The week before. Wittenberg Festival for the Anniversary of the Reformation and Renaissance Music Festival, October 2017

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1 The week before Wittenberg Festival for the Anniversary of the Reformation and Renaissance Music Festival, 20 ober 2017 In the days leading up to the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his 95 Theses to the door of Castle Church, outstanding events will be staged for visitors and residents of Lutherstadt Wittenberg. And with an extensive series of concerts, exhibitions, public talks and a medieval spectacle, there s truly something for everyone! The festivities will culminate on ober with the 12th Wittenberg Renaissance Music Festival held under the banner of Father of Songs Martin Luther and his Music. Featuring special church services, a state ceremony and celebratory concerts, the town will commemorate how the Reformation began in 1517 in Wittenberg and changed the entire world. Information on all the concerts and events of the 12th Wittenberg Renaissance Music Festival (subject to alteration) Date and time Place Event Fri 20 Oct A Mighty Fortress Is Our God opening concert of the Wittenberg Renaissance Music Festival featuring Wittenberger Hofkapelle 25 /20 Fri 20 Oct Luther House Martin Luther: Subject and Free Spirit A Lutheran Reformation programme The play will show how the monk and son of a leaseholder of copper mines unintentionally divided the church and invented both High German (for the sake of general intelligibility) and self-determined faith. Play produced by Dein Theater; 10 /8 2pm Courtyard of Leucorea An Apple called Martin Luther Presentation of 95 apple trees of the variety named after Martin Luther to subscribers :00 Uhr Dance music from the Renaissance from Germany and Scotland featuring Praetorius Consort Wittenberg Concert in the Wittenberg Renaissance Music Festival

2 Date and time Place Event St Mary s Town Church The Beast Can Swim At Luther s Long Table Premiere of the musical theatre project by the Children s Choir of Leipzig Opera and the Michael Praetorius Youth Orchestra, libretto by Tobias Rohe Concert in the Wittenberg Renaissance Music Festival (For children aged 6+) 20 /15 Art studio, Schlossstr. 1 Network Reformation: The reformatory and religious language of Cranach s studio Public talk by Professor Josef Walch Luther House Katharina von Bora The profession of Mrs Luther Play by Dein Theater mit Gesine Keller 10 /8 9pm Centre on Schlossplatz Wittenberg Night Tales with Captain Johann A historical guided tour (booking advisable) 10 /6 22 Oct 5pm In the Midst of Life Concert in the Wittenberg Renaissance Music Festival featuring Lautten Compagney and Calmus Ensemble 25 /20 Mon 23 Oct Luther House Musica, for Pleasure and Joy Concert in the Wittenberg Renaissance Music Festival featuring the B-Five Recorder Consort 15 /10 OrgelPunkt12 30 minutes of organ music featuring Steven Hoffmann, USA 5pm Cranach-Hof Markt 4 and Schlossstr. 1 Schlag auf Schlag In Quick Succession The adventures of the Abrafaxe with Luther and Cranach etc. Exhibition opening with original drawings 6.30pm Luther House The Printing of the 95 Theses in Leipzig in 1517 Public talk by Mirko Gutjahr Catholic Church Hildegard of Bingen Concert in the Wittenberg Renaissance Music Festival featuring VocaMe Wed 25 Oct Melanchthon House Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon: Scenes from a relationship Melanchthon reading with musical accompaniment by Thomas Höhne and Christoph Sommer on Renaissance lutes 15 /10 Thu 26 October OrgelPunkt12 30 minutes of organ music featuring Steven Hoffmann, USA Fri 27 Oct Stadthaus Dolcissima Speranza A mystery play about music s power of hope Concert in the Wittenberg Renaissance Music Festival featuring I Confidenti from Potsdam 20 /15

