho Luzzaschi within the Semperoper concert series STIMMKUNST. 19 May 2018 19.00 Semper Zwei more under: https://www.semperoper.de/spielplan/stuecke/stid/Stimmkunst/61059.html  

  • All Souls’ literary evening with The Schoole of Night in Wrocław

    3 November 2017   Wrocławski Dom Literatury, 19.00 The Schoole will take part in the event “Zaduszki Literackie” (Literary All Souls’) in the Wrocław House of Literature (Wrocławski Dom Literatury). In the programme: Diederich von dem Werder’s  songs of consolation (Trostlieder, 1653) and John Dowland’s songs form The Second Booke of Songs (1600) .   starts…

  • The Second Booke at the Usedomer Musikfestival

    The Schoole of Night will perform the entire Second Booke of Songs or Ayres (1600) of John Dowland  during the Usedomer Musikfestival.   Sunday, 8.10.2017 at 11.30 in the telier Otto Niemeyer-Holstein | Lüttenort (Koserow) http://www.usedomer-musikfestival.de/index.php?id=99&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=327&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=263a35623272d33a565a3c6f1f86b387

  • Songs of the Reformation in Jarosław

    On 25 August 2017, The Schoole will perform the reformatory programme again. This time in Jarosław, Poland, in St. Nicolas Church, at 20.00, during the early music festival The Song of Our Roots. http://www.festiwal.jaroslaw.pl/pro/2017_pro_koncerty_pl.html

  • Songs of the Reformation in Summer 2017

    The Schoole has a number of concerts to perform with the programme containing the songs of the Reformation this summer. Here are some of them: 8 July 2017 Ev. Dorfkirche Schönfließ (Oberhavel) Dorfstraße 26, 16567 Mühlenbecker Land 9 July 2017 Kościół Matki Bożej Częstochowskiej w Słońsku plac Wolności 1, Sonnenburg/Słońsk, Poland 19 July 2017 ,…

  • In honour of Christian Weise

    On 30 April and 2 May 2017 The Schoole of Night performed concerts in honour of the 375th birthday of the German poet Chritian Weise, playing songs to his texts composed by Johann Krieger.   The Schoole of Night: Maria Skiba – soprano Michael Spiecker, Anette Rössel – violins; Claas Harders – viola da gamba;…

  • Songs of the Reformation in Görlitz

    February 19, 2017, Schlesisches Museum zu Görlitz, 17.00 (Entrance from the Fischmarktstraße) The Schoole of Night will present a programme with songs of the Reformation from the territory of Poland-Lithuania and Germany. Maria Skiba – soprano, Irene Klein – viol, Frank Pschichholz – lute and artistic direction Concert produced by Deutsches Kulturforum östliches Europa and…