Birth of Light - München

In the organizer's words:

On Sunday, March 1, 2026, at 5 p.m., the chamber choir spec|trum will perform its current program

current program "Birth of Light" in the parish church of St. Benno in Munich.

spec|trum is a chamber choir made up of 24 professionally trained singers who

singers that specializes in demanding, rarely performed vocal repertoire.

The ensemble works on a project-by-project basis at the highest artistic level and is regularly recognized for its

regularly receives great public acclaim and standing ovations for its concerts.

for its concerts.

The "Birth of Light" program is dedicated to the theme of birth and light. At the center

musical perspectives on the figure of Mary and the coming into the world between spiritual transfiguration and

between spiritual transfiguration and human reality. The focus is on

English composers and rarely heard repertoire from Great Britain.

This concert is given special significance by the artistic direction: Munich-based

Munich-based Jakob Steiner, member of the award-winning vocal ensemble Singer

Pur, conducts spec|trum together with Gerhard Polifka, deputy choir director of the Berlin State Opera.

Berlin State Opera. In 2022, Steiner took over the musical direction of the Munich choir

Capella Vocale, which has been an integral part of Munich's cultural life since it was founded in 1985.

cultural life. Since then, he has continuously raised the choir's profile as a place for innovative, conceptually

well thought-out programs. With the concert in St. Benno's, Jakob Steiner is now also

his supra-regional project spec|trum in Munich.

A special feature of spec|trum is the combination of early and new music.

Every year, the ensemble commissions a composition from a young composer. This

This year, a new composition by Eva Kuhn, a multiple award-winning young composer

whose works have already been performed at renowned festivals.

Admission is free. The concert is deliberately offered on a donation basis in order to make top-class choral music

music to the widest possible audience.

Price information:

Donations requested