LÄHELLE outreach – Oh, how beautifully the morning star shines!

Fri 30.1.2026 3:30 PM
Forssa library Buy tickets
Mon 2.2.2026 3:30 PM
Tammisaari library Buy tickets
Wed 4.2.2026 12 PM
Herttoniemi library, Helsinki Buy tickets
Wed 4.2.2026 2:30 PM
The Winter Garden, Helsinki Buy tickets
Wed 4.2.2026 5 PM
Pasila library, Helsinki Buy tickets
Thu 5.2.2026 12:45 PM
Mäntyharju library Buy tickets
Fri 6.2.2026 10 AM
Valtimo-talo, Nurmes Buy tickets
Fri 6.2.2026 3 PM
Galleria Tyko, Nurmes Buy tickets

Helsinki Chamber Choir, chorusmaster  Riku Laurikka
Finnish Baroque Orchestra

Free admission, public concerts are listed above.

As part of its education and outreach programme, the Helsinki Chamber Choir brings a programme of early German Baroque music to schools and libraries in collaboration with the Finnish Baroque Orchestra. The programme is framed by sacred madrigals from Johann Hermann Schein’s impressive collection Israelsbrünnlein (Fountain of Israel) and also includes Italian-language madrigals by Heinrich Schütz - inspired by his studies in Venice - and music by master composers Michael Praetorius and Samuel Scheidt.

 
In collaboration with: Finnish Baroque Orchestra, Finnish Cultural Foundation and the parishes and municipalities/cities of Forssa, Tammisaari, Mäntyharju, Nurmes and Helsinki.

JOHANN HERMANN SCHEIN  
Freue dich des Weibes deiner Jugend

MICHAEL PRAETORIUS
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Ei mein Perle, du werte Kron
Geuß sehr tief in mein Herz hinein
Von Gott kömmt mir ein Freudenschein

HEINRICH SCHÜTZ
Tornate, o cari baci

JOHANN HERMANN SCHEIN 
Die mit Tränen säen

SAMUEL SCHEIDT
Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh darein

HEINRICH SCHÜTZ
Ride la primavera

JOHANN HERMANN SCHEIN  
Lehre uns bedenken