The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin makes a stop in Herrenhausen just before the start of its North America tour. “Europe Dances!” celebrates dance culture in works by Purcell, Vivaldi, Lully and others.
General Information
Date: 2 December 2026
Time: 19:30
Location: Galerie Herrenhausen, Hanover
Duration: approx. 100 minutes including interval
Tickets: €35 / €25 / €15 / €10, reduced €20 / €15 / €10 / €5
Notes: An event of the Hanover City Council. The box office opens one hour before the start of the event. Tickets entitle you to enter the Great Garden on the day of the event (please note the regular opening hours).
Reduced ticket prices
Reduced tickets are available for school pupils, trainees, university students and people doing voluntary service up to the completion of their 30th year, people with a degree of disability of at least 50 and HannoverAktivPass holders. Children under the age of 6 do not need a ticket if they do not have their own seat.
With
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Georg Kallweit – Concertmaster
Jani Sunnarborg – Dance and Bassoon
Programme
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Henry Purcell (1659–1695): Suite from “The Fairy Queen”
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Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1623–1680): Ballet music “Arie con la mattacina”
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Jean Baptist Lully (1632–1687): Suite from “Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme”
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Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762): Concerto Grosso No. 12 in D minor “La Follia” (after Corelli)
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Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767): Overture Suite in B-flat major “Les Nations” (“Overture of the Nations”), TWV 55:B5
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Agostino Steffani (1654–1728): Suite from “La lotta d’Hercole con Acheloo”
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Henry Purcell (1659–1695): Pavane in G minor
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Jean Féry Rebel (1666–1747): “Les Caractères de la Danse”
Description
Shortly before the start of its North America tour, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin makes a stop in Herrenhausen with its programme “Europe Dances!”. Enthusiasm for dance in the Baroque era knew no bounds. Whether in Versailles, Vienna or Herrenhausen – the courts of Europe were abuzz with minuets and galliards. The art of graceful movement was a central part of court culture.
The Akademie für Alte Musik pays tribute to the age of dancing Europe with captivating music, including Vivaldi’s and Geminiani’s dizzying ‘Follia’ variations and Jean-Féry Rebel’s great tribute to French dance culture, ‘Les Caractères de la Danse’. And that’s not all: the bassoonist Jani Sunnarborg is also a trained dancer and will show how fascinating the relationship between music, sound and movement is.
An event of the Hanover City Council.
