Merseburger DomMusik

As part of the “Merseburger DomMusik” (“Merseburg Cathedral Music”), concerts are regularly held at Merseburg Cathedral. The diverse program spans from concerts with the Ladegast organ to symphonies and chamber concerts in the cloister. Tickets are available at the Tourist-Information Merseburg, at the location or online .

Dates 2020

09 May 2020 | 17.00 hrs
Opening DomMusik
Online transmission by Saale-Unstrut-Tourism
In Merseburg Cathedral, cathedral organist Michael Schönheit will play the Ladegast organ

07 June 2020 | 18.00 hrs
Opening of the 29th organ summer in the Merseburg region
On the 250th anniversary of the birth (18 February) of Christian Heinrich Rinck (1770-1846) and in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the death (8 June) of Johann Gottlob Töpfer (1791-1870)
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Christian Heinrich Rinck, Johann Christian Leberecht Kittel, Johann Adolf Hesse, Johann Gottlob Töpfer, Alexander Wilhelm Gottschlag and Franz Liszt
Organ: Cathedral organist Michael Schönheit
Tickets: AK: 10 €

28 June 2020 | 17.00 hrs
Chamber music in the cloister
Ferdinand Ries: Quartet in F minor op. 13 for violin, viola, violoncello and piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: 3. Sinfonie „Eroica“ op. 55, für Klavierquartett bearbeitet von Ferdinand Ries
Eva Salonen (violin), Katharina Dargel (viola), Stephan Wünsch (violoncello), Michael Schönheit (piano)
Tickets: VVK: €15, reduced €12 | AK: €18, reduced €15

12 July 2020 | 17.00 hrs
St Thomas Choir Leipzig
In the line-up of the Gustav-Schreck-Kantorei
Conductor: Thomaskantor Gotthold Schwarz
Organ: Cathedral organist Michael Schönheit
Works by Heinrich Schütz, Johann Hermann Schein, Johann Sebastian Bach and others.

28 July 2020 | 19.00 hrs
Organ concert on the anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach's death
On the Ladegast organ: Franz Hauk (organist at the Liebfrauenmünster in Ingolstadt)
Tickets: 15 €, reduced 12 €

16 August 2020 | 17.00 hrs
Chamber music in the cloister
Beethoven 250 „Klavier“
Piano recital
Roswitha Lohmer (Bamberg)
Tickets: VVK: €15, reduced €12 | AK: €18, reduced €15

30 August 2020 | 18.00 hrs
Organ concert to mark the 102nd birthday of Friedrich Ladegast
On the Ladegast organs: Ludger Lohmann (Stuttgart)
Tickets: 15 €, reduced 12 €

03 October 2020 | 18.00 hrs
Ceremony to mark the Day of German Unity
Beethoven 250 „Sinfonie Nr. 9 op. 125“ mit Schlusschor über Schillers Ode „An die Freude“ und Steffen Schleiermacher: „Drei Oden für Beethoven“
Julia-Sophie Wagner (Soprano)
N.N. (alto)
Lothar Odinius (Tenor)
Andreas Scheibner (Bass)
Collegium Vocale Leipzig
Chamber choir of Schlosskapelle Saalfeld
Merseburger Hofmusik (with instruments of historic scale length)
Director: Michael Schönheit
Tickets: VVK: €25/20, reduced €22/17 | AK: €30/25, reduced €27/22

05 December 2020 | 20.00 hrs
Christmas organ concert by candlelight
Organ: Cathedral organist Michael Schönheit
Tickets: VVK: €15, reduced €12 | AK: €18, reduced €15

31 December 2020 | 18.00 hrs
„Orgelvesper zum Jahreswechsel“
Liturg: Bernhard Halver, An der Ladegastorgel Domorganist Michael Schönheit 

Subject to change without notice.
An event initiated by the city of Merseburg in collaboration with the Freundeskreis Musik und Denkmalpflege in Kirchen des Merseburger Landes e. V. and with kind support of the Vereinigte Domstifter