3. Philharmonisches Konzert by Various, N 10 nov 2022, Alates (2022/2022), Dirigent Ektoras Tartanis, Christian Klaus Frank, Konzertsaal, Gera, Germany

Heinrich Schütz shaped the German musical landscape like none of his contemporaries. From study visits in Italy, he brought knowledge of the most modern compositional techniques with him to Germany and modernized the musical tradition in this country, for example by making spiritual content immediately understandable both in German and musically. This made him a sought-after musician - in addition to his position as Kapellmeister at the Saxon court, he was called to Copenhagen as court Kapellmeister and as a musical advisor to the courts of Hanover, Wolfenbüttel, Weimar, Zeitz and Gera. He was friends with Prince Heinrich Posthumus Reuss, who brought Schütz to Gera. For his funeral in 1636, Schütz created the now famous Musical Exequien. In memory of Heinrich Schütz and Prince Heinrich Posthumus Reuss, who in 1608 founded the Gymnasium Rutheneum, which still exists today and who also helped the culture of the region to flourish, this Philharmonic Concert is dedicated to these two important personalities of the early Baroque. The Rutheneum Concert Choir and the Altenburg Gera Philharmonic Orchestra combine early music with new works by regional composers created by Schütz and thus honor the understanding of art of the time as well as the desire for constant renewal and topicality of music and culture.