Bridges - Classical Meets Pop

In this crossover project, two internationally acclaimed Leipzig ensembles - Quintense and Ensemble Nobiles - bring together seemingly opposite musical worlds in a progressive fusion. The programme spans folk-song arrangements and jazz, Max Reger and Coldplay.

Through interweaving and joint interpretations, the two groups craft a sophisticated sound design that artfully blends their voices and opens up new sonic territory. The interplay between traditional vocal art and contemporary pop aesthetics produces listening experiences that feel both familiar and genuinely surprising. Carefully calibrated arrangements and sonic experiments deliberately blur genre boundaries, building an atmospheric soundscape throughout the evening.

Programme:
Ralph Carmichael (1927-2021): A Quiet Place; trad. Gregorian: Da pacem Domine; Nicholas Petricca (1987): Iscariot; Thomas Tallis (1505-1585): O Lord in Thee Is All My Trust; John Cage (1912-1992): Litany for the Whale; Carsten Göpfert (1993): Nachtlied; Max Reger (1873-1916): Nachtlied; Martin Lorenz (1986): Make a Change; Ruth Zechlin (1926-2007): Scheyerer Messe (Kyrie); Paul Heller (1991): Von guten Mächten wunderbar geborgen; Erik Bosio (*1983): Never More Will the Wind; Knut Nystedt (1915-2014): Immortal Bach; and further pieces

Photo © Jörg Singer