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Moritzburg FestivalMoritzburg Festival, under the leadership of the cellist and Echo Classic prize-winner Jan Vogler has established itself as one of the most important chamber music festivals in the world. In August 2008 the Moritzburg Festival Academy again invites music students from all over the world to rehearse and perform international chamber music works with internationally acclaimed soloists of the Moritzburg Festival. Contemporary music has a special place in this. The concerts take place in such charming venues as the Baroque Moritzburg Castle and Proschwitz Castle near Meissen. Tickets:
25th Torgau Festival of Church Music Dates: Torgau is considered to be the cradle of Protestant church music, thanks to the composer and choirmaster Johann Walter. It was he who in the period of the Reformation created the Protestant chorale. The jubilee festival is celebrated in the Castle Church and the town church of St Mary’s in the historical center of Torgau. It starts with the 16th Torgau Organ Night on 15 June, when the organists Kalevi Kiviniemi (Finland), Matthias Eisenberg and Ekkehard Saretz show their respect to the musical tradition, playing on the three-manual organ made by Schuster & Sohn. Other concerts are given by the Academy for Ancient Music, Berlin, and the Choir of the College of Church Music, Halle. Information:
Villa TeresaDates: 29 .10 .2008 02 .11 .2008 18 .11 .2008 23 .11 .2008 24 .11 .2008 13 .12 .2008 17 .12 .2008 19 .12 .2008 24 .12 .2008 31 .12 .2008 The former home of pianist and composer Eugen d’Albert (1864–1932), a scholar of Franz Liszt, is well-known for its thematic series connecting music and literature. Prominent actors from Berlin’s Deutsches Theater and Dresden’s Schauspielhaus read ‘Jewels of World Literature’. Tickets:
Weesenstein Castle Figures of angels making music decorate the organ in the castle chapel, the showpiece of Weesenstein Castle in the romantic Müglitz Valley and one of the most important sacred buildings of the late Baroque period in Saxony. The figures bear witness to a musical tradition started by the von Bünau family, who back in the 16th and 17th centuries maintained a court chapel from which such outstanding musicians as Andreas Hammerschmidt and Daniel Selichius emerged. Following this tradition, famous musical events invite visitors to Weesenstein Castle today. The Castle Chapel Concerts with predominantly ancient music are a highlight. Information:
New Elbland Philharmonic This orchestra of 50 musicians came into being when the traditional Elbland Philharmonic Orchestra of Saxony in Riesa merged with Pirna Symphony Orchestra. It performs about 150 times a year. The trademark of the New Elbland Philharmonic, in addition to its organizational flexibility, is its very large repertoire, ranging from operetta to big classical symphonic works, via many other forms of concerts and projects of contemporary music. Tickets:
Concerts in the Exhibition Hall of the Meissen State Porcelain ManufactoryDuring the day, visitors from all over the world admire precious porcelain from three centuries in the Exhibition Hall of Meissen State Porcelain Manufactory. When in the evening the museum is transformed into a concert hall with a unique atmosphere, music-lovers can look forward to musical highlights. Famous musicians, excellent acoustics, the exclusive atmosphere of the Exhibition Hall and the only organ in the world with pipes made from Meissen porcelain make the concerts memorable artistic events. Tickets:
Festival of Sandstone and Music Dates: The Festival of Sandstone and Music in Saxon Switzerland and the eastern Ore Mountains is taking place for the 15th time. The theme this year is ‘Discoveries’ and visitors are again entertained in unusual venues. The vineyard of Wackerbarth Castle in Radebeul, Pesterwitz Vineyard near Dresden, the Marie-Luise Mine in Berggiesshübel or the mill and bakery of Bärenhecke in the Müglitz Valley are examples of venues which are new to the Sandstone and Music program. For some concerts, venues were chosen along the ‘Painter’s Path’, a hiking path opened in 2006.
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Landesbühnen Sachsen Theater
The largest traveling repertory theater in Saxony was founded in 1945. In an annual total of almost 700 events, it offers theater in all its forms and sounds – in its home in Radebeul, on the most beautiful open-air stage in Europe, Rathen Open-Air Theater, and in the most beautiful open-air concert hall, the Zwinger in Dresden.
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Music at the Courts of the Landed Gentry of Meissen
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Midsummer Ball at Wackerbarth Castle
The Saxon State Winery at Wackerbarth Castle just outside Dresden entices its visitors with its wine and sparkling wine, the production of which can be admired in an ultra-modern transparent production facility, and which can be tried in wine-tastings.The Midsummer Ball is one of the highlights among many events. In a historical atmosphere the audience is spoiled with classical music and culinary delights.
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Rathen Open-Air TheaterOn Europe’s most beautiful open-air stage in the Saxon Switzerland National Park, south of Dresden, the steep sandstone walls form the backdrop for the Landesbühnen Sachsen Theater’s performances of drama, concerts, musicals, operas and operettas. June 2007 sees a new production of ‘The Flying Dutchman’ by the famous Saxon composer Richard Wagner. Rathen Open-Air Theater is also the oldest setting for plays based on the novels of the Saxon writer Karl May, whose wild-west adventures are world-famous. New in 2007 is ‘Treasure of Silver Lake’. In addition, and alongside various fairy-tales, the program also features classics like Weber’s ‘Freischütz’ (which was inspired by this dramatic landscape), Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer-Night’s Dream’ and Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’.
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