Divine service with Pastor David Last

Divine service with social deacon Karin Last and organist Mateusz Niedzwiedzki

no service - please attend the service in the neighboring congregation

Divine service with Pastor David Last and organist Mateusz Niedzwiedzki

no service - please attend the service in the neighboring congregation

Service on Ascension Day with Pastor David Last and organist Mateusz Niedzwiedzki

"Palaver for ever" is a satire on Rumantsch. With a sharp pen and in the classic form of satire, with exaggeration, irony and sarcasm, Roman Caviezel criticizes the powerful and influential in politics, business and culture.  
The shorter texts on current topics usually appeared as columns in the Romansh daily newspaper La Quotidiana or could be heard on the Rhaeto-Romanic broadcaster RTR. The longer ones were written for special occasions such as the Dis da litteratura in Domat/Ems, or as cabaret sketches and were each performed with musical accompaniment by an actress.

SPECIAL – LITERATURE & CUISINE: With a double ticket, first enjoy a three-course menu in the workshop and then end the evening with literature. More information will follow!

A concert between cultures.

Highlights include pieces by Richard Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Kurt Weill and from the collaboration between Milica Ilic and Quirina Lechmann.

With: Quirina Lechmann, Martina Hug and Stefan Kägi.

Admission: 30.- or 20.- for students/culture legi

We thank:
Canton of Graubünden, City of Chur, Graubündner Kantonalbank, Lia Rumantscha, Casty-Buchmann Foundation Chur/Masans, Lienhard-Hunger Foundation, Dr. Valentin Malamoud Foundation, Luzi Willi Foundation


Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.

God's Time is the Very Best Time (Actus tragicus) BWV 106
Blessed is he who relies on his god BWV 139
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God BWV 80

The first weekend in November 2025 falls on both the Catholic holidays of All Saints/All Souls' Day and Reformation Day. The Bach-Verein Chur takes this into account with the Reformation anthem "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" BWV 80 and the funeral cantata BWV 106 "Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit", also known as "Actus tragicus". This cantata by the composer, who was probably only 22 years old at the time of its composition, is one of his most important works. Alfred Dürr describes the cantata in his book as "a work of genius, such as even great masters rarely succeed in. The link between these two very contrasting cantatas is BWV 139 "Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott".

The ensemble
Bach Choir Chur
Bach Orchestra Chur
Pieder Jörg, organ/harpsichord
Soloists: Manuela Tuena, soprano; Nora Bertogg, mezzo-soprano; Christoph Waltle, Tenor; Mattias Müller-Arpagaus, baritone


The Association
Committed musicians came together in Chur in 2019 to perform works by Johann Sebastian Bach. After successful first concerts, the Bach-Verein Chur was founded in the sense of a support association. This has set itself the goal of rehearsing concerts with music by J. S. Bach every year and, if possible, taking local musicians into account. From initial ripiano tasks, a 25-member choir of advanced amateur singers has been formed. The soloist and instrumental ensemble has been able to establish itself over the years. To date, the Bach-Verein Chur has performed 21 Bach cantatas. At the beginning of April 2022, the "St. John Passion", one of the most important works of church music, was on the program. In addition to the two usual concert weekends in Chur and the surrounding area, an engagement on October 27, 2024 also took our ensemble to Weiningen ZH - where a kind of "best-of" from our previous programs of recent years was heard.
www.bachverein-chur.ch/

Meeting of two Graubünden city choirs – Chur and Maienfeld.
These two formations will perform in Chur and Maienfeld in May. Two traditional male choirs with an eventful past will lead you through the theme of "homeland" on the respective evenings. The journey begins in Chur, leads via Graubünden, along the Chur Rhine Valley to the border and beyond.
The programme includes a block with musical accompaniment by musicians from the Stadtmusik Chur – in other words: from the region for the region – as a well-known advertisement advertises its articles.
The directors are Luzi Juon, Christophe Baud and Mattia Ingellis.
The concert will be repeated on Saturday, May 17, 2025 - 7:00 p.m. in Maienfeld in the Amanduskirche.