Night Concert: The World That Has a Stupid Mouth - Peasant Uprisings, the Reformation and Liberation from Serfdom

From 1524 to 1526, profound upheavals swept across vast territories of the German-speaking lands - beginning with rural communities that demanded nothing less than the right to self-determination for the poorest. The ensemble astrophil & stella reconstructs the songs of ordinary people on instruments such as dulcimers and strohfiedel (a predecessor of the modern xylophone), known from 16th-century descriptions.

The music of that era reflects the harsh life of the peasant population, who had to pay high taxes to feudal lords and monasteries - while among the nobility and bourgeoisie, Italian fantasias and French chansons were in fashion. Amid this, landsknechts pass through, fleeing the poverty of their villages, with pipes and drums. The ideas of the Reformation unleashed centuries of conflict and negotiation over matters of faith.

Ensemble astrophil & stella: Charlotte Nachtsheim, soprano • Guilherme Barroso, Renaissance lute • Philipp Lamprecht, historical percussion, strohfiedel, dulcimer, baritone • Johanna Bartz, Renaissance transverse flutes, bone flute and direction

Tickets: €39 / €34 / €28 / €22 (under 30: €10) - approximately 65 minutes without intermission.