Felicitas Eickelberg
Musician
"Water Games" – If Spring
Out now: CD "WINTER"
Solo Piano Improvisation. Title:
1. Amazing Grace
2. Am Kamin
3. Space
4. Eiskristalle
5. Intermezzo
6. Solitude (Einsamkeit)
7. What's Your Name
8. Snow
9. Rausch ist vorbei
10. Ein Lied für dich
11. Epilog
The CD "WINTER" was recorded at the beginning of February 2020. If you look back to this time, it seems like an island of the blessed. We had concerts, theater, events, and people hugging and touching. Without any fear.
Now, a year later, things are very different. Everything has given way to an incredible reduction and emptiness.
This music seems like a greeting from another world. You can feel the bubbling joy, the temperament, the fullness with every note. The result is a unique document from a time that is now over. WINTER.
Recoding of: Felicitas Eickelberg
Location: Greve Studio, Feb 2020
Released: Feb 2021
Sound editor: Volker Greve
Cover illustration: Manon Scharstein
Concerts & Music
Please note: Due to the current situation, changes at short notice cannot be ruled out. Corona attendence rules apply.
Church Music / Playing the Organ for Church Services
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Sun, Oct 17 2021; 11 a.m.
Service in the Nikodemus-Church
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Sat, Oct 23 2021
Children's day with church service, handicrafts and organ tour from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., together with Sabine Herms and Pastor Bornemann in the 12-Apostel-Church
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Sun, Oct 24 2021; 11 a.m.
Service in the Nikodemus-Church
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Sun, Oct 31 2021; 11:00 a.m
Service in the Bekenntniskirche
Autumn song recital
Saturday, November 6th, 2021, 6 p.m. in the parish hall of St. Annen (Gardeschützenweg 17, 12203 Berlin)
We cordially invite you to an autumn recital with piano (Felicitas Eickelberg) and vocals (Hans-Beatus Straub, tenor). Look forward to works by Schumann, Schubert and Strauss as well as opera arias.
Free entry, donations are welcome
CD-Release-Concert
Sunday, November 14th, 2021, 6 p.m. in the Ölberg-Kirche Kreuzberg
The concert for the release of the CD "WINTER" will take place in the Ölberg-Kirche (Paul-Lincke-Ufer 29 / corner Lausitzer Straße, 10999 Berlin). More information will follow in good time.
I perform regularly at the organ during the services at various churches in Berlin.
A selection of my concerts, performances and musical accompaniment of the last few years:
2021
Piano:
- June: Participation in the creative competition of the music school Oder-Spree Jutta Schlegel Fürstenwalde. The result can be seen on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bFOHj1SVD5U. The compositions come from students at the Fürstenwalde Music School, supported by their teachers. Contributions with Felicitas are: 6:21 min Richard Kullina's water drops on the piano together with Felix Korinth on the viola and at 18:48 min the song Keep Distance by Matthias Menzel.
- Frauenmärz: radio art contribution with the Leo Kerstenberg Music School: vocal-musical presentation by 4 music teachers about their own educational and artistic work. Podcast (in German): hearthis.at/theda/frauenmaerz2021podcast/ (at 17:13 min joined impros, at 39:45 interview with Felicitas Eickelberg).
Church Music / Playing the Organ for Church Services:
- October: Community concert with Cantor Arisa Ishibashi for the re-inauguration of the restored Walcker organ in the Martin Luther Church.
- August: summer improvisation concert on the organ of the Philipp Melanchthon Church with organ tour.
- May: Digital Pentecost service in the Nicodemus Church in Neukölln together with Pastor Martina Weber. Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/R1mipqzC_Sw.
- March: Women's Service at the Sophienchurch for the International Women's Day
- In the community newspaper of the Martin Luther Genezareth Congregation (February / March 2021 issue) she talks about her work as an organist (page 14): view it on the church website or download it directly from there as PDF (2.7 MB)
- services at the Martin Luther Church Berlin, Sophienchurch, Nikodemus-Church Neukölln, Königin-Luise-Gedächtniskirche, Emmaus-Church Kreuzberg, Bekenntniskirche, Zwölf-Apostel-Kirche, Genezareth-Church, Kirche zum Vaterhaus and for the Rogate-Cloister
2020
Piano Concerts:
- improvisations during the open house afternoon at the Leo Kestenberg music school
- Felicitas Eickelberg & Friends. Concert with Nico Lohmann (saxophone & flute) and Agustin Strizzi (drums) at the Kunstfabrik Schlot. Free improvisations on a tonal, atonal, and modal basis.
