The big evening concert: "Vita Christi in the choral cantatas by Max Reger"

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.

The big evening concert
"Vita Christi in the choral cantatas by Max Reger"
Leipzig Gewandhaus Choir
Julia Sophie Wagner - soprano, Henriette Gödde - alto
Veronika Starke, Johanna Berndt - violin, Katharina Dargel - viola. Susanne Wettemann - oboe
On the Ladegast organ: Johanns Lang, organist at St Thomas's in Leipzig
Gregor Meyer - Management

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

Program

Max Reger (1873-1916)
From: Twelve pieces for the organ, op. 65
No. 7 Praeludium in D minor

Choral cantata "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her" WoO V/4 No. 1 (1903)
for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, two violins, four-part female choir
Congregational singing and organ

From: Twelve pieces for the organ, op. 65
No. 8 Fugue in D major

Choral cantata "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" WoO V/4 No. 3 (1904)
for soprano, alto, oboe, violin, four-part mixed choir, congregational singing and organ

Easter motet "Let us praise the Lord" (Johann Rist, 1607 - 1667)
for five-part mixed choir a cappella

From: 52 chorale preludes op. 67
No. 26 "I will not leave my Jesus"

Choral cantata "Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht" WoO V/4 No. 4 (1906)
for soprano, violin, viola, four-part mixed choir, congregational singing and organ