AGENDA 2026 Wednesday, 14 January, 20 hrs. / Nostre Dame • Iraqi Maqam meets the Gregorian mode / (ensemble) / You are the first, the last, the extreme, the innermost, the whole”: Morning Star, Mother of God, Sea Tears, Immaculata, Protector of all life – Mary/Maryam. In the New Testament and in the Koran, Mary/Maryam appears as the mother of Jesus. She has always been revered: as an ecstatic saint and heavenly ruler, but in the course of the 13th century also increasingly as a suffering mother, whose human pain made people feel close to her and enabled them to build a bridge to the incomprehensible divine. With Nostre Dame, Bassem Hawar, Cora Schmeiser and Mo Gahbler present a programme in which Iraqi maqam and Gregorian mode meet and merge. The programme features works from the Notre Dame school in Paris by Philipp der Kanzler (after 1160-1236), Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) from the Rhineland, and Persian and European texts. With: Cora Schmeiser vocals, Bassem Hawar djoze and electronics, Mo Gahbler percussion, Rageed William Nay / Aula Uni, Cologne. Wednesday, 18 February / Ash Wednesday of the Artists in Cologne / (ensemble) / Concert with Ars Choralis Coeln / Sankt Gereon, Cologne. Sunday, 22 February, 17 hrs. / Wolfenbütteler Marienklage / (ensemble) / German-language spiritual play from the late Middle Ages, which depicts Mary's lament at the crucifixion of Jesus on Good Friday in a scenic-musical manner. Performance with Ensemble Ordo Virtutum conducted by Stefan Morent, with Sabine Lutzenberger, Jos Sommsen and Cora Schmeiser in the roles of Mary / St. Adalbert, Aachen. Sunday, 22 March, 17 hrs. / (duo) / Special concert in memory of the bombing of Coesfeld in March 1945 with Stefan Horz, organ, and Cora Schmeiser, vocals / Jacobikirche, Coesfeld. Wednesday, 10 June, 19:30 hrs. / (ensemble) / Concert with Ensemble Nu:n. Medieval songs and chants in a new fashion. Lutherkirche, Apolda. Saturday, 13 June, 17 hrs, / (ensemble) / Concert with Ensemble Nu:n. Medieval songs and chants in a new fashion. / Kloster Jerichow. Sunday, 14 June, 17 hrs. / (ensemble) / Klosterkonzerte Frankfurt / Concert with Ensemble Nu:n. Medieval songs and chants in a new fashion. / Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt am Main. Friday, 19 June / Bruder Sonne Schwester Mond / (ensemble) / The 13th century from two perspectives: the music and dance of the newly founded Sufi order meet the chants of the followers of St Francis of Assisi. Both communities arose at around the same time and show clear parallels: like the Sufi mystics, Francis of Assisi also recognised the direct and inseparable connection between humankind and creation. With Nouruz Ensemble, conducted by Bassem Hawar, Cora Schmeiser and Ars Choralis Coeln / Montalbâne Festival, Stadtkirche, Freyburg. Tuesday, 23 June, 20 hrs. / Musikfestspiele Potsdam “Licht" / (ensemble) / Concert with Ordo virtutum and Ars Choralis Coeln / Friedenskirche Potsdam.