Music of the Galant Style enchants Braunschweig in St. Mary’s
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An evening full of elegance, timbres, and baroque sensitivity
On June 14, 2026, the St. Mary’s Church in Braunschweig-Querum will open its doors for a free concert that makes the spirit of the galant style audible in all its lightness and sophistication. The program includes works by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Jean-Baptiste Barrière, and Adam Falckenhagen - music that immediately creates closeness with melodic clarity, sensitive design, and fine rhetorical tension.
Galant sound language instead of heavy counterpoint
The galant style represents music that consciously distances itself from strict erudition in the 18th century. Instead of dense polyphony, elegant lines, surprising turns, and a lively dialogue between melody and accompaniment are what count here. This is exactly what makes this concert so appealing: listeners experience how traverso, viola da gamba, lute, and theorbo merge into a transparent sound image.
An ensemble that brings historical colors to life
Ngating Wong on the traverso, Aleksandra Maglevanaia on the viola da gamba, and Anastasia Yauzrezava on baroque lute and theorbo present the historical performance practice that truly makes this music shine. In the acoustics of a church, the fine orchestration of the voices unfolds particularly impressively: soft, breathing, close, and at the same time festive.
St. Mary’s Church as a resonance space
St. Mary’s Church in Querum provides the suitable setting for this concert experience. The space carries the quiet nuances, allows decorations and timbres to stand out clearly, and gives the program an intimate, almost chamber music-like tension. Those who love early music immediately feel how much architecture and music can work together here.
Music history that still touches today
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach is considered a key figure between Baroque and Classicism, while Barrière and Falckenhagen shape the galant taste with the typical means of their time. The result is not a museum-like retrospective, but a lively concert experience: immediate, sensitive, and full of elegance. A mood of concentration and discovery, supported by subtle dynamics and sonic transparency, is created for the audience.
Conclusion: A sensitive concert for open ears
Music lovers can look forward to an evening that combines historical style knowledge with true live atmosphere. The free concert in Braunschweig-Querum is aimed at all who want not only to hear baroque sound culture but to experience it in all its delicacy. Anyone who wants to experience music of the galant style live should mark this date and not miss the special audience atmosphere in St. Mary’s.
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