Organ sound 12: Stefan Mücksch
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Organ sound 12: Stefan Mücksch
On selected Saturdays and religious holidays visitors of Merseburg Cathedral can experience the sound of the “Queen of instruments”. Listen to the romantic Ladegast organ, one of the region’s most magnificent organs. In a 40-minute concert, accompanied by spiritual words, organists from far and wide show their impressive skills.
Here you can already purchase your cathedral entrance ticket online.
On the Ladegast organ: cathedral cantor Stefan Mücksch
Program
On the large Ladegast organ
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) - Preludium et Fughetta in D major
Greeting
On the small Ladegast organ
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) - From Eight Little Preludes and Fugues: No. 5 Prelude and Fugue in G major (BWV 557)
Reading
On the large Ladegast organ
Max Reger (1873 - 1916) - From Nine Pieces for Organ Op. 129: Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) - Sonata in D minor, op. 65 No. 6: Chorale and Variations on the chorale "Our Father in the Kingdom of Heaven"
Reading and benediction
On the large Ladegast organ
Max Reger (1873 - 1916) - Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor
Stefan Mücksch, born in 1968, was appointed organist and cantor of the Protestant parish of Merseburg in 1996 after studying at the University of Church Music in Halle. Influenced musically by his parents, he received violin and piano lessons at an early age and later also organ lessons. Even during his studies, he gave his own performances and concerts. In Merseburg, Stefan Mücksch endeavours to offer a wide range of music in church services and concerts and has very successfully founded the "Concert Series in the Merseburg City Church", which attracts hundreds of music lovers every year. As director of the Merseburg Cathedral Choir and the ensemble CANTIAMO - Junge Kantorei Merseburg, Stefan Mücksch repeatedly succeeds in preparing major oratorios and choral symphonic works and performing them as part of the concert series in the town church and cathedral as well as the Merseburg Organ Festival.
