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Sunday, 10 March 2024,  4:00
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Sounding art – concert with the handbell ensembles of the castle church

March 10 | 4 p.m

Visitor Center, Wittenberg Castle

Free entry | Collection at the exit

The next concert in the SchlossMusik series will take place on Sunday, March 10th at 4 p.m. Both handbell ensembles from the castle church make music in the exhibition rooms of the visitor center in Wittenberg Castle. The vault and the wide castle walls of the visitor center provide special acoustics for the instruments cast from bronze from the USA, where each player in the ensemble plays two to four bells in their hands using different techniques. The chimes, metal rods with a light, floating sound, complement and expand the sound space of the handbells in a concert. The exhibition rooms of the visitor center not only offer special acoustics, but also some valuable and impressive works of art, including the antependium of Danish Queen Margaret and two Cranach portraits of Luther and Melanchthon. Alternating with the music, Dr. Hanna Kasparick in these works of art. In order to fully experience the works of art and the exhibition rooms, the program walks through the rooms. A few seats will be provided for those who need it. Cantor Sarah Herzer is the musical director.

Location Castle Church

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In the entrance hall, two large sandstone relief panels stand upright on the west wall of the church. They date from the 14th century and were originally the cover panels of two tombs in the church of the Franciscan monastery in the north of the city. In 1537, the panels were transferred to the castle church. The left panel shows the Ascanian Elector Rudolf II (r. 1356-1370) in knight's armor. The coat of arms on his shield identifies him as Duke of Saxony, the crossed swords above his head is the symbol of the Saxon electoral dignity. Next to him stands his wife Elisabeth in the simple garment of a widow. According to the inscription, she died three years after him (1373).

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