Lunchtime concert "BACH - the beginning and end of all music" IV

The Merseburg Organ Festival is taking place for the 53rd time, with the magnificent Ladegast organ in Merseburg Cathedral taking centre stage. From 9 to 17 September 2023, the audience can look forward to numerous concerts with top-class organists. Under the title "AppetitAnReger - Max Reger on his 150th birthday", we will be commemorating the important German composer of the late Romantic period, Max Reger, in 2023.

Noon concert
"BACH - the beginning and end of all music" IV
Irénée Peyrot, organist at the Marktkirche Halle

Tickets are available in advance via reservix.de, adticket.com and in the Tourist-Information Merseburg.

Program

Max Reger (1873 - 1916)
From: Five Preludes and Fugues for Organ op. 56
No. 5 Prelude and Fugue in B minor

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) From: "Six chorales of various kinds"
Max Reger From: Fifty-two chorale preludes op. 67
Johann Sebastian Bach "Awake, the voice calls to us" BWV 645
Max Reger No. 41 "Awake, the voice calls us"
Johann Sebastian Bach "Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten" BWV 647
Max Reger No. 45 "Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten"

Max Reger
Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor WoO IV/6

Johann Sebastian Bach "Come down now, Jesus, from heaven" BWV 650
Max Reger No. 24 "Praise the Lord"
Johann Sebastian Bach From: Eighteen chorales of various kinds
"Adorn yourself, O dear soul" BWV 654
Max Reger No. 34 "Adorn yourself, O dear soul"

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV 544