Christmas concert in Petkum: Klaus Mertens enchants with Bach and Handel!

Christmas concert in Petkum: Klaus Mertens enchants with Bach and Handel!

Karkstraat 12, 26721 Emden, Deutschland - On Saturday, December 28, 2024, the Antoniuskirche in Petkum will become the setting for a festive concert event. The renowned bass baritone Klaus Mertens will present classic Christmas carols by Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Handel at 5 p.m. With an accompaniment by Reinhard Böhlen on the chest organ and the harpsichord and Winfried Dahlke, who plays on the restored Grotian organ from 1699, this concert promises to become a unique experience, such as nwzonline reported .

Klaus Mertens is known for his extraordinary musicality and the ability to convey emotional weight with his voice. During the concert, both spiritual songs from the song book by Bach-Schemelli and a selection of arias from Handel's Messiah and Bach's Christmas Oratorio will be heard. Admission to this festive event is free, but a donation is requested. Guests can look forward to an unforgettable musical performance, which is festively heralded in the Christmas season. In addition, Mertens will also appear in Weener and Norden-Bargebur in the following week to give other Christmas concerts, which is listed in detail on the website of Klaus Mertens