Late evening organ concert "From the chorale partita to the chorale fantasia"

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.

Late evening organ concert
"From the chorale partita to the chorale fantasia"
On the Ladegast organ: Johannes Lang, organist at St Thomas's in Leipzig

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

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Partita "Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig" BWV 768

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847)
Sonata op. 65, No. 6 d minor on the chorale "Our Father in the Kingdom of Heaven"
Andante sostenuto - Allegro molto - Fuga - Finale: Andante

Johann Gottlob Töpfer (1791 - 1870) 
Great Concert Fantasy "Make yourself ready my spirit"

Max Reger (1873 - 1916)
Fantasy on the chorale "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" op. 27