Birth of Light - Augsburg

In the organizer's words:

On Friday, February 28, 2026, at 7 p.m., the chamber choir spec|trum will perform its current program

its current program "Birth of Light" in the Evangelical Church of St. Ulrich in

Augsburg.

spec|trum is a chamber choir made up of 24 professionally trained singers who

singers who specialize in demanding, rarely heard vocal repertoire.

rarely heard vocal repertoire. The ensemble works on a project-by-project basis at the highest artistic level and is

regularly awarded for its concerts with large audiences and standing ovations .

standingovations for its concerts.

The "Birth of Light" program is dedicated to the theme of birth and light. At the center

musical perspectives on the figure of Mary and the "coming into the world" between spiritual transfiguration and

coming into the world" between spiritual transfiguration and human reality. The focus

is on rarely performed English choral music.

A special feature of this concert is the artistic direction: spec|trum will be

by Jakob Steiner, member of the internationally renowned vocal ensemble

vocal ensemble Singer Pur, and Gerhard Polifka, deputy choral director of the

choir director of the Berlin State Opera. Polifka comes from Höchstädt on the Danube and

and returns to the region with this concert.

A special feature of the ensemble is the combination of early and new music

as well as an annual commission to a young composer. This year

year, a new composition by prizewinner Eva Kuhn will be performed, whose works have already been

have already been performed at renowned festivals and who won last year's

composition competition of the Landesbühnen Sachsen.

Admission is free. The concert is deliberately being offered on a donation basis in order to

to maketop-class choral music accessible to as wide an audience as possible.

Price information:

Donations requested