{"id":14335,"date":"2025-10-01T17:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andreasrichter.berlin\/?p=14335"},"modified":"2025-10-01T17:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:12:37","slug":"polyphonische-begegnungen-polyphonic-encounters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andreasrichter.berlin\/en\/polyphonische-begegnungen-polyphonic-encounters\/","title":{"rendered":"Polyphonische Begegnungen – Polyphonic Encounters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In March 2025, the Phantasm Viol Consort launched its own concert series at St. Elisabeth Church in Berlin-Mitte. The series comprises four concerts, each devoted entirely to polyphony and spotlighting a composer especially renowned for mastery of this compositional technique.

With Orlando Gibbons, Peerless Polyphonist<\/strong><\/em>, the second concert in the series, Phantasm celebrates on 12 October 2025 one of the most important musicians in British history, marking the 400th anniversary of his death this year. Orlando Gibbons composed during the transitional period between the Elizabethan era and the Baroque, and is regarded as one of the last representatives of England\u2019s polyphonic school. Even in his lifetime he enjoyed great popularity among patrons and audiences, and has been revered by musicians ever since: William Byrd, his contemporary, called him a \u201cmusical genius,\u201d while Glenn Gould described his music as that which had \u201cmoved me more deeply than any other sound experience.\u201d

\u201cIn his music, one senses a particular sensitivity both to melancholy and suffering as well as to joy and exultation in life<\/em>,\u201d says Laurence Dreyfus<\/strong>, founder and musical director of Phantasm. A taste of this can be found in the ensemble\u2019s 2004 Gibbons recording, which won a Gramophone Award<\/strong>: \u201cThis is classy playing and a major contribution to the catalogue.\u201d<\/em>

In the Klassikfavori<\/em> podcast<\/a> series by Sabine Weber, Laurence Dreyfus spoke extensively about Orlando Gibbons on 3 June 2025.

The two remaining concerts in the series will be dedicated to Henry Purcell and William Lawes. With this series, Phantasm aims not only to promote the rarely heard English polyphonic repertoire in Berlin, but also to foster direct engagement with audiences. After each concert, the ensemble warmly invites attendees to enjoy a complimentary drink and informal conversation at the bar\u2014your chance to ask anything you\u2019ve ever wanted to know about viols, consort playing, and more!

POLYPHONISCHE BEGEGNUNGEN \u2013 POLYPHONIC ENCOUNTERS<\/strong>
Save the date \u2013 concerts season 2025\/26<\/strong>

Concert II \u2013 Orlando Gibbons, Peerless Polyphonist<\/em><\/strong>
Sunday, 12 October 2025, 05.00 p.m, St. Elisabeth
Concert III \u2013 Peerless Purcell: Fantasies in Full<\/em><\/strong>
Sunday, 11 January 2026, 05.00 p.m, St. Elisabeth
Concert IV \u2013 William Laws, Exceptional Eccentric<\/em><\/strong>
Sunday, 8 March 2026, 05.00 p.m, St. Elisabeth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tickets 12 October 2025<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Tickets 11 January 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Tickets 8 March 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Phantasm Viol Consort celebrates Orlando Gibbons in Berlin!
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