The musical accompaniment of High Mass on Sunday, 29 March 2020 unfortunately had to be cancelled due to the current development of the corona pandemic. We hope that the situation will improve again soon. Stay healthy!
This concert is cancelled. A new date will be announced later.
Secular summer concert with instrumental accompaniment
Sunday, 07 June 2020 at 5.00 pm
Chroral music of the Renaissance and early Baroque
English madrigals
Romantic choral music with piano accompaniment
Frank Martin: Ode à la Musique with brass sextet
In this summer concert we celebrate music with works from the Renaissance to the 20th century. As always, we will perform a variety of a-cappella pieces, but will also be accompanied by piano and brass music. We are very excited about this fantastic concert!
We will perform this year’s Advent concert „Nun komm‘ der Heiden Heiland“ on Saturday, 7 December at 6:00 pm in St. Michael/Hagios Dimitrios. You will hear four-part to eight-part sacred motets as well as some English Christmas Carols. We will be joined by our friends from Cambridge University Symphony Chorus. Definitely a musical event you should not miss!
Joint Advent concert with Cambridge University Symphony Chorus
Saturday, 07 December 2019 at 6.00 pm
Cappella Aquensis and Cambridge University Symphony Chorus will join forces to perform a range of pieces by Bach, Gorecki, Hammerschmidt and others.
This concert will be the “return match” of Cambridge University Symphony Chorus in Aachen. After Cappella Aquensis’ wonderful and very successful visit to Cambridge in April, the singers from Cambridge now have the chance to visit Aachen. The highlight of this tour will once again be a joint a-cappella concert. This is a musical event you should definitely not miss!
We will perform four-part to eight-part sacred motets by Bach, Gorecki, Hammerschmidt and others as well as English Christmas Carols.
Direction: Ulrich Brassel and Richard Wilberforce.
We will perform Händel’s oratorio “Messiah” on Saturday 08 June at 7:30 pm in a German arrangement by W.A. Mozart, written in 1789.
For this wonderful concert, we will team up with Ars Cantandi, the Sinfonieorchester Aachen and several top soloists. We are looking forward to seeing you there!
This concert marks the first of a two-part exchange which will see CU Symphony Chorus make a visit to Aachen in December for the “return match” with Cappella Aquensis on Saturday 7 December.