Programme & Tickets

Magdalena Kožená. Daniele Caminiti
Music for a While

Tickets

18 Apr 2026
17:00

Auditorium of the Old University Heidelberg

Musikfestival

The renowned Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená expresses her love of early and contemporary music in her recital with the sensitive lutenist Daniele Caminiti. Early Baroque classics from England and Italy can be heard, including Henry Purcell's world-famous lament "When I am laid in Earth" and an aria by Venetian singer and composer Barbara Strozzi. Brett Dean's "Gertrude Fragments" from 2016, based on Shakespeare, imaginatively transposes the Baroque expressive gestures of voice and lute into our present day. And in Luciano Berio's virtuoso "Sequenza III", Kožená proves that she can present unique music theater with her voice even without any accompaniment.

Magdalena Kožená

Mezzo-Soprano

Daniele Caminiti

Lute

Henry Purcell
„Music for a While“
„When I am laid in Earth“
aus: „Dido und Aeneas“

John Dowland
„In Darkness Let me Dwell“

Tarquinio Merula
Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna

Brett Dean
Gertrude Fragments

Luciano Berio
Sequenza III for female voice

Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
Toccata Arpeggiata

Antonio Cesti
„Disserratevi abissi“ aus: „L'Argia“

Giulio Caccini
Odi
Euterpe

Alessandro Piccini
Toccata VIII

Barbara Strozzi
„Lagrime mie“ op. 7 Nr. 4

Tarquinio Merula
„Quand’ io voisi l'atra sera“

Auditorium of the Old University Heidelberg
Grabengasse 1
69117 Heidelberg

Directions by Public Transport

Bus routes: 29, 33 (stop: Universitätsplatz), 20, 30, 31, 36 (stop: Peterskirche)
S-Bahn: S1, S2, S5 (stop: S-Bahnhof Altstadt)

Parking facilities for bicycles available Directions by Car

Parking garages: P9 Am Theater, P10 Friedrich-Ebert-Platz, P11 University Library

The Old University is barrier-free accessible via ramp at the main entrance. The elevator can be found next to the staircase leading to the concert hall on the 1st floor.
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