VOX NOSTRA: Die Berliner Notre-Dame-Fragmente des 13. Jahrhunderts

In the organizer's words:

Sonorous chants from Paris, the cradle of polyphonic European vocal music

A musical treasure from the Berlin State Library is brought back to life by the soloist ensemble VOX NOSTRA, which specializes in music from the Middle Ages. The library holds numerous fragments of monophonic and polyphonic vocal music from the world-famous Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, which were discovered in 1993 when the music departments of the two parts of the city were merged. They contain sonorous compositions for one to three voices with motets, organa, conductus and songs with Latin and Old French texts from the time of the Parisian Magisters Leonin and Perotin. VOX NOSTRA under the direction of Burkard Wehner presents these chants to a broad public after more than 700 years.

The Berlin fragments are closely linked to two great names in Berlin music research who were formerly in possession of the fragments: Gustav Jacobsthal (* March 14, 1845 in Pyritz; † November 9, 1912 in Berlin) and Johannes Wolf (* April 17, 1869 in Berlin; † May 25, 1947 in Munich). Jacobsthal was a musicologist, university lecturer, choirmaster and composer. He was one of the music historians who scientifically researched the music of the Middle Ages at the end of the 19th century and made it accessible again.

Price information:

Tickets: €18, reduced €15 via eventim plus fees or at the Box Office. Free choice of seats.