Giant-Organ-Concert at St. Stephen's Cathedral

28 Dec & 30 Dec

Giant-Organ-Concerts
at St. Stephen's

Sat, Mo 08:30pm | St. Stephen's Cathedral

Listen to a concert on the new Giant Organ at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna! Mighty sounds from more than 12,000 pipes fill one of the most beautiful churches in the world on one of the biggest organ units of Europe. In the organ concerts, world-class organists play a wide-ranging programme from Bach over Reger to gems of organ music. The new console is centrally located in the nave, so you can watch the organists play the five manuals with masterful virtuosity. Blow you can find all information on the, dates, organists and their programme. A truly enveloping sound experience awaits you.

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Concert Details

Dates, Organists and Programme

Sat 28. December 2024 - 8:30pm: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier

Mon 30. December 2024 - 8:30pm: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier

Past Organ Concerts

Thu 24. October 2024 - 8:30pm: Martin Schmeding (Leipzig)

Thu 17. October 2024 - 8:30pm: Maciej Zakrzewski (Gdansk)

The organist originally engaged, Krzysztof Urbaniak from Łódź, is unfortunately unsuitable and had to cancel. We would like to thank Maciej Zakrzewski from Gdansk, who has kindly taken over the concert.

Max Reger: Fantasy on the chorale “Halleluja! Gott zu loben bleibe meine Seelenfreud!” op. 52 No 3

Maciej Zakrzewski: Floodlight (Improvisation)

Felix Borowski: 2. Sonata for organ

Maciej Zakrzewski: Suite bizarre

Thu 10. October 2024 - 8:30pm: Jan Lehtola (Helsinki)

Thu 3. October 2024 - 8:30pm: Craig Humber (Vienna)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and fugue in A minor, BWV 543

Robert Schumann: Four sketches for the pedal wing, op. 58

1. Not fast and very marked, c minor

2. Not fast and very marked, C major

3. Lively, f minor

4. Allegretto, D flat major

Julius Reubke: Sonate "Der 94. Psalm"

1. Grave - Larghetto - Allegro con fuoco - Grave

2. Adagio - Lento

3. Allegro - Più mosso - Allegro

Thu 26. September 2024 - 8:30pm: Eric Lebrun (Paris)

Thu 12. September 2024 - 8:30pm: Vincent Dubois (Paris)

Thu 5. September 2024 - 8:30pm: Elisabeth Zawadke (Como)

Thu 29. August 2024 - 8:30pm: Ulrich Walther (Graz)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Kyrie, God the Holy Spirit, BWV 671

Ferruccio Busoni: from "To the Youth" op. 254/2 (Study from BWV 850)

- Preludio

- Fuga

- Fuga figurata

Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Fantasy in F minor, KV 608

Franz Liszt: 2ème Ballade

Franz Schmidt: "O how blessed you are, you godly ones" from "four short chorale preludes"

Louis Vierne: Final from the 5th Symphony, op. 47

Thu 22. August 2024 - 8:30pm: Ondřej Valenta (Prague)

Thu 15. August 2024 - 10:00pm: Domorganist Ernst Wally

Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564

Ernst Wally: Fantasia pro Organo

Rudolf Bibl: 1. Sonata in D minor, op. 74

- I Allegro moderato

- II Andante con moto

- III Adagio con energico - Moderato

Sigfrid Karg-Elert: “Saluto angelico” No. V from the Cathedral Windows, op. 106

Eugène Gigout: Grand Choeur Dialogué

Thu 8. August 2024 - 8:30pm: Philipp Pelster (Salzburg)

Michael Praetorius: Springtanz

Guy Bovet: Le Boléro du divin Mozart

Guy Bovet: Salamanca

Joseph Jongen: Chant de mai

Nadia Boulanger: Petit canon

Henri Mulet: Tu es petra

Maurice Ravel: Le Petit Poucet

Camille Saint-Säens: Danse macabre

Camille Saint-Säens: " Le Coucou au fond des bois" from Carnival of the Animals

Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow: Procession of the Nobles

Thu 1. August 2024 - 8:30pm: Three Friends improvise - Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier & Jean-Baptiste Dupont (Bordeaux) & Adam Tanski (Warsaw)

Thu 25. July 2024 - 8:30pm: William Whitehead (London)

