Church Music

Anyone who calls on death is "tired of the world". This is what it says in the hymn book that Schemelli published in 1736 and that Bach supervised musically. For the righteous, it is a path to life, "and his steps do not falter" (Bruckner: Os justi). But for very few, death is a sure bet. And so they stagger from emperor to child when the reaper calls them to the last dance. This theme has touched and inspired many people artistically, including the great Johannes Brahms and the young Hugo Distler. His motet for Remembrance Sunday is the focus of this a cappella evening.