Heilige Nacht von Ludwig Thoma - Pfarrer Rainer Maria Schießler und Geschwister Siferlinger
Heilige Nacht
A Christmas legend based on Ludwig Thoma
Pastor Rainer Maria Schießler musically accompanied by the trio Geschwister Siferlinger - Matthias Pürner / Ziach
with the original Heilige Nacht songs by Ludwig Thoma
Duration without intermission: approx. 70 min.
The great folk poet wrote his lyrically Bavarian Christmas story in 1916 at his beloved ‘Tuften’ above Tegernsee. The verses tell simply and therefore touching the biblical fairy tale, as it was probably heard in the farming parlors on Christmas Eve for generations. Memories are awakened: of a warm room, of the smell of cookies, of the security of childhood years.
Rainer Maria Schießler
Pastor Rainer Maria Schießler grew up in the district of the parish "To the Holy Twelve Apostles" in Munich-Laim.
In 1980, he completed his Abitur at Wittelsbacher-Gymnasium München with the Bavarian Abitur. From 1981 to 1986, he studied theology at the University of Munich and the University of Salzburg. In 1986/1987, he spent a pastoral year in the pastoral care unit of Bad Kohlgrub. He received his priestly ordination on June 27, 1987, in Freising. From 1987 to 1991, he was a chaplain at the Church of "St. Nikolaus" in Rosenheim. From 1991 to 1993, he was a chaplain in the Church of "Heiligkreuz" in Munich-Giesing. Since 1993, he has been serving as the pastor of the parish of St. Maximilian in Munich (officially installed in 1995).
From 2006 to 2012, Schießler worked every year as a waiter in the Schottenhamel tent at the Oktoberfest in Munich. He donated his salary from this job to a charity organization. [3][4] After a two-year break, he worked again at the Oktoberfest in 2015 and donated his earnings to a charity project for Syria initiated by the Bavarian comedian Christian Springer.
Since 2011, in addition to the parish of St. Maximilian, he also manages the parish of Heilig-Geist at Viktualienmarkt. From 2012 to 2015, Rainer Maria Schießler had his own talk show called Pfarrer Schießler, which was produced and broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunk.
He often receives public attention for his progressive and often provocative statements for a lively and active church. Not only believing but credible "Appear instead of leaving" – is the appeal of Rainer Maria Schießler. In a time when more people than ever are leaving the Catholic Church, the nationally known city pastor of Munich manages to grow his parish and bring enthusiasm for the worship service. His recipe is plain speech. Often, his sermons on ecumenism and celibacy are applauded. He indeed maintains a very own style: in spring, the passionate motorcyclist blesses the fathers' machines and the little ones' Bobby-cars in the community, on Christmas Eve he lets a DJ play and serves sparkling wine - after all, the birthday of Jesus is celebrated.
As a Munich city pastor, Rainer Maria Schießler is an important part of this institution. And as a churchman with unconventional views, he tries to loosen the rigid structures from within. Pastor Schießler is firmly rooted in faith - but this does not prevent him from blessing divorced and homosexual couples or initiating media-effective discussions.
What drives him? His joy in giving people support and a home. Thus, his new book is a Christian guide that aims to provide "strength for all situations in life." The basis for his guide? The Bible. "The Schießler Bible" combines Rainer Maria Schießler's modern way of thinking with one of the oldest and most influential books in the world.
Rainer Maria Schießler's books, with the fifth book already in progress, achieve bestseller rankings, which attests that the path of Pastor Schießler is followed by a broad community.
Life lines - Rainer Maria Schießler: Sermons, Podcasts and Partnership: Pastor Schießler - Faith, Love, Rebellion | Life lines | BR Television | Television | BR.de
Ludwig Thoma
"Now, folks, now lock it up! ... Comes the holy night. And the forest awakens, The hares and deer look, The stag over the snow. No one asked them, No one said it was a year, And soon they will know, The Mother of God in the forest."
