ARCHIVE PERFORMANCES - chronologic (the effaced concerts were canceled due to corona) 2025 Bruder Sonne und Schwester Mond - Sufi music and dance with Italian Lauden / (ensemble) / Project supported by the Victor Rolff Stiftung. With: Janan Almasi - dervish dancer; Cora Schmeiser - vocals; Jan Issa - vocals; Rageed William - ney; Saad Mahmood - jawad oud; Reza Samani - percussion; SANSTIERCE: Maria Jonas († 2024) - concept; Bassem Hawar - djoze and composition / Friday, 7 February, 19.30 hrs. / Rochuskirche, Rochusstraße 100, Cologne. 2024 Leuchtender Stern - Music for Advent from Mary’s perspective / Concert by ensemble Colusca: Cora Schmeiser - vocals, Susanne Ansorg - fiddle and Lucia Mense - flutes / Monday, 30 December / Kloster Unser lieben Frauen, Magdeburg (D). Leuchtender Stern - Music for Advent from Mary’s perspective / Concert by ensemble Colusca: Cora Schmeiser - vocals, Susanne Ansorg - fiddle and Lucia Mense - flutes / Friday, 13 December / Johanneskirche, Brück near Cologne (D). Aus einer Wurzel zart - Christmas program / (ensemble) / Concert by Ensemble Nu:n: Gert Anklam – saxophones, Falk Zenker – guitar & live electronics and Cora Schmeiser - voice & recitation. Medieval songs and chants in a new fashion / Sunday, 1 December, 15 hrs. / Museum Tabackspeicher, Nordhausen (D). Aus einer Wurzel zart - Christmas program / (ensemble) / Concert by Ensemble Nu:n: Gert Anklam – saxophones, Falk Zenker – guitar & live electronics and Cora Schmeiser - voice & recitation. Medieval songs and chants in a new fashion / Saturday, 30 November, 19.30 hrs. / Kulturgut Ulrichshalben (D). Aus einer Wurzel zart - Christmas program / (ensemble) / Concert by Ensemble Nu:n: Gert Anklam – saxophones, Falk Zenker – guitar & live electronics and Cora Schmeiser - voice & recitation. Medieval songs and chants in a new fashion / Friday, 29 November, 20 hrs. / Bildhäuser Hof, Bad Neustadt an der Saale (D). Aus einer Wurzel zart - Christmas program / (ensemble) / Concert by Ensemble Nu:n: Gert Anklam – saxophones, Falk Zenker – guitar & live electronics and Cora Schmeiser - voice & recitation. Medieval songs and chants in a new fashion / Thursday, 28 November, 18 hrs. / St.-Marien-Kirche Sandesneben (D). KlosterKlaenge VI Klangwerkstatt / (ensemble) / Kassia & Hildegard von Bingen with Dr. Emanuela Mindrila, Bassem Hawar, Ars Choralis Coeln and workshop participants led by Maria Jonas / Thursday, 31 October up to and including Sunday, 3 November / Museum Kolumba, Cologne. KlosterKlaenge V ear for EAR / (solo/ensemble) / Concert of Ars Choralis Coeln with compositions by Hildegard von Bingen & John Cage / Sunday, 27 October / Rochus Kirche, Cologne (D). ear for EAR / (solo/ensemble) / Concert of Ars Choralis Coeln with compositions by Hildegard von Bingen & John Cage / Saturday, 26 October, 18 hrs. / Langenhorst (D). ear for EAR / (solo/ensemble) / Concert of Ars Choralis Coeln with compositions by Hildegard von Bingen & John Cage / Friday, 25 October / Maxkirche, Düsseldorf. Ordo virtutum - The Order of Forces by Hildegard von Bingen / (ensemble) / Role of the Anima in the staged performance of Ars Choralis Coeln / Sunday, 13 October / Salzburg (A). KlosterKlaenge IV Sunday, 29 September, 15 hrs. / Manibus et pedibus - With hands and feet- Musikalische Andacht / (solo) / A vocal journey 'with hands and feet' about pausing and running away, acting and observing, as well as persevering and holding on. With the help of songs and chants from the Middle Ages and contemporary texts and solo compositions, singer Cora Schmeiser explores the phenomenon of our extremities and their metaphorical meaning. By means of the programmatic triptych "Are we handmade?" - "What are we doing?" - "Where are we going?" Gregorian melodies will be juxtaposed with works by Giuliano Bracci (*1980), John Cage (1912-1992), Hans Arp (1886-1966), Christian Morgenstern (1871-1914), Daniil Charms (1905-1942) and Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179). Be surprised on this musical train of thoughts! Cora Schmeiser - voice, hurdy gurdy and singing bowls / Karmel