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
After a break, we invite you to return to St. Laurentius Church for the Passiontide concert on 22 March 2025. We will then open the 25th season of our concerts with Franz Schubert’s ‘Winter Journey’.
Look forward with us to the 25th Markranstädter Musiksommer.
The upcoming concerts of the anniversary music summer can be found under ‘Agenda’.
Online pre-sales have started and tickets will be available at Markranstädt’s local ticket agencies from mid-March.
We would be delighted to welcome you back to St Laurentius.
Until then, have a good time.
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”. The start of advance ticket sales will be announced.
22 March 2025 // 4:00 pm
Concert in the Passiontide
Franz Schubert
«The Winter Journey» op. 89, D 911
for voice and piano
Gotthold Schwarz (baritone)
Stefan Kordes (piano)
Entrance fee: Euro 15,-
26 April 2025 // 4:00 pm
Opening concert
Anniversary concert
25th Markranstädter Musiksommer
Rolf-Dieter Arens on his 80th birthday
Prof. Rolf-Dieter Arens (piano)
Prof. Andreas Hartmann (violin)
Laurentius Orchestra
Conductor: Frank Lehmann
Entrance fee: Euro 18,-
24 May 2025 // 4:00 pm
Spring concert
One cello – 12 cellists?!
A concert for
cello, looping and electronics
with
Christoph Schenker (Leipzig)
Entrance fee: Euro 10,-
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.
