Copyrights October 3rd – Germany sings and sounds
It has now become an integral part of the celebrations surrounding German Unity Day: On October 3rd, 2024, the “3. October – Germany sings and sounds” for the fifth time to experience and celebrate this special day together through singing and making music. At 7 p.m., ten well-known unifying songs from various genres, including Ukrainian, Russian, Arabic, Turkish and Hebrew, will be sung simultaneously throughout the country to commemorate the Peaceful Revolution. In 2024, the day of action is under the patronage of the President of the Federal Council and Prime Minister of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Manuela Schwesig.
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On this Antje Valentin, Secretary General of the German Music Council: “The German Music Council cordially invites everyone to take part in open singing, making music and celebrating the Day of German Unity this year. When music initiates and accompanies moments of community, as it does on this day of action, it brings different generations, cultures and world views into contact with each other and gives joy and hope: a great gift for our vulnerable society. With music as a common language, we strengthen our solidarity, reflect on the value of peace and the power of diversity and inclusion!”
On this Bernd Oettinghaus for the sponsoring group of the initiative “3. October – Germany sings and sounds“: „We often hear ‘we can’t talk to each other anymore’. On German Unity Day we invite you: Let’s sing! 35 years after the miracle of the Peaceful Revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall, we will remember with candles in our hands that courageous people in the east of our country took their hope to the streets despite fear and anger and with the cry of ‘no violence’ for one have acknowledged peaceful change. With songs of gratitude, hope and peace from different genres, we want to celebrate our democracy together in over 250 places in the country, honor our precious freedoms under the Basic Law and send a strong sign of togetherness with all cultures and generations – a thank you from many thousands of voices. and choir of hope, as a contrast to all fear and exclusion, anger and indifference.“
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For everyone who would like to take part: The initiative has a Songbook with ten songs of hope and peace and other material such as playbacks made available for download. You can also take part spontaneously in your own town or from home. The main event for German Unity Day will take place in Schwerin in 2024 and can be held via a Live-Stream be tracked. As a cooperation partner, the German Music Council supports the “3. October – Germany sings and sounds”.