Matthias Weckmann: Toccata II in E minor

Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in D minor, BWV 539

Jacques van Oortmerssen: Now all forests are at rest

Johann Sebastian Bach: We Christians, BWV 612

Ernst Wally: How beautifully the morning star shines

Johann Sebastian Bach: Lord God, now open the heavens, BWV 617

Peter Planyavsky: Now my Jesus bids good night

Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Andante in F for a Orgelwalze, KV 616

Francis Grier: In nomine

Maurice Duruflé: Scherzo, op. 2

Charles Marie Widor: Allegro vivace from the 5th Symphony for organ

Thu 18. July 2024 - 8:30pm: Paul Breisch (Luxemburg)

Léon Boëllmann: Suite Gotique

- Introduction - Choral

- Menuet gothique

- Prière à Notre Dame

- Toccata

Dom Paul Benoît: Fantaisie sur l’Introït "Gaudeamus" de l’Assomption

Carlo Hommel: Variations sur "O Mamm, léif Mamm"

Camille Jaquemin: Avioth (aus: Tableaux de Pèlerinage)

Flor Peeters: Suite modale, op. 43

- Koraal

- Scherzo

- Adagio

- Toccata

Thu 11. July 2024 - 8:30pm: Gabriele Agrimonti (Rome)

Thu 4. July 2024 - 8:30pm: Ruben Sturm (Munich)

Georg Friedrich Händel: from the organ concerto in B flat major op. 7, No. 11

- Andante larghetto e staccato

Ruben Sturm: Four improvisations in the German Baroque style

- Cantus firmus colorans

- Trio

- Quartuor

- Organo pleno

Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Valse mignonne, op. 142/3

Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Finale alla solfeggio aus op. 151

Anton Bruckner: Perger Prelude in C major

Ruben Sturm: Variations symphoniques improvisées

Sat 25. May 2024 - 8:30pm: Stina Strehar (Vaduz) & Choralschola St. Stephan

Performers
Stina Strehar (Vaduz): Organ
Choralschola St. Stephan: Vocal ensemble

Programme
»Cantus - Organ and Gregorian chant«

Anonymus

Kyrie, Christe, Kyrie / Gregorian chant

Johann Sebastian Bach

Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544

Anonymus

Veni creator spiritus / Whitsun hymn in Gregorian chant

Maurice Duruflé

Prélude, adagio et choral varié sur le »Veni creator«, op. 4 (Choral varié)

Nicolas de Grigny

Récit de Tierce en taille

Anonymus

Pange lingua / Hymn in Gregorian chant

as well as other organ pieces by Nicolas de Grigny and Thierry Escaich

Sun 19. May 2024 - 10:00pm: Domorganist Ernst Wally

Sat 11. May 2024 - 8:30pm: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier

Sat 4. May 2024 - 8:30pm: Andreas Jetter (Chur, Switzerland)

Sat 27. April 2024 - 8:30pm: Martin Haselböck (Vienna, Austria)

Sat 20. April 2024 - 8:30pm: Silvius von Kessel (Erfurt, Germany)

Sat 13. April 2024 - 8:30pm: Rachel Mahon (Coventry, UK)

Sat 30. December 2023 - 8:30pm: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier

Sun 17. December 2023 - 10:00pm: Domorganist Ernst Wally

Sun 10. December 2023 - 10:00pm: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier

Sun 03. December 2023 - 10:00pm: Domorganist Ernst Wally

Thu 26. October 2023 - 8:30pm: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier

Thu 19. October 2023 - 8:30pm: Johannes Berger (Kufstein)

Thu 12. October 2023 - 8:30pm: Julian Gembalski (Katowice)

Thu 05. October 2023 - 8:30pm: Sarah Kim (Paris)

Thu 28. September 2023 - 8:30pm: Jan Hage (Utrecht)

Thu 21. September 2023 - 8:30pm: Juan de la Rubia (Barcelona)

Thu 14. September 2023 - 8:30pm: Roman Summereder (Vienna)

Thu 07. September 2023 - 8:30pm: Josef Still (Trier)

Thu 31. August 2023 - 8:30pm: Giulia Biagetti (Lucca)

Thu 24. August 2023 - 8:30pm: Franz-Josef Stoiber (Regensburg)

Thu 17. August 2023 - 8:30pm: Domorganist Ernst Wally

Thu 10. August 2023 - 8:30pm: Markku Hietaharju (Turku)

Thu 03. August 2023 - 8:30pm: Andreas Sieling (Berlin)

Thu 27. July 2023 - 8:30pm: Simon Johnson (London)

Thu 20. July 2023 - 8:30pm: Jean-Baptiste Monnot (Paris)

