WEIHNUKKA - Stella's Morgenstern spielt Lieder zu Weihnachten und Chanukka

In the organizer's words:

Program

Christmas and Hanukkah are among the most popular festivals in the Christian and Jewish traditions. Despite their different origins, they also have something in common: they use light to brighten up the dark season and are celebrated close to each other.

For assimilated Jews in Germany, the Christmas tree was a symbol of their belonging to German culture. Christmas and Hanukkah became "Chrismukkah", which is now also celebrated by secular Jews in Europe and America.

"Daughter of Zion" by George Frideric Handel is an example of Chrismukkah: it is sung with different lyrics both for Christmas, the festival of charity, and for Hanukkah, the festival of lights that commemorates the miracle of the oil that burned for eight days around 2200 years ago for the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem.

This Hanukkah concert bears the typical signature of "Stella's Morgenstern":
The ensemble has selected the traditional, the unknown and the new, relying on several languages and multi-strings. The musicians play Christmas carols, some from the Middle Ages, in German, English or Spanish, mixed with Hanukkah songs in Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino. To this end, "Stella's Morgenstern" embarks on musical excursions to the Andes or Hawaii, playing Christmas songs by Jewish composers - the most famous of which is certainly "White Christmas" by Irving Berlin.

The musicians have written their own Christmas songs or come up with lively arrangements of traditional Channukah songs. In them, they address the longing for redemption and the Messiah, for light and love and a world at peace.

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Stella Morgenstern (vocals, autoharp, flute, ukulele, glockenspiel, drum)
Andreas Hecht (vocals, guitars, lute guitar, ukulele)

Price information:

Regular: €20, Reduced: €10, At the Box Office and in advance at the TONALi Ticketshop (discount valid for all visitors up to the age of 27, students, trainees, as well as people with disabilities, the unemployed and recipients of Hartz IV/social welfare) Free choice of seats