If you are in Leipzig this week, why don’t you watch a movie in English – American Studies Leipzig presents The Public Enemy on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the American Studies Room GWZ 2.5.16. For more information, check out their website: http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/content/asl-film-screening-series-public-enemy-1931
Houston will welcome a cultural treasure from Leipzig, the Thomanerchor (St. Thomas Boys Choir), the only musical institution in Europe in continuous existence for over 800 years. Johann Sebastian Bach was once its director, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy worked with it, and Richard Wagner was a member. On Saturday, November 9 at 7:00 p.m. the choir will […]
Surely you must have heard of Die Prinzen – the first band out of Leipzig after German Unity that became enormously popular all over the country. Sebastian Krumbiegel was the founding member of the Prinzen, all former members of the St. Thomas Boys Choir. They soon became famous for their humorous, tongue-in-cheek critiques of German […]
This week several of our board members and a group of Bach aficionados led by Dr. Robert Moore will travel to Leipzig for Bachfest 2013, and on Thursday, June 13, our sister organization in Leipzig, the Staedtepartnerschaft Leipzig-Houston, is celebrating the 20th anniversary of our sister city relationship. We’ll post a report and pictures soon. […]
Bachfest Leipzig: June 14 – June 23, 2013 Bachfest 2013 begins on Friday, June 14, with a concert at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. From then until June 23 Bachfest 2013 will include 114 performances at over 30 venues in and around Leipzig. The opening concert will be broadcast simultaneously on the market square […]
Do join us for an Abendmusik concert by the incredibly talented ensemble amarcord from Leipzig this Sunday, April 14, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. The concert is presented by the Bach Society Houston at Christ the King Lutheran Church, and features selections from pre- and post-Reformation music, including chant melodies from the 14th century Thomasgraduale, early […]
Please join the American Studies Leipzig today for the lecture by Prof. Angela Miller (Washington University) on the topic of “Nature’s History: The Changing Cultural Image of Nature, from Romantic Nationalism to Land Art”. The event takes place on July 3 from 5-7pm in in room 2.516 of the Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum (Universitaet Leipzig), Beethovenstr. 15, […]
Leipzig (pts013/11.05.2012/10:15) – Unter dem Motto “Musik bewegt die Stadt” wird am 12. Mai 2012 mit einem originellen Musik- und Bürgerfest die “Leipziger Notenspur” eröffnet. Das einzigartige Wegeleitsystem verbindet auf einem fünf Kilometer langen Rundweg die wichtigsten Wohn- und Wirkungsstätten bedeutender Komponisten wie Johann Sebastian Bach, Edvard Grieg, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Robert Schumann und Richard […]
If you are German or of German heritage, you can conjure up the images evoked by the word Christkindlmarkt – immediately you smell the fennel and cinnamon, the eucalyptus, and the burnt almonds, and you can taste the Pfeffernuesse, the Printen, the Lebkuchen, and the Stolle.
Maeshelle first reported in the post Joan’s Fate/Who Dies for Love Nowadays? Heike Hennig about the Johannapark in Leipzig, its origin, and a new musical drama by Heike Hennig about the tragic Johanna, who was forced into a loveless marriage, and who died at age 21. Maeshelle now recounts a splendid evening and surprising information […]
