J. S. Bach | Picander: Passion Oratorio
The renowned Belgian ensemble Il Gardellino and the harpsichordist and Bach scholar Alexander Grychtolik presented a “new” Bach Passion at the Thüringer Bachwochen 2025: the Passion Oratorio. This Passion Oratorio (BWV Anh. 169), preserved only as a text by Bach’s most important poet, Picander, is likely an abandoned Passion project by the Thomaskantor from the […]
Gravity Bach
Gravity Bach was a groundbreaking 22-hour organ marathon held on October 31, 2025, at Leipzig’s historic St. Thomas Church, where Thomasorganist Johannes Lang performed Johann Sebastian Bach’s complete organ works—over 200 pieces including toccatas, chorale preludes, trios, partitas, preludes, and fugues—in 14 thematically curated concerts by renowned Bach scholar Christoph Wolff, tracing the liturgical year […]
the kaunas concert – asmik grigorian at home
In January 2025, Lithuanian star soprano Asmik Grigorian performed in Kaunas, in one of the most beautiful cathedrals of her homeland. With sacred opera arias and orchestral songs by Verdi, Bellini, Komitas, and others, she enchanted an enthusiastic audience. Joining her in this concert are the fantastic Ukrainian tenor Dmytro Popov and the charismatic cellist […]
Superbloom Festival 2024
At the Superbloom Festival 2024 in Munich’s Olympic Park, 50,000 visitors celebrated every day to acts such as OneRepublic, CRO, Jorjia Smith and Milky Chance. ARMIDA FILM, in collaboration with Bayerischer Rundfunk, broadcast 9 concerts from the two main stages in the Olympic Stadium live for ARTE Concert and produced the fantastic concerts by OneRepublic […]
New Year’s Eve Concert 2023 – Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
For the second time ARMIDA FILM had the great opportunity to produce and broadcast the spectacular New Year’s Eve Concert of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. This time the conductor Manfred Honeck pushed the excellently-disposed orchestra to the limits with his exciting and modern paced interpretation of Beethoven’s 9th symphony. Together with a superb cast of soloists […]
Bach & Zelenka – Thüringer Bachwochen 2024
As part of the Thüringer Bachwochen ARMIDA FILM recorded Johann Sebastian Bach’s Easter Oratorio and Jan Dismas Zelenka’s Missa Paschalis at the Georgenkirche in Eisenach with the ensemble Vox Luminis.With its first performances in 2004, the Belgian early music ensemble Vox Luminis has already secured a permanent place in the international spotlight with its unique […]
Kristīne Opolais in Kaunas
Under the baton of Constantine Orbelian we experience a concert in the magnificent Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul in Kaunas, Lithuania, which could not be more festive. Latvian soprano Kristīne Opolais is the evening’s star soloist and performs highlights from her secular and sacred repertoire. At her side we experience the outstanding Armenian tenor […]
A Swan Lake
After his acclaimed literary adaptations of “Carmen” and “Peer Gynt,” Johan Inger is turning his attention to a subject that is a ballet classic of the performance canon and another facet of the choreographer: “Swan Lake.” For the Semperoper Ballet, the Swedish choreographer will undertake another reinterpretation in 2023 that addresses profound questions: What influence […]
The Weimar Recital
Konstantin Krimmel, the rising star of song interpreters and the Weimar-born pianist Daniel Heide perform Franz Schubert’s settings of ballads and poems from the German classics. The recital was filmed in the „Book Cube“ of the venerable Anna Amalia Library in the heart of Weimar. Wonderful pictures of the city of classics, taken in the […]
Bach300 – 300 Years of Bach in Leipzig
The outstanding open-air concert to celebrate the 300th anniversary of J. S. Bach’s appointment as Thomaskantor in Leipzig. A musical journey through Bach’s secular and sacred masterpieces with the world stars Lang Lang, Daniel Hope and Albrecht Meyer. Soloists: Lang Lang, Daniel Hope, Albrecht Meyer, Sophie Kauer, Francesca Aspromonte, Cameron ShahbaziOrchestra: Gewandhausorchester LeipzigChoir: Thomanerchor LeipzigConductor: […]