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) on 15 November, we approached the Markranstädt Christmas concerts, which were kicked off by the traditional Christmas Oratorio on the third Sunday of Advent.
Our 25th concert season came to a close with the New Year’s Eve concert, which was entitled ‘Organ Fireworks’ and featured organist Joachim Thoms, who travelled to us from Berlin.
We would be delighted to welcome you back to Markranstädt in 2026.
Until then, we wish you a happy and blessed New Year.
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 2026 events.
Information on the 2026 events and the advance ticket sales will follow soon under “Agenda”.
24 January 2026 // 7:00 pm
Pink Floyd Tribute Concert
perfomed by the
Pink-Floyd-Coverband
„Battersea Bowl“
from Erfurt
Video, Light and Laser:
Alexander Goldstein
Box office only! | Entrance fee: Euro 10,- | Children and young people up to 16 years of age: Euro 3,-
25 April 2026 // 4:00 pm
Opening Concert
with
the Leipziger Synagogalchor
Falk Hoffmann (tenor)
Ulrich Vogel (organ/piano)
Entrance fee: Euro 20,-
30 May 2026 // 4:00 pm
Spring concert
performed by
Mehr Als Wir
Matthias Ehrig (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, stompbox)
and
Andreas Uhlmann (trombone, flugelhorn, beatbox, synthesizer)
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.
