The big evening concert: "Reger a capella"

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
"Reger a capella"
Collegium Vocale Leipzig
Michael Schönheit - Management

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

Program

Max Reger (1873 - 1916)
Sacred songs for five-part mixed choir a cappella op. 110
"My breath is weak"
"Oh, Lord, do not punish me"
"O death, how bitter you are"

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Arnold Schönberg (1874 - 1951)
"Peace on earth" op. 13
for mixed choir a cappella

Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
From: Two motets op. 74
No. 1 "Why is light given to the weary"
for four- to six-part choir

Max Reger
Eight Spiritual Songs op. 138
No. 2 "Morgengesang" (Johannes Zwick)
No. 1 "Man lives and endures" (Matthias Claudius)
No. 4 "Our Lady's Dream" (anonymous)
No. 5 "Crusader Song" (anonymous)
No. 7 "Schlachtgesang" (anonymous)
No. 8 "We believe in one God" (anonymous)
No. 6 "The Agnus Dei" (Nikolaus Decius)
No. 3 "Night Song" (Petrus Herbert)