Polyphonische Begegnungen – Polyphonic Encounters

The Phantasm Viol Consort invites you to polyphonic encounters in Berlin’s St Elisabeth Church: four composer portraits under the sign of polyphony.

From mid-March 2025, the Ensemble Phantasm, a viol consort, will be hosting its own concert series at St Elisabeth’s Church in Berlin-Mitte. The concerts are dedicated entirely to polyphony and will each focus on a composer who is particularly prominent in this compositional technique.

Under the title The Well-Tempered Consort, the opening concert on 14 March 2025 is dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach. Transcribed for three to five viols in various sizes, Bach’s works will plunge listeners into unimagined depths both intellectually and emotionally – even if they are already familiar with the repertoire. The concert also presents the ensemble’s latest recording, The Art of Fugue, which will be released on the same day by Linn Records/Outhere Music.

After the approximately one-hour concert, the ensemble is happy to meet the concert audience at the bar and invites every visitor for a drink.

With works by the English composers Orlando Gibbons, John Jenkins and Henry Purcell, the concerts of the 2025/26 season offer an opportunity to discover new musical territory.

Advance ticket sales have started: 4 tickets for the price of 3 are available at Eventim.

POLYPHONISCHE BEGEGNUNGEN – POLYPHONIC ENCOUNTERS
The Well-Tempered Consort: Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Friday, 14 March 2025, 6.00 p.m. – Tickets
Invalidenstraße 4a, 10115 Berlin
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, transcribed for viol consort
Phantasm Viol Consort: Laurence Dreyfus, treble viol, conception and artistic direction / Emilia Benjamin, treble viol / Jonathan Manson, alto viol / Heidi Gröger, bass viol and violone / Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, bass viol

Save the date – Concerts season 2025/26
Sunday, 12 October 2025, 05.00 p.m, St. Elisabeth – Tickets
Sunday, 11 January 2026, 05.00 p.m, St. Elisabeth – Tickets
Sunday, 8 March 2026, 05.00 p.m, St. Elisabeth – Tickets

The concerts take place in the church St Elisabeth, Invalidenstraße 4a, 10115 Berlin.

If you would like to get to know this wonderful ensemble better: In December 2024, WDR3 published the wonderful programme Klangreden der Besonnnenheit – Laurence Dreyfus und sein Gambenensemble, which you can listen to in the media library.

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