Ælbgut & Capella Jenensis

V29 | Karmette III

Saturday

19.04.25 at 21:00 Uhr

Thuringia

Weimar - Jakobskirche

Thuringia

Weimar - Jakobskirche

entrance fee

25 € | 35 € (PACKAGE Carmettes I-III: 90 €)

Pay what you can! (discounted)

In 2025, the Thuringian Bach Weeks are organizing the first pre-Easter Carmette Concerts - three concerts with three liturgical sections by three composers in three cities in Thuringia: Gotha, Erfurt and Weimar. The focus is on the Lamentations of Jeremiah by Johann Rosenmüller, Old Testament texts about the destroyed Jerusalem, which were understood as an analogy to the suffering and death of Jesus Christ. The Lamentatio is complemented by motets and sacred songs in German by Heinrich Schütz and contemporaries and ends with the corresponding responsory by Jan Dismas Zelenka. According to the occasion, the carmettes are gradually reduced and take place an hour later each day, so that on Saturday they end a cappella with a four-part “Christus factus est”.

Karmette I
Holy Thursday, April, 17th
Erfurt | Kaufmannskirche | 7pm

Karmette II
Good Friday, April, 18th
Gotha | Schlosskirche | 8pm

Karmette III
Good Saturday, April, 19th
Weimar | Jakobskirche | 9pm

Artists

Ælbgut & Capella Jenensis

with four singers, organ

Works

Johann Rosenmüller
Lamentatio Ieremiae del Venerdì Santo for soprano and b.c.

Heinrich Schütz
Psalm from the Becker Psalter

Jan Dismas Zelenka
Responsorial III „Plange quasi virgo“

as well as organ works and sacred songs and motets from the Bach family by Samuel Scheidt, Georg Böhm and from the Altbach Archive

additional info

For historical reasons, this venue cannot be heated. Please bear this in mind when choosing your clothes.

>>> PACKAGE CARMETTES I-III

All three Carmette concerts are also available as a package for €90. The package ticket gives you access to all three concerts. We will always reserve the best seats in the premium category for you on site.

Show overview

event location

Jakobskirche
Rollplatz 4
99423 - Weimar - Thuringia

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