Conductor

Chorus Director

Choir concert “Light and Darkness”

St. Michael's Church, Jena

Advent concert in Thalbürgel »A light is approaching«

Thalbürgel Monastery Church

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Advent concert of the Jena Madrigal Circle "Et in terra pax"

Schillerkirche „Unserer Lieben Frau“

Advent concert in Thalbürgel »Lift up the door«

Advent concert of the boys' choir "A light is approaching"

Schiller Church “Our Lady”

Advent concert in Mühlhausen »A light is approaching«

Ecumenical Hainich Clinic gGmbH

The concert will not take place on Thursday, December 4, 2025, in the St. Michael's Church as originally announced, but on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, in the Volkshaus Jena.

Advent Concert of the Philharmonic Choirs »Christmas Carols«

Volkshaus Jena

Advent concert of the Jena Madrigal Circle »Lift up the door«

St. Mary's Church, Ziegenhain

Rodolfo Halffter's "Tres Epitafios," premiered in 1954, opens the concert evening with three finely crafted choral movements about Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, and Dulcinea. The short "epistolary" is a musical eulogy—not sad, but ironically loving. Halffter portrays Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's literary figures as memory images from a bygone age of the imagination. Richard Strauss also dedicated his 1897 tone poem "Don Quixote" to the "knight of the melancholy countenance"—albeit in a large orchestral format. In the performance, the solo parts are sung by Henriette Lätsch, principal cellist, and Christian Götz, principal viola of the Jena Philharmonic. Between the two works, Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major from 1806 conveys a cheerful, transparent soundscape with a playful character. /JN

Friday Concert No. 1

Unfortunately, the concert cannot take place as planned in St. Michael's Church. Due to a fracture of a vault rib of unknown cause, the church has been closed as a precautionary measure by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jena. The concert will therefore be moved to the Thalbürgel Monastery Church, with the start time postponed to 7:30 p.m. Tickets already purchased remain valid.

Choral concert "The Sound of Europe"

Choir concert in Frauenprießnitz »Rejoice in the Lord«

St. Mauritius Church

Works by Johannes Brahms, Friedrich Silcher, Robert Schumann and others.

Boys' Choir meets friends

Stadtkirche St. Michael

The Philharmonic Society invites you to a discussion

Philharmonic Salon No. 4

Advent concert of the boys' choir "Kling Glöckchen" • SOLD OUT

Advent concert in Thalbürgel "Benedicamus Domino"

Monastery Church Thalbürgel

Advent concert in Thalbürgel "Et in terra pax"

Klosterkirche ThalbürgelKlosterkirche Thalbürgel

Advent concert by the boys’ choir “Benedicamus Domino”

Advent concert in Mühlhausen

Ökumenisches Hainich Klinikum

In addition to their Advent concerts in Jena and the surrounding area, in Gera and Mühlhausen, the Jena Philharmonic Choir, the Jena Madrigal Circle and the Jena Philharmonic Boys' Choir are inviting you to a joint Advent concert in Jena's St. Michael's Church for the fourth time. Under the motto "O Magnum Mysterium" ("O Great Mystery"), the fourth responsory of the Christmas Matins "In Nativitate Domini" ("For the Birth of the Lord"), both well-known and lesser-known tunes will be heard, which above all give musical expression to the joy of the Christmas season.

Advent Concert of the Philharmonic Choirs

Works by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Michael Praetorius, Friedrich Silcher, Johannes Brahms, Carl Riedel, Max Reger, Franz Wüllner and others.

Advent concert in Gera "Great joy and good news"

Johanniskirche

Choir concert in Bad Klosterlausnitz “Ave maris stella”

Monastery church

As part of the concert series "Boys' Choir meets friends", the Boys' Choir of the Jena Philharmonic regularly invites partner choirs to perform together in order to promote friendships and exchange through singing and social activities. This time the guests are the Uetersen Boys' Choir, a choir association from Schleswig-Holstein founded in 1965, which has developed into one of the most successful boys' choirs in the region thanks to excellent work with young people. Since 2023 the choir has been under the musical direction of Thuringian-born Felix Renner. Works by Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Duruflè, Gounod, Tallis, Elgar, Brahms and Hindemith will be heard, among others. Note: The next concert in the series will take place on Saturday, May 31, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. in the city church. The guests will then be the Dresden Boys' Choir under the direction of Matthias Jung.

Stadtkirche Sankt Michael

Works by Guillaume Dufay, Heinrich Schütz, Peep Sarapik, Edvard Grieg and others.

Conductor, Chorus Director

Berit Walther

Events

Upcoming events

Jun 6, 2026

Choir concert in Quedlinburg “Ubi caritas et amor” · Jenaer Philharmonie

Jun 12, 2026

Friday Concert No. 7 »The Song of the Earth« · Jenaer Philharmonie

Past events

Mar 13, 2026

Choir concert “Light and Darkness” · Jenaer Philharmonie

Dec 20, 2025

Advent concert in Thalbürgel »A light is approaching« · Jenaer Philharmonie

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Lux Aeterna by Lauridsen

Jenaer Philharmonie

Conductor in Suite Persane by Caplet

Jenaer Philharmonie

Conductor in The Sun Never Says by Forrest

Jenaer Philharmonie

Conductor in Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks by Strauss

Jenaer Philharmonie

Conductor in Heaven by Takemitsu

Jenaer Philharmonie

Conductor in Symphony No. 4 in B major by Beethoven

Jenaer Philharmonie

Conductor in The Song of the Earth by Mahler

Jenaer Philharmonie

Conductor in Sommernacht by Schoeck

Jenaer Philharmonie

Conductor in Don Quixote, Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Chivalric Character by Strauss

Jenaer Philharmonie

Conductor in “Tres Epitafios” (“Three Epitaphs”) by Escriche

Jenaer Philharmonie

Conductor in L'Ascension (“The Ascension”) by Messiae

Jenaer Philharmonie

Conductor in Lux aurumque (Light and Gold) by Whitacre

Jenaer Philharmonie

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