3 Date and time Place Event 28 Oct From 1pm Old Town Hall Exhibition of musical instruments during the Wittenberg Renaissance Music Festival 28 Oct Now shineth the sun with golden glow Concert in the Wittenberg Renaissance Music Festival featuring The Muses Fellows 28 Oct Old Town Hall Historical ball featuring all improvviso 30 /25 29 Oct 6pm Centre on Schlossplatz Nocturnal Eroticism The art of culinary seduction (booking required) Oct Art studio at Cranach-Hof Lute Music from the Renaissance to Baroque Concert in the Wittenberg Renaissance Music Festival featuring Rolf Lislevand 15 /10 / Mon Mon/ 29/30 Oct Protestant Academy 2017: The Beginning, not the End Luther seminar by Dr Alf Christophersen 30/ Market Square Market spectacle celebrating the Reformation Unique historical atmosphere conjured up on and around the Market Square by stalls featuring craftsmen, merchants and purveyors of food and drink as well as plenty of musicians and jugglers Mon 30 Oct 10pm Luther House The Night Before: A musical journey through 1517 in Wittenberg Featuring Wittenberger Hofkapelle and Dr Stefan Rhein 30 /25 Mon/ 30/ Schlossplatz and Market Square lutherleuchtet 2017 Light installation and concert performance by Ingo Bracke 8am Church service in English conducted by Reverend Dr Robert Moore and with a sermon by Reverend Dr Rafael Malpica-Padilla (both from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) 10am 10.15am St Mary s Town Church and All Saints Church Courtyard of Leucorea, Collegienstr. 62 Church services marking Reformation Day With Bishop Ilse Junkermann and Dr Johannes Block (Town Church), Dr Margot Kässmann, ambassador of the Reformation anniversary (), and Pastor Friedrich Schorlemmer (courtyard of Leucorea) 11am 1pm 2pm Centre on Schlossplatz Public guided tours special times A walk through the historical old town from (Castle Church) via the two Cranach-Hofs, the Market Square and St Mary s Town Church to Melanchthon House. The tour will end after 90 minutes at Luther House (outdoor tour only) Booking required 7 /4 Cranach House Markt 4 Cranach s World Tour of the exhibition and the Cranach-Hofs

4 Date and time Place Event 12.30pm Art studio at Cranach-Hof Luther the Man Hey, Luther, the Reformation s still underway! Public talk marking Reformation Day by Dr Friedrich Schorlemmer 8 1pm, 2.30pm Bugenhagen Hall Luther s Top 5 Ideas The essential truths of the Reformation you need to know Public talks by the Lutheran World Federation: Andrew Wilson, Minneapolis: Luther the Hiker: The real story of Luther s longest walk to Rome (and a 21st century couple who set out to re-create it) pm Exerzierhalle TV screening of the commemorative service from and the ceremony at Stadthaus in Exerzierhalle (next to the New Town Hall) 2.30pm Prelude with choir and wind instruments 3 4pm Church service with live transmission from Castle Church 4 5pm Reformation coffee time and conclusion of the campaign Theses for pmr Live transmission of the ceremony from Stadthaus. Doors open at 2pm 5pm Catholic Church Concert in the Wittenberg Renaissance Music Festival featuring Lorenz Duftschmid and Rolf Lislevand 4pm Bugenhagen Hall Luther for Beginners Public talk by Dr Johannes Block, the pastor of St Mary s Town Church pm Festival of Hymns Hymns from 500 years since the Reformation Listen and join in! Featuring Valparaiso University Chorale (USA) and various wind players from the Protestant Church of Central Germany 6.30pm St Mary s Town Church Here I Stand and Sing! Concert marking Reformation Day including compositions by Bach and Mendelssohn Performed by Wittenberg Choir, soloists and orchestra Conductor: Cantor Heike Mross-Lamberti 28 / 14 / 9, concessions 5 (+49 (0) ) 5 Nov Final concert of the Wittenberg Renaissance Music Festival featuring Valparaiso University Chorale and Leipzig Baroque Orchestra 25 /20 Guided tours of Lutherstadt Wittenberg (booking required) Monday to Friday 10am, 2pm, //holiday 11am, 2pm, Centre Schlossplatz 2 The public walking tour of the historical part of Lutherstadt Wittenberg goes from to Luther House. Discover Cranach s houses, the Market Square with the Old Town Hall dating back to the Renaissance, and the UNESCO World Heritage Sites Luther House, Melanchthon House, Castle Church and Town Church 1½ outdoor tour from Castle Church to Luther House 7 /4

