Markranstädter Musiksommer
at church St. Laurentius
We welcome you to the website of
Musiksommer Markranstädt
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I kindly welcome you at our homepage.
Markranstaedt is a rather small city in the western part of Saxony and counts about 15 000 inhabitants. Since 2001, we are delighted to offer a monthly concert program in the time between April and October. These various and popular concerts are performed in our brightly renovated church St. Laurentius, which is located directly at our market place. We offer concerts for orchestra, the organ as well as chamber musical events. One can reach our church easily by using public transport. During every concert sufficient parking possibilities are provided at the market place as well.
After the musical season of summer has come to an end, we continue in November with our concert at the day of Prayer and Repentance. Biyearly at this day, Mozart´s famous “Requiem” will be performed by soloists, our orchestra and the church choir.
We kindly invite you to join the highlight of musical Christmas atmosphere. Every year our church choir performs the unique Christmas Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach at the 3rd Advent.
Our concert at New Year´s Eve completes every year of musical preciousness. We would be joyful to see you visiting the church as well as our concerts.
Yours faithfully,
Frank Lehmann – church musician of St. Laurentius and conductor of the orchestra
Information about the Markranstädter Musiksommer an the further concerts
The 25th Markranstädter Musiksommer opened with an anniversary concert on 26 April.
In the four additional concerts, we presented a variety of musical treats and once again hosted the ‘Sommertöne’ festival in August this year.
The grand finale concert of our anniversary music summer on 18 October featured another special highlight with Joseph Haydn’s oratorio ‘The Seasons’.
Before the concert began, Pastor Michael Zemmrich thanked Frank Lehmann for the many efforts he and the numerous people involved behind the scenes have repeatedly invested in the success of this concert series.
With the autumn concert featuring Conrad Suske (violin) and Frank Lehmann (organ) having come to an end on 15 November, we are now approaching the Markranstädt Christmas concerts.
We cordially invite you to the traditional Christmas Oratorio on the third Sunday of Advent and the New Year’s Eve concert entitled ‘organ fireworks’ by Joachim Thoms from Berlin on the Kreutzbach organ.
We would be delighted to welcome you back in Markranstaedt.
Yours faithfully,
Pastor Michael Zemmrich
and Frank Lehmann, Church musician
upcoming events
We would be delighted to welcome you back to the St. Laurentius Church Markranstädt for our 2025 events.
Information on the 2025 events can be found under “Agenda”. Advance ticket sales are available for all our events.
14 December 2025 // 5:00 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach - Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
cantatas 1 to 3
Astrid Werner (soprano),
Dorothee Schlemm-Gál (alto),
Kim Schrader (tenor),
Diogo Mendes (bass),
Markranstädt church choir and guests,
orchestra ‘Laurentius’
conductor: Frank Lehmann
Entrance fee: Euro 25,-
31 December 2025 // 6:30 pm
New Year's Eve concert
An ‘organ firework’ at the end of the year
Improvisations on well-known melodies
performed by
Joachim Thoms (Berlin)
on the Kreutzbach organ
Entrance fee: Euro 15,-
Review
The organ
… at St. Laurentius Markranstädt
Our organ was built in 1886 and replaced the instrument built in 1617/18 by Heinrich Compenius the Younger.
The organ is in possession of two keyboards, a pedal, 24 stops and a swell and has been completely restored during the interior renovation of the church St. Laurentius in 2006/2007.
