December 31, 2022, 9 p.m., Castle Church
New Year's Eve concert with saxophone and organ
Sonorous or gentle, symphonic or solo, from baroque to contemporary, all this promises the charming combination of saxophone and organ. Castle church cantor Thomas Herzer and saxophonist Frank Liebscher from Leipzig make the castle church ring with music on New Year's Eve.
The program includes the famous and virtuoso D minor Toccata by J.S. Bach, the sonorous Suite Gothique by Leon Boellmann, the tender Romance in G major by Johan Severin Svendson, the Hungarian dance Czardas by Vittorio Monti and the timeless music "Spiegel im Spiegel" by Arvo Pärt. All these works can be heard in arrangements for organ and saxophone.
Admission is €15 and €10 reduced. Children up to and including 12 years get free admission.
Due to the high demand, we strongly recommend purchasing tickets in advance
: www.schlosskirche-wittenberg.de, www.reservix.de, Tourist Information Wittenberg and all reservix ticket agencies
The current church tower was originally a residential tower for the princes, like the south tower, but was badly damaged in the Seven Years' War in 1760 and then converted into a church tower and bell tower by adding two floors made of wood with copper cladding. These wooden parts burned after being bombarded again in the war in 1813. The Prussian military turned the remaining tower stump into a cannon bastion.