53rd Merseburg Organ Festival

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.

Tickets are available in advance via Reservix, ADticket and in the Tourist Information Merseburg.

OVERALL PROGRAMME

Wednesday, 30 August 2023

7 pm - On the 205th birthday of Friedrich Ladegast: "AppetitAnReger for the 53rd Merseburg Organ Days" (Merseburg Cathedral)

Saturday, 9 September 2023

7 pm - Opening concert (Merseburg Cathedral)

Sunday, 10 September 2023

10 am - Celebratory service with cathedral chapter (Merseburg Cathedral)

3 pm - "Max Reger - the chamber musician" (Baroque church Liebenau)

7 pm - The big evening concert: ‏"Max Reger - a musician's life from the beginning to the end" (Merseburg Cathedral)

Monday, 11 September 2023

9 o'clock - Musical opening of the cathedral (Merseburg Cathedral)

12 o'clock - Lunchtime concert: "Max Reger and the organ music of the Victorian era" (Merseburg Cathedral)

7 pm - The big evening concert: "BACH - the beginning and end of all music" I (Merseburg Cathedral)

21:30 - Axel Thielmann presents: "A giant Reger" - Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue in E minor op. 127 (Merseburg Cathedral)

Tuesday, 12 September 2023

9 o'clock - Musical opening of the cathedral (Merseburg Cathedral)

12 o'clock - Lunchtime concert: "Max Reger - his teachers and pupils" (Merseburg Cathedral)

7 pm - The big evening concert: "BACH - the beginning and end of all music" II (Merseburg Cathedral)

9 pm - Piano recital: "BACH - the beginning and end of all music" III (Aula of the Domgymnasium)

Wednesday, 13 September 2023

9 o'clock - Musical opening of the cathedral (Merseburg Cathedral)

12 o'clock - Lunchtime concert: "BACH - the beginning and end of all music" IV (Merseburg Cathedral)

7 pm - The big evening concert: "Vita Christi in the choral cantatas by Max Reger" (Merseburg Cathedral)

9 pm - Late evening organ concert: "From the chorale partita to the chorale fantasia" (Merseburg Cathedral)

Thursday, 14 September 2023

9 o'clock - Musical opening of the cathedral (Merseburg Cathedral)

12 o'clock - Lunchtime concert: "Franz Liszt and Max Reger" (Merseburg Cathedral)

7 pm - The big evening concert: organ concert "Max Reger pure - a biographical organ concert" (Merseburg Cathedral)

9 pm - Concert: "My soul is silent to God" - From the sacred songs of Max Reger (City Church of Merseburg)

Friday, 15 September 2023

9 o'clock - Musical opening of the cathedral (Merseburg Cathedral)

12 o'clock - Lunchtime concert: "Max Reger and Italian organ romanticism" (Merseburg Cathedral)

7 pm - The big evening concert: "Reger a capella" (Merseburg Cathedral)

9 pm - Concert in the cloister: Bach Jazz & Reger Revised and Original (Merseburg Cathedral)

Saturday, 16 September 2023

9 o'clock - Musical opening of the cathedral (Merseburg Cathedral)

11 am - Hello Mozart" family concert (Merseburg Cathedral)

6 pm - The big music night I (Merseburg Cathedral)

7.15 pm - The big music night II (Aula of the Domgymnasium)

10 pm - The big music night III (Merseburg Cathedral)

Sunday, 17 September 2023

10 am - Festive service of the Protestant parish (Merseburg Cathedral)

3 pm - Chamber music: "The clarinet quintets by Mozart and Reger" (St Vitus Church Merseburg)

7 pm - Closing concert: "The symphonic Reger" (Merseburg Cathedral)