AppetitAnReger at the 53rd Merseburg Organ Days

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.

On the 205th birthday of Friedrich Ladegast:
"AppetitAnReger for the 53rd Merseburg Organ Days"
Luciano Lodi - Baritone
On the Ladegast organ: Ulfert Smidt - Hanover, Edgar Krapp - Munich, Michael Schönheit
Rebecca Stadie - soprano, Veronika Starke - violin, Katharina Dargel - viola
Cantiamo, Stefan Mücksch - Conductor

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

Program

Max Reger (1873 - 1916)
Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor (without op.)

From: Twelve sacred songs op. 137
No. 9 "Don't let anything take your time" (Paul Flemming, 1609-1640)
No. 5 "O Lord God, take thou from me" (Anonymus)
No. 2 "Thy will, Lord, be done" (Joseph von Eichendorff, 1788-1857)

From: Twelve organ pieces op. 59
No. 2 Pastorale

From: Twelve sacred songs op. 137
No. 7 Funeral hymn "Go now and dig my grave" (Ernst Moritz Arnd, 1769-1860)
No. 1 Plea for a blessed death "Wenn mein Stündlein fürhanden ist" (Nikolaus Herman, ca.1480-1561)
No. 4 In the evening "With my God I go to rest" (Anonymus)

Fantasy and fugue for organ op. 135 b

From: Twelve organ pieces op. 59
No. 9 Benedictus

From: Fifty-two 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 solo, violin, viola, four-part mixed choir, congregational singing and organ