St. Elia, Seligenthaler Str. 78, 53721 Siegburg (D). Manibus et pedibus - With hands and feet / (solo) / Solo concert by Cora Schmeiser (see: Sunday, 29 September) / Saturday, 28 September, 19.30 hrs. / Brunsteinkapelle, Schonekindstraße 30, 59494 Soest (D). Manibus et pedibus - With hands and feet / (solo) / Solo concero by Cora Schmeiser (see: Sunday, 29 September) / Friday, 27 September, 19.30 hrs. / Martinikirche, Martinikirchgang 3, 46446 Emmerich (D). Llibre Vermell / (ensemble) / Concert by Ars Choralis Coeln with music from the Llibre Vermell / Sunday, 22 September / Chemnitz (D). Divinum Misterium / (ensemble) / Concert by Ars Choralis Coeln with Music from manuscripts of Cistercian monasteries in Germany and Spain as part of Monument Day / Sunday, 8 September, 19 hrs. / Altenberger Dom, Odenthal (D). KlosterKlaenge II Axa, Fatima y Marién / (ensemble) / Jewish and Arab Aljamiado and Christian Cantigas from Al'Andaluz with chasan Jalda Rebling, Sanstierce and Ars Choralis Coeln / Saturday, 24 August, 11 hrs. / Festival Oude Muziek, Utrecht (NL). Axa, Fatima y Marién / (ensemble) / Jewish and Arab Aljamiado and Christian Cantigas from Al'Andaluz with chasan Jalda Rebling, Sanstierce and Ars Choralis Coeln / Sunday, 18 August, 16, 17 and 18 hrs. / Sankt Ursula, Cologne (D). Axa, Fatima y Marién / (ensemble) / Jewish and Arab Aljamiado and Christian Cantigas from Al'Andaluz with chasan Jalda Rebling, Sanstierce and Ars Choralis Coeln / Saturday, 17 August, 20 hrs. / Sankt Georg, Bocholt (D). Axa, Fatima y Marién / (ensemble) / Jewish and Arab Aljamiado and Christian Cantigas from Al'Andaluz with chasan Jalda Rebling, Sanstierce and Ars Choralis Coeln / Friday, 16 August, 20 hrs. / Vreden (D). Amo Christum / (ensemble) / Concert by Ars Choralis Coeln featuring music from manuscripts of Cistercian monasteries in Germany and Spain / Saturday, 10 August / Cuenca, Spain. Ensemble Nu:n / (ensemble) / Concert by Ensemble Nu:n: Gert Anklam – saxophones, Falk Zenker – guitar & live electronics and Cora Schmeiser - voice & recitation, featuring Daniel Hoffmann (trumpet) as part of the Meister-Eckhart-Program. / Saturday, 6 July, 15 hrs. / Monastery Chorin (D). Ensemble Nu:n / (ensemble) / Concert by Ensemble Nu:n: Gert Anklam – saxophones, Falk Zenker – guitar & live electronics and Cora Schmeiser - voice & recitation as part of Stadt- und Dorfskirchenmusiken im Weimarer Land / Sunday, 30 June / Weimar (D). ‘My voice is…’ / (solo) / Presentation about different forms of polyphony in literature and music and pitches of books in the context of PuntKommaMuziek / Friday, 21 June, 19.30 hrs / De Leeszaal, Rotterdam. O felix anima! / (solo) / Hildegard von Bingen’s music as a feast for a happy soul with painted miniatures from her oeuvre / Saturday, 8 June, 16 hrs. / Hildegardis-church, Hildegardisstraat 50, Rotterdam. O eterne deus / (ensemble) / Concert on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Frauenschola Ars Choralis Coeln in the context of the Romanische Sommer / Thursday, 6 June, 20 hrs. / St. Andreas, Cologne. Amo Christum / (ensemble) / Concert by Ars Choralis Coeln featuring music from manuscripts of Cistercian monasteries in Germany and Spain / Saturday, 1 June / Amelungsborn (D). Manigem herzen / (ensemble) / Concert by Ensemble Nu:n: Gert Anklam – saxophones, Falk Zenker – guitar & live electronics and Cora Schmeiser - voice & recitation. Medieval songs and chants in a new fashion / Saturday, 4 May / Weingut Zimmerling, Dresden (D). Klang der Mystik - The sound of mysticism / (ensemble) / Concert by Ensemble Nu:n: Gert Anklam – saxophones, Falk Zenker – guitar & live electronics and Cora Schmeiser - voice & recitation. Updated versions of powerful Gregorian chants, mystical texts and angelic songs from medieval manuscripts by Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) and and from the Codex Las Huelgas (Spain, 13th century) unfold in space as part of the musical search for eternity in the here and now as part of a concertseries about the mustic Jacob Böhme / Friday, 3 May / Görlitz (D). Unio Mystica / (Ensemble) / Concert by Ars Choralis Coeln with music of Hildegard von Bingen and Gregorian chants / Saturday, 20 April / Monastery church, Auhausen (D). Concert by Ensemble Nu:n / (ensemble) / Gert Anklam – saxophones, Falk Zenker – guitar & live electronics and Cora Schmeiser - voice & recitation as part of ‘Nachtklänge’ / Sunday, 24 March, 19.30 hrs. / Heilig Kreuzkirche, Berlin. Behind the clouds the morning dawns - Inter nebulas stella matutina / (ensemble) / Ensemble Colusca: Cora Schmeiser - vocals, Susanne Ansorg - fiddle and Lucia Mense - flutes, presents a program inspired by the legend of Dympna, an Irish princess from the seventh century. In the Officium of St. Dympna van Geel she is sung as the patroness of 'people who lost their heads'. The guiding principle for the concert is Dympna's life story; her strength, her upbringing, her father's abuse, her beheading and finally her martyrdom. It produces a program with unique melodies and lyrics, which can be heard for the first time in 500 years / Sunday, 10 March, 14:30 hrs. / Het Pennickshuis, Deventer (NL). Behind the clouds the morning dawns - Inter nebulas stella matutina / (ensemble) / Concert by ensemble Colusca: Cora Schmeiser - vocals, Susanne Ansorg - Fiddle and Lucia Mense - flutes. Sense and madness in Gregorian chant in honor of Saint Dympna from medieval manuscripts (more info @ Sunday, 10 March) / Saturday, 9 March, 20:15 hrs. / Hillegondakerk, Rotterdam (NL). Behind the clouds the morning dawns - Inter nebulas stella matutina / (ensemble) / Concert by ensemble Colusca: Cora Schmeiser - vocals, Susanne Ansorg - Fiddle and Lucia Mense - flutes. Sense and madness in Gregorian chant in honor of Saint Dympna from medieval manuscripts (more info @ Sunday, 10 March) / Friday, 8 March, 20:15 hrs. / Lutheran church, Delft (NL). Behind the clouds the morning dawns - Inter nebulas stella matutina / (ensemble) / Concert by ensemble Colusca: Cora Schmeiser - vocals, Susanne Ansorg - Fiddle and Lucia Mense - flutes. Sense and madness in Gregorian chant in honor of Saint Dympna from medieval manuscripts (more info @ Sunday, 10 March) / Thursday, 7 March, 20:15 hrs. / Waalse Kerk, Haarlem (NL). Inspiratio miraculix - Miraculous inspiration / (duo) / A musical journey about man's pilgrimage on earth with songs by Hildegard von Bingen and poems by Paul Celan. Cora Schmeiser - vocals & improvisation and Stefan Horz - organ & improvisation / Wednesday, 7 February, 19 hrs. / Kreuzkirche Bonn (D). Manigem herzen / (ensemble) / Concert by Ensemble Nu:n: Gert Anklam – saxophones, Falk Zenker – guitar & live electronics and Cora Schmeiser - voice & recitation. Medieval songs and chants in a new fashion / Sunday, 28 January, 19.30 hrs. / Johanneskerk, Rentenierstraat 9, Lichtenvoorde (NL). Manigem herzen / (ensemble) / Concert by Ensemble Nu:n: Gert Anklam – saxophones, Falk Zenker – guitar & live electronics and Cora Schmeiser - voice & recitation. Medieval songs and chants in a new fashion / Sunday, 28 January, 14 hrs. / Bergkerk, Bergkerkplein 1, Deventer (NL). Manigem herzen / (ensemble) / Concert by Ensemble Nu:n: Gert Anklam – saxophones, Falk Zenker – guitar & live electronics and Cora Schmeiser - voice & recitation. Medieval songs and chants in a new fashion / Saturday, 27 January, 20.15 hrs / Lutheran Church, Noordeinde 4, Delft (NL). Manigem herzen / (ensemble) / Concert by Ensemble Nu:n: Gert Anklam – saxophones, Falk Zenker – guitar & live electronics and Cora Schmeiser - voice & recitation. Medieval songs and chants in a new fashion / Friday, 26 January, 20.15 hrs. / Hillegonda Church, Kerkstraat 43, Rotterdam (NL). Manigem herzen / (ensemble) / Concert by Ensemble Nu:n: Gert Anklam – saxophones, Falk Zenker – guitar & live electronics and Cora Schmeiser - voice & recitation. Medieval songs and chants in a new fashion / Thursday, 25 January, 20 hrs. / Remonstrant Church, Fnidsen 37, Alkmaar (NL).       Click here to download the curriculum from 2017-2023 in .PDF-format / File size: 151 KB / Size: A4 / 12 pages.

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