- online concert at the Greve Studio: "One person, one instrument, one room". Watch the concert on YouTube
- song evening “whats up? A musical travel blog with duets from all over the world ”with the sopranos Rita Anton and Sibylle Fischer.
Church / Organ Music:
- conducting the summer singing of the Berlin Domkantorei twice. Private recordings on YouTube: Der Mond ist aufgegangen | Amazing Grace | Lobe den Herren - Großer Gott wir loben dich | Abend ward, bald kommt die Nacht. Rbb reports: rbb Inforadio and rbb Abendschau.
- digital services at Spirit & Soul and Gottesdienst zeitgleich by the Martin Luther Church
- services at the Martin Luther Church Berlin, Queen-Luise-Memorial-Church, Emmaus-Kirche Kreuzberg, Nikodemus-Church Neukölln, Dorfkirche Lankwitz, Kapelle der Versöhnung, Nathanael-Church, Genezareth-Church, and 12-Apostle-Church
2019
- 2 performances of the song evening "whats up? Anti-heroines on the trip: a musical travel blog with duets from all over the world" with the sopranos Rita Anton und Sibylle Fischer; Works by u. a. Monteverdi, Handel, Purcell, Lully, Mozart, Saint-Saens, Mendelssohnm and Barber.
- Literary song recital “Lebenslieder” (Songs of Life); an evening with singing, poems, and improvisation on the piano. Piano: Felicitas Eickelberg; Vocals: Manon Scharstein; Concept & direction: Claudia Graue
- August-December substitute direction of the con-brio choir Fürstenwalde; e.g. Christmas concerts
- Short appearance with Julia Kadel as part of the Young Euro Classics for the lecture "Why jazz and classical music meet so rarely" by PD Dr. Daniela collector
- CD release concert with the CD "If Spring"
- On the organ: musical accompaniment for various services, e.g. B. in the Queen Luise Memorial Church, the Genezareth Church Neukölln, the Twelve Apostles Church, the Rogate Monastery St. Michael, the Johannesstift Spandau, the Nicodemus Church Neukölln, the Markus Church in Steglitz and in the Martin Luther Church Berlin
- Women's services of the Ecumenical Women's Center Evas Arche
- Church service for the opening of the 27th Lesbian and Gay Festival
2018
- Conducting various concerts
- Organ anniversary in the Martin Luther Church Berlin-Neukölln
- Musical accompaniment for the inauguration of new information boards in the north of Schöneberg as part of the project »Historic sites with charm«
- Concert series “Classics” by the Leo Kestenberg Music School - works by Claude Debussy and Dmitri Shostakovich
- New Year's concert of the Fürstenwalde Chamber Orchestra in the Fürstenwalde Cathedral
2017
- Conducting various concerts
- Springtime concert in the Martin Luther Church as part of "48 hours in Neukölln"
- Concert series “Classics” by the Leo Kestenberg Music School - works by Beethoven and Brahms with Friederike Bauer-Eschen (cello) and Felicitas Eickelberg (piano)
- Schöneberg city culture (Schöneberger Stadtkultur)
2016
- Old St. Matthäus Kirchhof Berlin - Musical accompaniment of the event "Women in the mourning culture" as part of the 160th anniversary of the church yard
- Silent film concerts in the Genezareth Church Berlin - i.a. to Charlie Chaplin movies
2015
- Refo Moabit, several silent film accompaniments; e.g. accompaniment to the silent film “Broken Blossoms” by D.W. Griffith (1919) and "Under the Lantern" by Gerd Lamprecht (1928)
- Improvisation on the Kleuker organ
Concert Invitations
CD Release Winter, Konzerteinladung
2021 Einladung zum Herbstlichen Liederabend
2020 Felicitas & Friends im Schlot, 06.09.2020
2020 "whats up" Liederabend
2019 con-brio Weihnachtskonzert
2019 Liederabend "whats up"
Einladung zum literarischen Liederabend "Lebenslieder"
