2023 Program
12.5. Friday | 17:00 | 20:00 | 100 min (intermission)
Opening Concert– Lautenliebe
It is hard to imagine an early music ensemble without the lute. But when does one ever get the opportunity to listen to the interplay between all the different members of the lute family? The Casulana Lute Consort provides just such a sound experience: With refined arrangements of French airs de cour, lively dances for various combinations of lutes, and transcriptions of polyphonic vocal music from the turbulent period around 1600, the four musicians make the magic of their instruments come alive.
26 | 13 EUR*
13.5. Saturday | 10:00 | 30 min
Tower Music
Every Saturday at market time, traditional tower music from Eichstätt's town hall resonates over the roofs of the city, enveloping the hustle and bustle of the market square in its radiant sounds. This year, Musikfest Eichstätt invites you on a journey through time: the early music ensemble Anima Shirvani takes over the tower music, with triumphant trombones presenting a centuries-old tradition in a new historical fashion.
free admission
13.5. Saturday | 11:30 | 70 min
Battle of the Giants
What is almost three meters long and "buzzes and bangs," shaking you to the core? The monstrous bombardone, or great bass shawm, was still to be found in large churches until the 18th century.
22 | 11 EUR*
13.5. Saturday | 15:00 | 30 min
Guided tour of the historic Hofgarten
Enjoy the union of natural idyll and Baroque splendor in Eichstätt's Hofgarten, and learn interesting facts about the history and development of this ornate, 18th-century botanical garden.
free admission
13.5. Saturday | 16:00 | 60 min
Amasque - Hofgarten Serenade
In the Muschelpavillon of the Hofgarten, the four young musicians of the ensemble Amaconsort stage a veritable birdsong chorus of our amorous, feathered friends of springtime. Works by Robert Johnson, Thomas Campion and Thomas Weelkes, among others, invite listeners to linger, and perhaps enjoy a picnic in the noble greenery.
free admission
13.5. Saturday | 19:00 | 110 min (intermission)
The Well-Tempered Consort – J. S. Bach and the Magic of Polyphony
"Well-tempered" – Johann Sebastian Bach rightly springs to mind when one hears this term. Laurence Dreyfus and his ensemble Phantasm have recorded selected keyboard works in a version for viol consort, receiving the highest praise from specialist press for this enchanting interpretation. In addition to the preludes and fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Phantasm presents works from Bach's organ preludes and Clavier-Übung collection.
26 | 13 EUR*
14.5. Sunday | 11:50 | 70 min
BR-Tafel-Confect
Join us as the Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR-Klassik) broadcasts the Sunday early music program Tafel-Confect live from the Spiegelsaal in Eichstätt. Our international guests show off their skills and provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse of performing and researching early music.
18 | 9 EUR*
14.5. Sunday | 14:30 | 50 min
Family concert - Messing Up or Messing Around?
Messing up or messing around? What does that actually mean in music? In any case, it is a question of the rules of the game, of which there are so many ... Actor and percussionist Tobias Dutschke and violinist Emmanuelle Bernard lightheartedly demonstrate how playful music can be, and what it means when you disregard the rules and mess around with expectations and conventions.
12 | 6 EUR*
14.5. Sunday | 15:00 | 70 min
Madame d'amours – The Golden Age of the Renaissance Transverse Flute Consort
Despite its outward simplicity, the Renaissance transverse flute is capable of dazzling virtuosity. The enchanting sound of the Renaissance flute consort was loved all over Europe in the 16th century, and its enormous popularity is evidenced by historical iconography showing the instrument in the hands of shepherds, nobles, soldiers, and kings. The Attaignant Consort presents music from the golden age of the Renaissance flute with works published by its namesake Pierre Attaignant, from the courts of Henry VIII, and from the House of Habsburg.
24 | 12 EUR*
14.5. Sunday | 18:00 | 25 min
The Legacy of Gabrieli - Guided Tour of the Rebdorf Monastery
A short walk through the building complex of the Rebdorf Monastery gives new insights into both the history of the former Augustinian monastery and the work of the architect Gabriel de Gabrieli. An optimal preparation for the final concert of the festival.
free admission
14.5. Sunday | 19:00 | 120 min (intermission)
Final Concert – La Festa della Salute
The end of the plague in 1631 was a great liberation for the inhabitants of the city of Venice. They celebrated with a pompous festa della salute and were finally able to look towards the future with optimism again. For the final concert of the 10th Musikfest Eichstätt, the Lautten Compagney Berlin and the Belgian vocal ensemble Vox Luminis join in jubilation, with compositions by Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Rigatti, and other Venetian composers.
30 | 15 EUR*
18 | 9 EUR*
*Discounts for children, pupils, and university students.
Entry: 30 minutes before the start.
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