Big summer concert

Symbolic image of the UW/H choir and orchestra

Under the overall direction of University Music Director Ingo Ernst Reihl, the choir and orchestra of Witten/Herdecke University once again invite you to a major summer concert this summer. The programme is varied and also includes the participation of actor Claus Dieter Clausnitzer.

Dvořák's life-affirming 8th Symphony opens the concert with sonic expansiveness and pastoral luminosity. Music then enters into a dialogue with words: in a new melodrama consisting of four movements of the "Messa per Rossini" initiated by Giuseppe Verdi, chamber actor Claus Dieter Clausnitzer guides the audience through the eventful history of a unique, exciting and collaborative requiem project in 19th century Italy.

The audience can expect a varied programme consisting of the works of:

  • Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major op. 88
  • Antonio Buzzolla: Requiem e Kyrie
  • Antonio Bazzini: Dies irae
  • Carlo Coccia: Amen
  • Pietro Platania: Sanctus, Benedictus e Hosanna


Admission costs €15. Free for pupils, students and refugees. Tickets are available at the box office.