5 Exhibitions (selection) Opening hours Venue Title 9am 6pm daily Stadthaus Unholy Images Religious cartoons today Outdoor display in the courtyard 9am 6pm Luther House Luther! 95 People 95 Treasures National exhibition 9am Stadthaus (courtyard) Eye to Eye Open-air exhibition with 25 panels by Ulrike Kirchner on the exterior wall of Arsenal multi-storey carpark 10am Castle, south wing Because love grows by works of love, man thereby becomes better Exhibition on Martin Luther s 44th thesis Christian Art Foundation 10am 6pm Asisi s Panorama Lutherstr. 42 Luther 1517, the 360 panorama by Yadegar Asisi 10am 5pm Christ s Church, west Wittenberg lutherart, the other Luther An exhibition of artists from Wittenberg 9am 6pm Mauerstr. 18 Monastery Church Historical Town Information Centre The former Franciscan monastery now contains a unique exhibition on the electoral history of Lutherstadt Wittenberg before the Reformation. 10m 6pm House of History Schlossstr. 6 Luther and the Other Reformer The depiction of Luther and Müntzer in East German history books in the 1980s Way Signs Time Signs Germans and Russians in everyday life in central Germany am 6pm Cranach-Hofs, town library, Bugenhagen House courtyard, Leucorea Tolerance and Dance of Death Network exhibition by the ALBA BLAU group of artists 10am 5pm Cranach House, Markt 4 Schlag auf Schlag In Quick Succession The Adventures of the Abrafaxe with Luther and Cranach etc. Mon Thu 8am 6pm Fri 8am New Town Hall, Bürgerbüro, Lutherstr. 56 Psalm 119, Words from the Bible in Pictures An exhibition by Marianne Schütze

6 Regular activities Thematic church services Held every Wednesday at from 31 May until 25 October at Town Church in connection with the world exhibition Organ music at the end of the week Town Church, every Friday at 6pm Regular church music at Castle Church Evensong every day at 5pm Music every urday at OrgelPunkt12, sdays and Thursdays Beer Fountain (market place) Wittenberg Beer Fountain every day from May Ur-Krostitzer from the anniversary jug CLACK Theatre in the heart of town Live comedy, Markt 1 On board the MS Wittenberg Pleasure cruises along the Elbe aboard the MS Wittenberg Children s church services Every day from 9.45 to 11.30am from 4 June to 24 September in the art studio at Cranach-Hof Schlossstr. 1 (Godly Play) Stories for Life Every Thursday from 1 June to 7 September pm Religious education activities for children, Godly Play Room in Cranach-Hof pm Stories of Life Religious education activities for adults, Godly Play Room in Cranach-Hof Experience history up close and visit the original sites of the reformation in Lutherstadt Wittenberg with your Audio Guide. Plan your individual tour to the Castle Church, Cranach Houses and Cranach Courtyards, Town Church St. Mary, Melanchthon House, Luther House, the Panorama Luther 1517 and many more sights of Wittenberg. Be inspired! Duration: within the opening hours of the Tourist-Information Lutherstadt Wittenberg, opposite the Castle Church Languages: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish Costs: 7 per Audio-Guide Lutherstadt Wittenberg Marketing GmbH Geschäftsstelle Markt 4, Lutherstadt Wittenberg Tel.: +49 (0) Fax: +49 (0) marketing@wittenberg.de Centre at Schlossplatz 2, Lutherstadt Wittenberg Tel: +49 (0) Fax: +49 (0) info@lutherstadt-wittenberg.de

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