Open workshop days & concerts in the KLAngwerkstatt
Clarinets have been made in Obere Königstraße for 25 years. That’s why we’re opening our workshop doors for our in-house exhibition on the weekend of May 10-12. We invite you to try out our instruments and clarinet accessories, to visit the production rooms of our workshop and to talk to us. You can also expect a colorful concert program by international friends of Seggelke clarinets. And socializing should not be neglected either, as we would like to celebrate several anniversaries together with you.
Open workshop days
Friday 11-17 h, Saturday 10-18 h, Sunday 10-14 h
Try out our extensive range of clarinets from Schwenk&Seggelke, Seggelke-Line and historical replicas from JSB. We also have a large selection of clarinet accessories, and case manufacturer Bernhard Kösling(be.case) will have a stand on site. There will also be some special offers.
We also offer guided tours of our production facilities and the timber store. Get to know our variety of wood types and find out how many steps are necessary to make a unique clarinet.
Concerts in the KLAngwerkstatt
Friday: From Vienna to the Balkans
7 pm: The ensemble “Ringelspiel” presents texts and music from Vienna from the period 1850-1950 in its program “mit aana schwoazn Dindn”. Georg Leumer as singer and reciter is accompanied by Ina Hesse on guitar, Franz Blaschko on violin and double bass and Jochen Seggelke on various clarinets.
8.30 pm: Afterwards we travel musically east to the Balkans: Sali Okka from Bulgaria is a virtuoso on the G clarinet typical of this region.
Saturday: Chamber music with clarinets
6 p.m.: Jean Francaix, Bohuslav Martinu, Josef Palenicek, Louise Farrenc and James Helgeson. You’ve never heard these names before? Then come and get to know the music of these composers. It will be presented by a top-class ensemble of international workshop friends:
On piano Manami Sano (piano, lecturer for accompaniment at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf) and on various clarinets: Prof. Johannes Gmeinder (Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig), Guido Hauser (Theater für Niedersachsen – Hildesheim), Matthias Höfer (Oper Frankfurt), Irvin Venis (Martinu Society Prague), and Prof. Mingzhe Wang (Michgan State University).
Sunday: from historical to modern, from high ace to double bass
11 a.m.: The ensemble “Clarimonia” (Bernhard Kösling, Ekkehard Sauer, Jochen Seggelke) takes us back to the time of Viennese Classicism, played on historical replicas of clarinets and basset horns from the period.
The entire clarinet family from high A flat to contrabass clarinet will be heard at the subsequent premiere. Bernhard Kösling has arranged a special work (as he has often done for our in-house exhibitions).
12 noon: Prof. Ernesto Molinari from Bern appears as his alter-ego “Mr. Nesto” and tells the story of a special little striped clarinet.
After all concerts and during the breaks, there are small appetizers and always a full glass according to taste.
Admission to the concerts is free, but we would be delighted if you would make an appropriate donation to enable the small-scale culture with KLArinettenanteil at Obere Königstraße 15 to continue in the future.
But… what is there to celebrate anyway?
In 1999 Werner Schwenk and Jochen Seggelke moved with 2 employees into the rooms of the former leather goods factory in the rear building of Obere Königstraße 15 to build clarinets by hand. At that time, the company founders could not have imagined that 25 years later the company would employ 15 people from all over Germany, Portugal, France and Canada and that the instruments would spread great joy all over the world!
We have been trading as Seggelke Klarinetten GmbH & Co. KG for three years and now have three clarinet brands: modern instruments of the “Schwenk & Seggelke” brand and historically accurate replicas of clarinets from the 18th and 19th century brand “JSB”. Since 2019 – 5 years ago – our “Seggelke Line” has complemented our range. Together with the company F. A. Uebel, we produce a clarinet series that is equally suitable for beginners, students, teachers and professionals looking for an affordable second instrument.
There are also some private reasons to celebrate: Jochen Seggelke has now been self-employed as a woodwind instrument maker for 30 years and recently turned 60. We would like to celebrate his 75th birthday with company co-founder Werner Schwenk. And several other employees are celebrating milestone birthdays this year – we won’t run out of reasons to celebrate!