2019 CD-Releasekonzert
2015 Stummfilmbegleitung
2018 Adventsingen con-brio-Chor
2018 Konzertreihe Klassik
2018 Sommerkonzert
2018 con-brio-Chor
2018 Frühlingskonzert
2018 Konzertreihe Klassik
2018 Neujahrskonzert
2017 Orgelkonzert
2017 Neujahrskonzert
2016 Stummfilmbegleitung
2016 48 Stunden Neukölln
2015 Stummfilmbegleitung
Church Music
2021 Orgeleinweihung Martin-Luther-Kirche
2021 Einladung zum Orgelkonzert am 7.8.2021
2020 Sommersingen der Berliner Domkantorei
2020 Charly und die Orgel
2019 Evangelische FrauenVersammlung
2019 Kinderkirche Sommersegen
2019 Abendbegleitung Ökumenischer Frauengottesdienst
2018 Musikalische Vesper
2018 Orgelführung
2017 Orgelkonzert
2017 Neujahrskonzert
Service Announcements
2021 Einladung zum ökumenischen Frauengottesdienst am 8.3.
2020 Einladung zum Adventsgottesdienst
2020 September Gottesdienste 12-Apostel-Kirche
Einladung zum Abendsegen am Ostersonntag.
Einladung zum Familiengottesdienst.
2019 Gottesdienst zu Estomihi
2018 Musikalische Vesper
My Music
Coming Soon: Organ Improvisations Vol. II
My second organ CD is in progress, recorded on the Schuke organ in the 12 Apostle Church. You can look forward to a cross-section of the church year, as well as highlights such as Gershwin's Summertime, trout variations, some classics of film music in a medley and a new improvisation of children's songs.
Many thanks to the team for making this possible, especially to the church musician Christoph Hagemann, but also to Pastor Burkhard Bornemann, to the church staff and of course to my sound engineer Volker Greve.
If Spring
Title:
Part one: Evening
1. Greensleeves Variations
2. Water Games
3. Deep
4. Into the Wild
5. Fountain
6. Big D
Part Two: Morning
7. If Spring
8. Blissful
9. Clusters
10. Stalactites
11. In My Head
12. In Tierces
13. Pulsations
"If Spring" tells of:
- What happens if spring returns to a dead heart;
- What could have happened if spring had come to a love that was unhappy;
- What could happen if spring came again this year and every year; in the heart AND in nature; and in life.
All these "Ifs" and the whole spring; in the heart and in nature, shall be expressed in this music.
Recording of: Felicitas Eickelberg at Steinway D Piano
Location: Nikodemus Church Berlin, Feb 2017
Released: Dec 2018
Sound editor: Stephanz Kunz
Cover-Illustration: Manon Scharstein
Organ Improvisations
Organ improvisation
recording:Felicitas Eickelberg at the Schuke organ in the 12-apostle church Berlin-Schöneberg
Sound editor: Stephan Kunz
Released: 2015
White Wednesday
Piano Solo Improvisation
Recording: Felicitas Eickelberg at Steinway B
Sound editor: Stephan Kunz
CD covers: Manon Scharstein
Released: 2010
So Sincere
Solo Piano Pieces
Composer: Brian Agro
Piano: Felicitas Eickelberg
Released: 2007
Red Monday
Piano Improvisation
Sound editor: Stephen Sippel
Released: 2001
Sunday, silver plated
Piano Improvisation
recording: Marc Haussmann
Released: 2000
Blue Saturday
Piano Improvisation
Sound editor: Marc Haussmann
Released: 1999
Music is the language of passion
Richard Wagner
Thanks
A big thank you to Julia Kadel (Production Assistance), Karl-Erik Enkelman (Digitisation and Distribution of sound samples), Manon Scharstein (Graphics for the CDs), the Sound Masters Stephan Kunz, Stefan Sippel, and Marc Haussmann, the Nikodemus congregation for the reception site, and 12 Apostle Church for organ recordings as well as Klaus Dobler (photos in the Nikodemus Church), Claudia Schneider (website), and Ingo Markert (background graphic).
'Fux, die hast du ganz gestohlen' – Organ Improvisations
Kontakt zu Felicitas Eickelberg
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E-Mail: music@felicitaseickelberg.com