Catholic and Protestant connections
Today’s NoonSong features three marvellous works of early music that are rarely heard outside this programme. We will hear one of the 104 surviving Magnificat compositions by the Munich-based grand master of Catholic music, Orlando di Lasso, who perfectly blends Gregorian chant with Renaissance polyphony. The widely-travelled Bohemian nobleman and composer Krystof Harant follows in the same tradition. He later converted to Protestantism and paid for it with his life. Heinrich Schütz, for his part, combined the polyphonic compositional style of the Renaissance with the drama and declamatory style of modern Baroque music in his works.
Image gallery
Mosaik
Liturgy: 21st Sunday after Trinity
- Preces: Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656): Preces & Responses
- Psalm of the Day: 125 Kryštof Harant of Polžice and Bezdružice (1564–1621): Qui confidunt in Domino
- Psalm of the Week: 19a Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672): Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes (SWV 455)
- Canticum: Orlando di Lasso (c. 1532–1594): Magnificat octavi toni
- Chorale: Melchior Vulpius (1570–1615): Zieh an die Macht, du Arm des Herrn
Free admission
Donations welcome
Additional information
NoonSong – what is it?
Every Saturday at midday, locals, visitors to Berlin, music fans and architecture enthusiasts gather for NoonSong. It is both a concert and a church service, based on the Anglican Evensong. Eight professional singers from the vocal ensemble sirventes berlin perform choral music under the direction of Stefan Schuck. The repertoire ranges from Renaissance music to contemporary compositions.
Accessibility
wheelchair access
The liturgy is available in written form
Participating artists
sirventes berlin unter der Leitung von Stefan Schuck
Dates
October 2026
| Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
| |||
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
