Rediscovering Hammerschmidt

Rediscovering our musical heritage

Rediscovering Hammerschmidt

In collaboration with musicologist Dr. Reiner Zimmermann (Musikschätze aus Dresden e.V.), Eleni Ioannidou compiled a selection of madrigals by Andreas Hammerschmidt, which she performed with an ensemble during the Hammerschmidt anniversary year of 2025. In a concert in Zittau, she combined these madrigals with similar works by Italian and other German contemporaries. The important early Baroque composer died in Zittau 350 years ago. Also known as the "Zittau Orpheus," he was one of the leading figures in the musical world of his time (early Baroque).

On this page you will find the materials for this project (photos, video, audio, program, poster, sheet music).

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Italian and German madrigals from the time of Andreas Hammerschmidt

Programm

Noten

La Compagnia Sassone

Radoslava Vorgić, soprano

Jana Margová, soprano

Mateusz Słonina, Bass

Susan Joseph, recorder

Mateusz Janus, Baroque violin

Marilena Souri, harpsichord

Szczepan Dembiński, baroque cello

Rafael Arjona Ruz, lute

The residency project “Rediscovering Hammerschmidt” is part of the “Culture Moves Europe” program, a project funded by the European Union and implemented by the Goethe-Institut. It is supported by Mitteldeutsche Barockmusik e.V. with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, co-financed by tax revenue based on the budget approved by the Saxon State Parliament, and supported by the State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Saxony-Anhalt and the Thuringian Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. Additional sponsors include Sparkasse Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien and Kaufhaus Görlitz. The project was a prize winner in the 3rd competition for associations in the LEADER region of Eastern Upper Lusatia. This work was produced with financial support from the European Union. The views expressed herein do not in any way reflect the official opinion of the European Union.

This work was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed here can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.