A list of current events is published HERE in German. The translation will follow soon.
Former events of the foundation
17 March 2013
8.00 p.m.
Place of concert: St. Thomas Church in Leipzig
Charity concert for the swallow´s nest organ of the new University Church of St. Paul in Leipzig
with compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann David Heinichen, Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Joachim Quantz et al.
Uwe Stickert, tenor
Leipziger Bach-Collegium:
Ludwig Güttler, trumpet and corna da caccia
Karl-Heinz Passin, flute
Bernd Schober, oboe
Roland Straumer, violin
Tom Höhnerbach, violincello
Bernd Haubold, contrabass
Friedrich Kircheis, organ and cembalo
Under the patronage of Stanislaw Tillich, governor of the Free State of Saxony
Promoter:
Foundation 'University Church of St Paul, Leipzig'
30 May 2012
10.00 a.m.
Augustusplatz in Leipzig
44 years later – commemoration ceremony of the demolition of the University Church of St Paul
Speakers:
Dr Thomas Feist, member of German Bundestag
Friederike Kaltofen, theology student
Rainer Fornahl, member of Action Alliance "Neue Universitätskirche St. Pauli"
The Action Alliance „New University Church St Paul“, the Paulinerverein and the Foundation „University Church of St Paul, Leipzig“ call on this commemoration ceremony and the following ceremony of the University of Leipzig in the New Augusteum.
with compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach, Pierre François Boëly, Daniel Beilschmidt and Francis Poulenc.
Musicians:
Gesine Adler, soprano
Susanne Krumbiegel, alto
Martin Petzold, tenor
Gotthold Schwarz, bass
University organist Daniel Beilschmidt
Pauliner Baroque Ensemble
Under the direction of University Music Director David Timm
Under the patronage of Stanislaw Tillich, governor of the Free State of Saxony
Promoter:
Foundation 'University Church of St Paul, Leipzig'
The University of Leipzig University Music
Tickets for 19 EUR / reduced 9 EUR are available at all advance booking offices in Leipzig - with the advance booking fee included. Last-minute tickets for students and Leipzig-Pass owners can be bought on site 15 minutes prior to the concert (5 EUR).
6 December 2009 (Second Sunday in Advent)
11.15 a. m.
University Church of St Paul
Celebration of the first University worship on the site of the new University Church forty-one years after the demolition in 1968
President: The Revd Professor Dr Rüdiger Lux, First University Preacher
Preacher: The Revd Professor Dr Peter Zimmerling, Second University Preacher
Music: University Choir and Pauliner Baroque Ensemble under the direction of University Music Director David Timm.
J. S. Bach, Cantata 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland' BWV 61
The music of this University worship was sponsored financially by the Foundation 'University Church of St Paul, Leipzig'.
Further information and pictures of the first University worship on the site of the new University Church of St Paul:
Forty-one years after the demolition of the old University Church in 1968, the first university service was celebrated in the new University Church of St Paul, which is still under construction, on the Second Sunday in Advent 2009. At the invitation of the Chaplaincy of the University of Leipzig, the Paulinerverein e.V,, the Action Alliance, 'New University Church St Paul' and the Foundation 'University Church of St Paul, Leipzig' a large crowd of people came to the Leipzig Augustus Square. Almost immediately after the opening of the church all available places were allocated. A large number of people participated in this historic church service, which as also broadcast outside for those who had been unable to gain access to the building. The event was by far the largest in terms of public popularity within the anniversary week celebrating the 600th anniversary of the University of Leipzig.
The Foundation is delighted with the impressive public response. We are pleased that with this service the week of celebrations of the 600th Anniversary of University of Leipzig has found a worthy conclusion and climax. By courtesy of the Free State of Saxony, access to the University Church of St Paul had been permitted to the Paulinerverein, so that on the Second Sunday of Advent after the academic ceremony and the musical celebrations this act of worship in the new University Church of St Paul could take place. This was a clear, symbolic sign of the rich historical and future threefold use of the University Church of St Paul: academic, musical and as a place of worship. The Foundation 'University Church of St Paul, Leipzig' supports and promotes the continuation and development of this threefold use.
The Foundation is grateful to the University Chaplaincy for the possibility to honour donors during first service at the new University Church of St Paul. The benefactors and donors were awarded the bronze portrait medal of the Apostle Paul, which has been specially minted in a strictly limited edition. The dedication of two of these medals to the Revd Professor Ernst-Heinz Amberg and in memory of the Revd Gordian Landwehr OP is a special tribute to two outstanding personalities for their historical work in context with the old University Church of St Paul. Their work is a significant legacy for all who now bear responsibility for the recovery of the University Church of St Paul as an intellectual and spiritual centre.