Saturday, April 20th – 7:00 p.m. – Castle Church – choir concert “fides cantat”
In Wittenberg and many other places there were and are numerous events to mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant hymn book. Singing together is an important expression of Protestant piety and spirituality. The hymnal anniversary is not only an opportunity to look back on the impact of songs in the Reformation period, but also to write and sing current songs in text and music. To mark this occasion, we are inviting you to three special events in the castle church this year, where you can meet, listen to and sing with songwriters.
The duo Friedhelm Kasparick and Andreas Mücksch from the Pauluskirche in Halle will kick things off. Both surnames should sound familiar in Wittenberg, and that is no coincidence. Friedhelm Kasparick is the brother of the former provost Siegfried Kasparick, Andreas Mücksch is the nephew of the long-time city church cantor Klaus-Dieter Mücksch. Church music director Andreas Mücksch is the composer of numerous musicals and many new songs from and for community practice and for church meetings. Stylistically, he moves effortlessly in the areas of pop, rock and jazz. Friedhelm Kasparick is a pastor and poet of new song lyrics. It is important to both of them to compose and write a suitable song for every Sunday of the church year that refers to the biblical readings of the respective Sunday. Twenty of these new so-called weekly songs are to be presented in Wittenberg on the eve of the Sunday cantata, on April 27th at 5 p.m., as part of an open singing. They are musically accompanied by the composer himself on the piano, band members from the castle church community and cantor Sarah Herzer on the organ.