Agenda
Musiksommer Markranstädt and the further concerts
at St. Laurentius Markranstädt
Saturday
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,-
Saturday
25 April 2026
4:00 pm
Opening Concert
with
the Leipziger Synagogalchor
Falk Hoffmann (tenor)
Ulrich Vogel (organ/piano)
Entrance fee: Euro 20,-
Saturday
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)
The band name is a promise. Using loop techniques and clever arrangements, the two musicians create an unexpectedly full band sound. Stylistically, ‘Mehr Als Wir’ blend pop, jazz, EDM and acoustic world music. Despite various detours into the seriousness of life, the band’s music is simply joyful. The pieces are full of twists and surprises. Like images on photographic paper in a darkroom, their songs develop – and linger.
‘Mehr Als Wir’ make instrumental music. But not without telling the stories behind the pieces – some of them opulent – and painting them acoustically at their concerts.
Entrance fee: Euro 10,-
Past events:
Saturday
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)
Saturday
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
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Overture to the opera ‘Don Giovanni’
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy – Concerto for violin, piano and orchestra
Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 5 in B flat major D 485
Saturday
24 May 2025
4:00 pm
Spring concert
One cello – 12 cellists?!
A concert for
cello, looping and electronics
with
Christoph Schenker (Leipzig)
A concert that does not take place within a purely classical framework, as Christoph Schenker plays and creates live pieces with a loop station, various effects and electronic amplification that go far beyond the sound of a solo cello.
As CELLORAZADE, with duo partner Sascha Werchau, he has already thrilled the Musiksommer audience – now new sound experiences in his solo performance.
more at www.christophschenker.de
Friday
22 August 2025
7:30 pm
Guest concert
Guest concert
SOMMERTÖNE Festival 2025
performed by
Trio Zadig (Paris)
(piano, cello, violin)
pieces by Rafael Cátalas, Clara Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
sommertoene.de
Saturday
23 August 2025
4:00 pm
Summer concert 2
Malte Vief’s
‘KAMMER’
Still waters are Vief
with
Malte Vief
(composition and guitar)
and accompaniment by
Florian Mayer (violin)
Powerful musical movements, yet even, sometimes meditative-repititive and – what is particularly pleasantly unusual – inexhaustibly eventful.
Accompanied by cello and violin, Malte Vief’s KAMMER is precision work. Reflective, creative and once again as innovative as sow, the sky is brought down to earth rather than flown away from it with wonderfully touching and surprising melodies and nuances.
The true and beautiful.
further information on maltevief.de
Monday
13 October 2025
4:00 pm
Introduction to the Conclusion concert
Introduction to the Conclusion concert
with
musicologist Thomas Kauba
in the ‘Weißbach House’
Saturday
20 September 2025
4:00 pm
Autumn concert
„Retrospective“
Concert for clarinet and organ
performed by
Alexander May (clarinet)
and
Frank Lehmann (organ)
Saturday
18 October 2025
4:00 pm
Conclusion concert
Joseph Haydn – ‘The Seasons’
Oratorio for soloists, choir and orchestra Hob. XXI:3
Anna Hempel (soprano),
Kim Schrader (tenor),
Gotthold Schwarz (bass),
Markranstädt church choir and guests,
Orchestra ‘Laurentius’,
Conductor: Frank Lehmann
Sunday
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
Saturday
15 November 2025
4:00 pm
Markranstädt Autumn concerts
“The moon has risen”
Concert for violin and organ
performed by
Conrad Suske (violin)
and
Frank Lehmann (organ)
Wednesday
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
Advance sale of tickets
- at flower shop “Helianthus”: Leipziger Straße 33, 04420 Markranstädt, Phone: +49 34205 87393,
- at parish office: Schulstraße 9, 04420 Markranstädt, Phone: +49 34205 83244
- at “Markranstädter Dekostübchen”: Hordisstraße 3, 04420 Markranstädt, Phone: +49 34205 78634
- at “Musikalienhandlung M. Oelsner”: Schillerstraße 5, 04109 Leipzig, Phone: +49 341 9605656
- at “Ticketgalerie”: e. g. Hainstraße 1, 04109 Leipzig | free hotline 0800 2181050
online: www.ticketgalerie.de (Prices plus charges)
Free admission for Children up to the age of 14.
further informations
There is currently again a free choice of seats at our events. For selected concerts, early ticket purchase and seating is recommended.
Additional parking spots can be offered during concerts and other events at the market place next to the church.
Our church is heated during the cold season and the restrooms can be found underneath the steeple. In the “Weißbach-Haus” (parish rooms) we have a restroom which is also suitable for disabled.
Changes of program and/or the performing musicians and artists are not intended, nevertheless still possible. Please inform yourself at this website or through telephone enquiry about unplanned changes.
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