Ludwig Thoma was born as the fifth child of a forester in Oberammergau. One of his most popular works, the Lausbubengeschichten, undoubtedly recalls the not always easy and certainly not always so humorous years of his childhood.
Thoma wanted to become a forester like his father and began studying forestry in Aschaffenburg, but dropped out after the first year and switched to law, which he studied in Munich and Erlangen.
From 1890 to 1893, he was a legal intern in Traunstein. In 1894, his mother died, and in the same year he settled as a lawyer in Dachau. Here he got to know "his farmers," whom he described so aptly in the following time. In 1897, he moved to Munich, where he came into contact with the staff of the satirical weekly Simplizissimus, founded by Albert Langen in 1896. This was followed by his first publications in this magazine under the pseudonym "Peter Schlemihl." In 1899, he abandoned his work as a lawyer and became a permanent employee of Simplizissimus, a year later its editor-in-chief.
In the following years, he traveled through Europe and engaged in an active writing career. Among other things, he wrote the plays "Die Medaille" and "Die Lokalbahn." In 1905, he married the 25-year-old dancer Marietta di Rigardo, called Marion, a liberated young woman for the times. The marriage did not last long, as their temperaments were too different; Marion became increasingly bored and engaged in affairs. In 1910, the marriage was dissolved, but they remained friends.
In 1906, Thoma, together with Hermann Hesse, became editor of the magazine "März." In the same year, he was sentenced to six weeks in prison for a poem published in "Simplizissimus" for "insulting some members of a morality association," which he had to serve in Stadelheim near Munich. In 1908, one of his greatest successes, the comedy "Moral," premiered. Here he let a representative of a morality association, who had committed a serious offense against the principles of such a society, say: "Being moral, I can manage that alone in my room, but it has no educational value. The main thing is that one publicly commits to moral principles. That has a positive effect on the family, on the state."
In 1908, he moved into his house "Auf der Tuften" in Tegernsee.
Ludwig Thoma found his final resting place in Rottach-Egern at Tegernsee. His grave lies next to that of his long-time friend, writer Ludwig Ganghofer.
Dreigsang:
Geschwister Siferlinger - Traudi, Maria, and Hermann Siferlinger
Even as children and teenagers, the Siferlinger siblings performed at many high-profile folk music events. Maria, Traudi, and Hermann have repeatedly accompanied readings of "Heilige Nacht" with greats like Fritz Straßner, Karl Obermeier, or Gustl Bayrhammer with their singing. Even now, after many years, they are performing together publicly for the first time again, captivating the audience with their unpretentious-authentic, finely tuned sibling voices and thus providing the appropriate musical setting for Ludwig Thoma's touching texts.
Traudi Siferlinger, a native of Chiemgau, comes from a folk music family, attended the artistic Ignaz Günther Gymnasium in Rosenheim, studied violin and music education at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich, and completed a postgraduate study at the Carl Maria von Weber University in Dresden.
For many years, she has been working for Bayerischer Rundfunk, initially as a radio presenter, later as an author of magazine shows and feature films.
Since 2005, she has been the musical designer of the show "Wirtshausmusikanten beim Hirzinger," which she has also moderated since 2006 together with a co-moderator (until 2017 Wolfgang Binder, since 2017 Dominik Glöbl). With this show, whose popularity extends far beyond Bavaria, she reaches millions of viewers.
Matthias Pürner – (Ziach)
Matthias Pürner, born in 1990 in Trostberg in northern Chiemgau, is studying for a bachelor’s degree in folk music with a major in Styrian harmonica (class of Alexander Maurer) at the University of Music and Theater in Munich.
In addition to traditional alpine folk music, his focus is on exploring various genres from classical to jazz to pop music. With effect devices and loops, the possibilities of the instrument are expanded to experiment with new sounds and playing techniques.
With his band Großstadt Boazn, he performs at festivals, fringe theater stages, and inns from Verona to Berlin.
Alongside folk music pieces in traditional style and various compositions for Großstadt Boazn, commissioned compositions for theater and television are also among his works.
Doors open: 19:00
No tickets available here
Hallo, ich bin Maya.
