St. Petersburg
On April 6, the third day of mourning for victims of the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg subway, there was a concert at Sts. Peter and Paul Сhurch - “The World of the Cantatas of J.S. Bach.” This joint German-Russian musical project – one of the highlights of the 14th annual Week of Germany in St. Petersburg – gathered no fewer than 400 guests to the Lutheran Cathedral. After the completion of the restoration of the organ gallery this concert was the first event in the building of Petrikirche.
At the opening of the concern Pastor Michael Schwarzkopf spoke about how he had just returned from an event of public mourning at the “Technologichesky Institute” subway station. There representatives of all Christian confessions and various other religions had gathered together with representatives of the government in order to state their common opposition to terrorism.
Everyone at the church rose for a minute of silence.
The well-known “Reformation Cantata” of Bach (based on the text of Martin Luther's «Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott») was performed; this piece was, without a doubt, a special gift to the Lutheran church from the project planners during this, the 500 anniversary of the Reformation.
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