Concert with cantatas and organ works in St. Josef on 1 November
Impressive cantatas and organ works from the North German Baroque period St. Joseph's Church on Saturday, November 1, 2025 , at 7:30 p.m. Under the motto "For you alone, Lord, help me," the concert invites you to a musical evening prayer for All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day.
The program combines well-known and rarely heard works from one of Northern Germany's most significant musical eras. Among them are Dietrich Buxtehude's cantata "Alles, was ihr tut" (Everything You Do) , Nicolaus Bruhns' "Ich liege und Schlafe ganz in Frieden" (I Lie and Sleep Completely in Peace) , Martin Jahn's "Blessed Are the Dead," and Vincent Lübeck's "Ich hab' hier wenig guter Tag" (I Have Not Had a Good Day Here) . The concert will be complemented by organ works by North German masters.
The musical direction is by Regional Cantor Dan Zerfaß , cathedral organist at Worms Cathedral, who will perform the concert together with the collegium vocale and the collegium instrumentale . The organ will be played by Regional Cantor Gregor Knop , who studied church music and organ in Freiburg and Mainz and supplemented his training with numerous master classes.
The soloists are Sonja Haub (soprano) , Jörn Peuser (alto) , Nikolas Groth (tenor) and Micha Zerfaß (bass) .
The St. Joseph and St. George Church Music Working Group thanks the Dotter Foundation and the Katholisch.Leben.Eberstadt eV (Catholic Life Eberstadt Association) for their support of the concert.
The venue is St. Joseph's Church , Gabelsbergerstraße, Darmstadt-Eberstadt.
(Eberstadt - Red/PM)
