Annika Kahrs: the lord loves changes, it’s one of his greatest delusions

Wednesday, 15.04.2026
Heilige-Geist-Kirche
Perleberger Straße 36, 10559 Berlin

7 p.m.
Introduction
with Annika Kahrs and Louis d’Heudières in conversation with Philipp Lange

8 p.m.
the lord loves changes, it’s one of his greatest delusions, 2018
Whistling choir and organ
Alexander Moosbrugger – Organ
Composition: Louis d‘Heudières

In the performance the lord loves changes, it’s one of his greatest delusions, staged at the Heilige-Geist-Kirche, Kahrs combines organ music with a whistling choir that deconstructs the musical material to the point of exhaustion. Following the work Gay Guerrilla (1979) by the American composer Julius Eastman – itself derived from Martin Luther’s chorale Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (before 1529) – the piece unfolds as a multilayered commentary on transformation, resistance, and the symbolic power of musical quotation. Originally conceived as a video work, the performance will be presented live for the first time in a church – a space imbued with both sacred and political resonance.

Image:
Heilige-Geist-Kirche Moabit, Berlin