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Songs for Humanity and Democracy
To ensure a life of dignity, we need mutual respect and the shared protection of our environment. Individual freedom is inseparably linked to a healthy environment. Yet today, both a healthy planet and our democracy are under threat. Our shared struggle against fascism and for climate protection has always been accompanied by songs.
Back then—more than fifty years ago—we worried about dying forests (acid rain) and the dangers posed by nuclear power plants. We had songs for these causes, at first the English ones by Pete Seeger, but soon also our own. There were many leading voices like Walter Mossmann, Frank Baier, and others. And we all sang along. The collective singing of these powerful songs gave us strength to resist and courage to fight.
Today, with our "Songs for Humanity and Democracy," we aim to inspire a more conscious and deeper understanding of song as a tool in the fight against climate change and war—songs that speak to the singer themselves. "They should recognize themselves in the songs—with their problems, their fears, their joys. And with pleasure, for singing brings sensual well-being."
(Hein and Oss Kröher, These Are Our Songs, Büchergilde Gutenberg 1977)
So we sing and perform this program across generations: the poetic songwriter Manfred Maurenbrecher, the seasoned folk group Schnappsack (who doesn't know their "Raven Song"?), the young Düsseldorf band La Kejoca, making waves with their modern global folk sound, and the young Leipzig singer-songwriter Paula Linke, who has earned her place among the new wave of female songwriters.
15.3.25 Bochum, Kulturrat
28.3.25 Meißen, Theater
Dates for this year's Lüchterkark
Rudolstadt
La Kejoca with Jörg Fröse and Rolf Wagels at the Rudolstadt Festival! It was a wonderful experience to play at this great Festival!
Summer 2024
Spring 2024
La Kejoca goes baroque
La Kejoca is once again embarking on the path of baroque music. Keno will mainly conduct, but will also sing and play the organ in the Bach concerts, Jonas is concertmaster, i.e. he plays the first violin and leads the strings, and Carmen sings the alto solo part and takes part in the choir and ensemble. The three of them do this with the ensemble Collegium Frisia Vocalis, which was founded by Keno and consists of singers from the former Banter Kantorei Wilhelmshaven and former fellow students from the music degree programme. Under KMD Sturm, the singers of the Banter Kantorei enjoyed excellent vocal and musical training, so that most of the former members either became professional musicians themselves or never lost their love of singing.
We are therefore looking forward to two wonderful programmes, first the magnificent work Messiah by Handel, together with the large ensemble of choir and orchestra, and then the small ensemble with vocal quintet, string quintet, organ and theorbo. We are particularly pleased that Fernando Olivas will be back with the theorbo for both projects, having already enriched our ensemble on the Lüchterkark tour.
Bach concerts
At the centre is the famous 'Stabat Mater' by Pergolesi, which enjoyed such great popularity during Johann Sebastian Bach's lifetime that he made an arrangement as the psalm cantata 'Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden' BWV 1083, which is still very rarely performed today
The concert opens with the bass solo cantata 'Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen' sung by Keno Brandt and concludes with the popular Bach motet 'Jesu meine Freude', performed by a soloist.
The string ensemble will perform on historical instruments from Bach's time.
Lana Sophie Westendorf • Soprano 1
Bogna Bernagiewicz • Soprano 2
Carmen Bangert • Alto
Peter Jensen • Tenor & Organ
Jonas Rölleke • Violin 1
Jonas Liesenfeld • Violin 2
Zofia Zakrevska • Violin 3
Lea Hufschmidt • Viola
Frieder Ziemendorf • Violoncello
Fernando Olivas • Theorbo
Keno Brandt • Conductor
27.03.24 Church Jherings-Boekzetelerfehn • 19:30 Uhr
Tickets on sale at Moormerland-Tourismus or online at:
info@kultur-moormerland.de
29.03.24 Rellinger Church • 15:00 Uhr
Tickets on sale at Buchhandlung Lesestoff Rellingen or
online at: kantor@rellingerkirche.de
Tickets are available for 15 Euro (reduced 10 Euro) and at the box office.
Admission from 30 minutes before begin of concert.
Messiah
The work is one of the most important oratorios of the Baroque era - especially as the Hallelujah is probably one of the best-known pieces of music - and impresses with its powerful musical and dramatic depiction of the Christian story of salvation.
The popular masterpiece, as exciting as a concert opera for the church, already had prominent admirers in Handel's day: the English music writer Charles Burney, for example, described Messiah as a work that 'feeds the hungry, clothes the naked and raises the fatherless'. Beethoven enthused: 'Handel is the unrivalled master of all masters! Go and learn to produce something so great with such simple means!'
Tickets at: Kirchenbuero-sillenstede
e-mail: dbusma@kirchenserver.de
Tickets for 28€ (reduced 23€) in advance and €30 (reduced €25) at the box office (while stocks last).
Admission is on 24 March from 17:00
Winter 2023/24
Musik in d´' Lüchterkark
We are on tour again!
The 'Musik in d' Lüchterkark' has a long tradition and can now be experienced from Düsseldorf to Schleswig-Holstein. You can expect a unique wintry, festive musical journey in keeping with the season.
A varied programme with versatile musicians makes the churches resound, while the room is warmly lit by candles and lights.
This year we play for you::
Carmen Bangert - vocals, hurdy-gurdy, whistles, banjolele, bombo legüero
Keno Brandt - vocals, double bass, bodhrán, musical direction
Jonas Rölleke - vocals, violin
Albertus Akkermann - vocals, accordion
Jörg Fröse - vocals, mandolin, cittern, whistle, harmonica
Gerd 'Ballou' Brandt - vocals, guitar
new with us: Fernando Olivas - lute, baroque guitar, guitar
Special guest Manuel Bunger - guitar, vocals
www.lüchterkark.de
Summer 2023
It's going to be a hot summer with lots of music. Take a look at the calendar and hopefully we'll see you at one of our concerts.
We'll be playing at the Viking market in Bockhorn, the Sommer Sound in Gelsenkirchen and on Borkum for a week in the music pavilion on the promenade...
We'll be playing at the Viking market in Bockhorn, the Sommer Sound in Gelsenkirchen and on Borkum for a week in the music pavilion on the promenade...