Cora Schmeiser, soprano, classical singer, Medieval music, Renaissance music, Baroque music, modern-classical music, contemporary music, vocal improvisation, recital, performance, music theatre, chamber opera, coach for the German language

AGENDA

2025

Banner Ordo Virtutum

Saturday, 16 August, 20 hrs. / ORDO Virtutum - Die Ordnung der Kräfte / (ensemble) / Staged performance of Hildegard von Bingen's mystery play with Ars Choralis Coeln / Klosterkirche, Riddagshausen (D).

Thursday, 28 August, 17 - 18.30 hrs. / Anna von Köln / (ensemble) / Contribution to the Frauengeschichtsverein Cologne e.V. by Ars Choralis Coeln / Cäcilienstraße 4, Cologne.

Saturday, 6 September, 20.30 hrs. / BAUM / (ensemble) / Session BAUM with Drums Off Chaos / Rhenania, Cologne.

Thursday, 11 September, afternoon / Hanseprogramma / (ensemble) / School concerts by Ensemble Nu:n as part of the Einbecker Hanse-Kulturwoche. Medieval songs and chants in a new fashion. Gert Anklam – saxophones, Falk Zenker – guitar & live electronica, and Cora Schmeiser – vocals & recitation / Auditorium of the Goethe School, Einbeck (D).

Thursday, 11 September, 19 hrs. / Hanseprogramma / (ensemble) / Concert by Ensemble Nu:n as part of the Einbecker Hanse-Kulturwoche. Medieval songs and chants in a new fashion. Gert Anklam – saxophones, Falk Zenker – guitar & live electronica, and Cora Schmeiser – vocals & recitation / Marktkirche, Einbeck (D).

Friday, 12 September / Alle Zeit im Augenblick – Musik aus der Zeit Meister Eckharts im Hier und Jetzt / (ensemble) / Concert by Ensemble Nu:n as part of the Meister-Eckhart-Tage 2025. Deeply immersed in the mystical world of Meister Eckhart, Nu:n creates an atmospheric web of medieval music, texts, improvisations and spherical sound excursions. / Predigerkirche, Erfurt (D).

Saturday, 13 September, 17 hrs. / (ensemble) / Concert by Ensemble Nu:n. Medieval songs and chants in a new fashion. Gert Anklam – saxophones, Falk Zenker – guitar & live electronica, and Cora Schmeiser – vocals & recitation / St Andreas-Kirche, Königsrode (Harz, D).

Sunday, 14 September, 15 hrs. / Magische musikalische Begegnung von Mittelalter und Jazz / (ensemble) / Concert by Ensemble Nu:n as part of the Saxdorfer Musiksommer Medieval songs and chants in a new fashion. Gert Anklam – saxophones, Falk Zenker – guitar & live electronica, and Cora Schmeiser – vocals & recitation / Kirche, Saxdorf (D).

KlosterKlaenge I

Friday, 19 September, 19.30 hrs / Stella Splendens / (ensemble) / Llibre vermell and Cantigas de Santa Maria with Ars Choralis Coeln / Sankt Felicitas, Vreden (D).

Saturday, 20 September, 19 hrs. / Stella Splendens / (ensemble) / Llibre vermell and Cantigas de Santa Maria with Ars Choralis Coeln / Sankt Agnes, Eitorf-Merten (D).

Saturday, 27 September / Unio Mystica - In memoriam Maria Jonas / (ensemble) / Concert by Ars Choralis Coeln featuring music by Hildegard von Bingen and Gregorian chants as part of Via Medieval 2025 / Klingenmünster (near Landau, D).

KlosterKlaenge II

Friday, 10 October, 19 hrs. / Nostre Dame – Unsere Liebe Frau / (ensemble) / The monophonic repertoire of the Notre Dame school, Paris, 13th century, in dialogue with an Iraqi maqam and Cora Schmeiser – vocals; Bassem Hawar – djoze; Rageed Williams – ney / Friedenskirche, Rothehausstraße 54a, Keulen-Ehrenfeld.

