“Piano Live Concert”
The popular "Piano Live Concert" series enters its third year.
The highly successful "Piano Live" program year concluded in December with a benefit concert. Recently, the organizers of the series, Protestant pastor Patrick Hohlschuh and Pauline Thiel, coordinator of the Local Alliance for Families, presented a donation of 300 euros to the Grünheide Senior Citizens' Advisory Board. They also announced that the popular events, which have long since attracted a loyal audience and continue to draw new listeners, will continue in 2026.
On May 17th, a musical reading will take place in the parish hall of the Protestant Church of the Good Shepherd (Karl-Marx-Straße 36). Following the great success of the premiere in 2024, another father-daughter performance is planned. The writer Till Sailer and the pianist Juliane Sailer, the originator of the series, have titled the program "So Great the Burden" to commemorate the 350th anniversary of Paul Gerhardt's death (1607-1676). Gerhardt is one of the most renowned hymn writers of German-speaking Protestantism. His texts—including "I Stand Here at Your Crib" and "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded"—are still sung today and are firmly established in church hymns. “But behind these songs lies a life marked by profound upheavals: the Thirty Years’ War, plague epidemics, existential uncertainty, the loss of four children, denominational conflicts, and finally, his removal from the parish,” the announcement states. Paul Gerhardt was not an undisputed poet laureate, but a man struggling – with God, with his time, and with himself.
In his book "So Great the Burden," Till Sailer approaches this influential figure from a narrative, intimate perspective. He traces how biographical experience gave rise to spiritual poetry—how lament, doubt, solace, and hope found expression in verses that continue to resonate with people today. The concert reading combines selected passages with musical contributions on the piano. Word and music enter into a dialogue—just as Gerhardt's life and poetry are inextricably linked. It promises to be an evening about integrity of conscience, courage of faith, and the power of language—and about songs that still speak to our very souls.
**“Poet's Love – A Dialogue”**
A month later, on June 14, Juliane Sailer will bring Stefan Livland, a singer who performs at the State Opera, among other venues, to her program "Dichterliebe – ein Zwiegespräch" (Poet's Love – A Dialogue). The event will focus on songs by Robert Schumann.
The date of November 15th is already confirmed. Juliane Sailer will also perform on this occasion, accompanied by a fellow artist. Her stage partner is Magnus Loddgard. The Norwegian-born pianist studied piano and conducting in Oslo and Berlin. He is considered an exceptionally versatile musician, equally at home in classical and contemporary music, though opera has always been his primary focus. "For the majority of his career, Loddgard worked freelance, collaborating with numerous renowned orchestras and theaters, including the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Mecklenburg State Orchestra, and the Dresden Symphony Orchestra," according to his biography. The concert in Grünheide will feature works for piano four hands by Schubert, Brahms, and Grieg.
The "Piano Live Concert" takes place on Sundays, starting at 5 p.m. (doors open at 4:30 p.m.). The venue is the community hall of the Protestant church in Grünheide, located at Karl-Marx-Straße 36. Parking is available on the south side of Kellerberg hill – from there it's a short walk past the church to the church grounds. Admission is free.
The highly successful "Piano Live" program year concluded in December with a benefit concert. Recently, the organizers of the series, Protestant pastor Patrick Hohlschuh and Pauline Thiel, coordinator of the Local Alliance for Families, presented a donation of 300 euros to the Grünheide Senior Citizens' Advisory Board. They also announced that the popular events, which have long since attracted a loyal audience and continue to draw new listeners, will continue in 2026.
On May 17th, a musical reading will take place in the parish hall of the Protestant Church of the Good Shepherd (Karl-Marx-Straße 36). Following the great success of the premiere in 2024, another father-daughter performance is planned. The writer Till Sailer and the pianist Juliane Sailer, the originator of the series, have titled the program "So Great the Burden" to commemorate the 350th anniversary of Paul Gerhardt's death (1607-1676). Gerhardt is one of the most renowned hymn writers of German-speaking Protestantism. His texts—including "I Stand Here at Your Crib" and "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded"—are still sung today and are firmly established in church hymns. “But behind these songs lies a life marked by profound upheavals: the Thirty Years’ War, plague epidemics, existential uncertainty, the loss of four children, denominational conflicts, and finally, his removal from the parish,” the announcement states. Paul Gerhardt was not an undisputed poet laureate, but a man struggling – with God, with his time, and with himself.
In his book "So Great the Burden," Till Sailer approaches this influential figure from a narrative, intimate perspective. He traces how biographical experience gave rise to spiritual poetry—how lament, doubt, solace, and hope found expression in verses that continue to resonate with people today. The concert reading combines selected passages with musical contributions on the piano. Word and music enter into a dialogue—just as Gerhardt's life and poetry are inextricably linked. It promises to be an evening about integrity of conscience, courage of faith, and the power of language—and about songs that still speak to our very souls.
**“Poet's Love – A Dialogue”**
A month later, on June 14, Juliane Sailer will bring Stefan Livland, a singer who performs at the State Opera, among other venues, to her program "Dichterliebe – ein Zwiegespräch" (Poet's Love – A Dialogue). The event will focus on songs by Robert Schumann.
The date of November 15th is already confirmed. Juliane Sailer will also perform on this occasion, accompanied by a fellow artist. Her stage partner is Magnus Loddgard. The Norwegian-born pianist studied piano and conducting in Oslo and Berlin. He is considered an exceptionally versatile musician, equally at home in classical and contemporary music, though opera has always been his primary focus. "For the majority of his career, Loddgard worked freelance, collaborating with numerous renowned orchestras and theaters, including the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Mecklenburg State Orchestra, and the Dresden Symphony Orchestra," according to his biography. The concert in Grünheide will feature works for piano four hands by Schubert, Brahms, and Grieg.
The "Piano Live Concert" takes place on Sundays, starting at 5 p.m. (doors open at 4:30 p.m.). The venue is the community hall of the Protestant church in Grünheide, located at Karl-Marx-Straße 36. Parking is available on the south side of Kellerberg hill – from there it's a short walk past the church to the church grounds. Admission is free.
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