The big music night

The Merseburg Organ Festival is taking place for the 54th time, with the magnificent Ladegast organ in Merseburg Cathedral taking centre stage. Under the motto "Musikland Österreich", the organ festival from 7 to 15 September 2024 is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Anton Bruckner's birth, the 150th anniversary of Franz Schmidt's birth and the 150th anniversary of Arnold Schönberg's birth the composers and works of the Danube Monarchy.

18:00 PART I
FOCUS Anton Bruckner III
"An organ concert for Anton Bruckner - teacher, contemporaries, descendants"
On the Ladegast organ: Martin Lücker - Frankfurt/Main
(€ 23, reduced € 20)

19:30 PART II
FOKUS Franz Schmidt III and Anton Bruckner IV
Franz Schmidt: Concertante Variations on a Theme by Beethoven for piano with orchestral accompaniment
Anton Bruckner: Mass in F minor
Susanne Bernhard - soprano, Katrin Göring - alto, Patrick Vogel - tenor, Andreas Scheibner - bass, Markus Becker- piano, Denny Wilke - organ Domkantorei Merseburg, Bachchor Eisenach
Staatskapelle Halle, conductor: Stefan Mücksch
(30 €, reduced € 27)

22:00 PART III
"On the beautiful blue Danube"
Salon Orchestra Cappuccino
Albrecht Winter - Management
(€ 23, reduced € 20)

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