Saturday, 11 October, 16.30 hrs. / DACH-meeting / (duo) / Musical contribution to the symposium on the theme of “Friendship” with Nina Hitz, cello / Bleyenberg, Den Haag.

KlosterKlaenge II

Sunday, 12 October, 17 hrs. / Nostre Dame – Unsere Liebe Frau / (ensemble) / The monophonic repertoire of the Notre Dame school, Paris, 13th century, in dialogue with an Iraqi maqam and Cora Schmeiser – vocals; Bassem Hawar – djoze; Rageed Williams – ney / Herz-Jesu-Kirche, Oberlohberg, Kirchstraße 278, Dinslaken (D).

Wednesday, 15 October / Orgelfestival / (ensemble) / Ensemble Nu:n with Volker Jaekel (Organ). Medieval songs and chants in a new fashion. / St. Lambertus, Düsseldorf.

Friday, 24 - Sunday, 26 October / Amo Christum / (ensemble) / NL tour by Ars Choralis Coeln with music from manuscripts from Cistercian convents in Germany and Spain / (scheduled in Rotterdam, Den Bosch, Amersfoort).

KlosterKlaenge III

Thursday, 6 - Saturday, 8 November / sound workshop 'Kassia und Hildegard von Bingen' / (ensemble) / Byzantine hymns versus chants by Hildegard with Michael Eberle, Bassem Hawar, Lucia Mense and Cora Schmeiser / Zamus, Cologne.

Sunday, 9 November, 12 - 16 hrs. / sound workshop 'Kassia und Hildegard von Bingen' / (ensemble) / Byzantine hymns versus chants by Hildegard with Ars Choralis Coeln / Kunstmuseum Kolumba, Cologne.

Sunday, 9 November, 19 hrs. / O Seel’ wo bistu morgen? / (ensemble) / Ensemble COLUSCA sings about the emotions of the medieval times of the plague. Around the themes of Deception, Fear, (Fate) Destiny, Remedy and Beautiful World, they perform works by Veldeke, Anna von Köln, the Sisteron, Hildegard von Bingen and various medieval manuscripts: Llibre Vermell, Codex Paris BN Fr. 844, and others. Cora Schmeiser - vocals, Susanne Ansorg - fiddle, and Lucia Mense - flutes / Cologne - Porz.

Wednesday, 12 November / Shalom Festival, Berlin.

KlosterKlaenge IV

Saturday, 15 November, 11.30 hrs. / Vanitas - Vergänglichkeit und Ewigkeit / (ensemble) / Music from the Thirty Years' War era with Arthouse and Ars Choralis Coeln as part of Marktmusik / Maxkirche, Schulstraße 15, Düsseldorf.

Sunday, 16 November, 15 hrs. / Vanitas - Vergänglichkeit und Ewigkeit / (ensemble) / Music from the Thirty Years' War era with Arthouse and Ars Choralis Coeln / Marienfeld Monastery, Klosterhof 13, Harsewinkel (D).

KlosterKlaenge V

Friday, 21 November, 18 hrs. / Musik aus Paradiese / (ensemble) / The medieval manuscripts of the Dominican nuns from the Paradiese convent near Soest with Ars Choralis Coeln / Neu-St. Thomä-Kirche, Klosterstraße 8, Soest (D).

Saturday, 22 November, 20.15 hrs. / Musik aus Paradiese / (ensemble) / The medieval manuscripts of the Dominican nuns from the Paradiese convent near Soest with Ars Choralis Coeln / Stiepeler Dorfkirche, Brockhauser Straße, Bochum (D).

Sunday, 23 November / H-H-H ‘Hildegard hört Hermann’ / (ensemble) / Songs by Hermann von Reichenau, also known as Hermann the Lame (1013–1054), and Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179) with Ensemble Ordo virtutum (conductor: Stefan Morent) and Ars Choralis Coeln. Recording by Saarländischer Rundfunk / Saarbrücken (D).