Merseburg Cathedral Music regularly organises concerts in Merseburg Cathedral. The varied programme ranges from organ concerts on the Ladegast organs to symphonies and chamber concerts in the cloister.
Wednesday, 31 December 2025 | 6 pm
Festive organ music at the end of the year
Organ: Cathedral organist Michael Schönheit
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 op. 46
1st Morgenstemning / morning mood(Allegretto pastorale)
2. Åses død / Åses death (Andante doloroso)
3. anitras dans / anitras dance(Tempo di Mazurka)
4. i Dovregubbens hall / In the hall of the mountain king / (Alla marcia e molto marcato)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565
Johann Sebastian Bach
Choral arrangement from the Orgelbüchlein
„The old year has passed“ BWV 614
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Pictures of an exhibition
(arrangement for organ by Oskar Gottlieb Blarr) (32 minutes)
1st promenade
2. gnome
3. promenade
4. the old castle
5. promenade
6 The Tuileries (Children playing in a fight)
7. bydlo
8th promenade
9. the ballet of the chicks in their eggshells
10. two Jews, one rich and one poor (Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle)
11th promenade
12. the market place of Limoges
13 Catacombae Sepulchrum Romanum. Con mortuis in lingua mortua
14 The hut of Baba Yaga
15. the gate of the old Kiev fortress
Tickets are available in advance at the Tourist-Information Merseburg or under www.eventim.de.