Marburg
The Kurhessen Kantorei under the direction of Church Music Director Uwe Maibaum performs the motet "Why is light given to the weary" Op. 74 No. 1 and "A German Requiem" Op. 45 in the version for soloists, piano four hands, timpani and choir.
Benefit Concert for Children from the Gaza Strip Tickets: €20 regular / €12 reduced Advance sales: Online at makefreedomring.co.uk or at the box office on site On this evening, internationally renowned Jewish, Palestinian, Arab, and interfaith artists will perform together on one stage — including Michael Barenboim, Arne Christian Pelz, and Natalia Pegarkova-Barenboim. Together they are sending a shared message: music connects where words often fall short, and brings into focus what truly matters — our indivisible humanity. Together with the initiative Make Freedom Ring, our Marburg initiative SEI EIN MENSCH! invites you to this very special concert. #### What this is fundamentally about: All proceeds from the evening and every additional donation will go directly to the project “Re-Move Kids” by *TERRA Projekte International e. V.* This will provide care for children injured by war from the Gaza Strip who have lost limbs — with individually fitted prostheses, medical rehabilitation, and long-term psychosocial support in Gaza or Amman. Around €4,500 already makes it possible to provide complete care for one child. You can find detailed insights into the aid project at TERRA Projekte International and directly at re-move-kids.de.
Elisabeth Church Choir Performs “Elijah” “Elijah,” premiered in Birmingham in 1846, is one of the composer’s most popular works and one of the most important works of the Romantic era. Mendelssohn tells the Old Testament story of the prophet Elijah with a dramatic force that has an extraordinary effect. It is no coincidence that this oratorio has been called Mendelssohn’s “unwritten opera.” The composer portrays Elijah as a strong, passionate man who fights against the pagan cult of Baal and stands up for the one God, Yahweh. At the climax of the drama, when rain finally falls after a devastating drought and God appears, fire falls from heaven, the mountains are torn apart, the sea hisses, and the earth trembles. But there are also passages that show Elijah as a doubting and desperate man. This range of emotions becomes immediately apparent in the music and is what gives the oratorio its dramatic character. The choir takes on various roles: that of the people of Israel, the priests of Baal, and the angels. For his work, Mendelssohn envisioned “quite thick, strong, full choirs” — at the time, choral societies were becoming fashionable, often bringing very many singers onto the stage. The Elisabeth Church Choir (director: Nils Kuppe) and the Youth Choir of Elisabeth Church (director: Stefanie Martin), in cooperation with the Concert Choir of the Hersfeld Choir Society (director: Sebastian Bethge), will also bring around 150 singers onto the stage, which Mendelssohn would certainly have liked. The Main Baroque Orchestra will play, and the soloists Christoph Liebold as