Thu 13. July 2023 - 8:30pm: Arturo Barba (Valencia)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Tocccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

Sir George Thalben-Ball

Variations on a Theme by Paganini for Pedal Solo

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Passacaglia in C minor

Louis Vierne

Carillon of Westminster, op. 54/6

Edward W. Elgar

Nimrod from the Enigma Variations, op. 36

Antonín Dvořák

Allegro con fuoco aus der Symphonie Nr. 9 in e-moll

Thu 06. July 2023 - 8:30pm: Andreas Jost (Zurich)

Sun 28. May 2023 - 10:00pm: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier

Sat 13. May 2023 - 8:30pm: Domorganist Ernst Wally

Sat 6. May 2023 - 8:30pm: Christian Barthen (Bern)

Sat 29. April 2023 - 8:30pm: Sander Van Den Houten (Den Haag)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor, BWV 582

Dietrich Buxtehude

Come, Holy Spirit, BuxWV 199

Franz Liszt

Weeping, lamenting, worrying, fearing
(Variations on the basso continuo of the first movement of the cantata of the same name)

Max Reger

Soul Bridegroom, op. 67

Max Reger

Fantasy on the chorale "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (Our God is a Mighty Fortress)", op. 27

Sat 22. April 2023 - 8:30pm: Tom Winpenny (St. Albans)

Herbert Murril

Carillon

Johann Sebastian Bach

Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 550

Robert Schumann

From the six canonical sketches

1. Not too fast
4. Intimately
Edward Elgar

Second Sonata in B flat major, op. 87
(Edited by Ivor Atkins)
- I Introduction
- II Toccata
- III Fugue - Cadenza
- IV Coda
- Max Reger
  
  Ave Maria, op. 80 No. 5
  
  Olivier Messiaen
  
  Joie et clarté des corps glorieux
  from Les Corps Glorieux
  
  Franz Schmid
  
  Toccata in C major

Fri 30. December 2022 - 8:30pm: Domorganist Ernst Wally

Paul Hiller (1881-1924)

Variationen über „O Sanctissima“ Op. 71

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Pastorale BWV 590

Ernst Wally (*1976)

Improvisation

Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897)

Suite Gotique

Introduction - Chorale
Menuet Gotique
Prière á Notre-Dame
Toccata
Charles Marie Widor (1844-1937)

Aus der V. Symphonie für Orgel Op. 42/5
- Adagio
- Toccata

Sun 18. December 2022 - 10:00pm: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier

Sun 11. December 2022 - 10:00pm: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier

Sun 27. November 2022 - 10:00pm: Domorganist Ernst Wally

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1759)

Choral prelude „Nun komm der Heiden Heiland“ BWV 599
Toccata and Fuge in D minor, BWV 565

César Franck (1822-1890)

Prélude, Fugue et Variation op. 18

Ernst Wally (*1976)

Improvisation

César Franck (1822-1890)

Cantabile

Josef Haydn (1736-1809)

From the Flötenuhr from 1792

Allegro moderato
Andante (Allegretto)
Menuett (Allegretto)
Presto
Marco Enrico Bossi (1861-1925)

Ave Maria

Max Reger (1873-1915)

Toccata D minor op. 59
Fugue D minor, op. 59

Thu 27. October 2022: Domorganist Ernst Wally

Max Reger (1873-1916)

Introduction andPassacaglia in D minor

Franz Schmidt (1874-1939)

1. Interlude from the Book with Seven Seals

Ernst Wally (1976)

Improvisation I

Franz Schmidt (1874-1939)

2. Interlude from the Book with Seven Seals

Ernst Wally (1976)

Improvisation II

Ernst Tittel (1910-1939)

Toccata, op 63

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Ave Maria (II)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Toccata and Fugue in d "doric", BWV 538

Thu 20. October 2022: Michał Markuszewski (Warschau)

Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

Cortège et litanie, op. 19

Michał Markuszewski (*1980)

Prelude and fugue (improvisation in baroque style)

Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)

from Trois Pièces, op. 29
- Prelude
- Cantilène

César Franck (1822-1890)

Fantasy in A major (1854)

Franz Liszt (1811-1866)

Pilgrims' Chorus from "Tannhäuser" by Richard Wagner

Norman Cocker (1889-1953)

Tuba tune

Gordon Balch Nevin (1892-1943)

Will O'The Wisp (Scherzo-Toccatina)

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)

from the 1st Symphony, op. 13 / 1
- Marche Pontifical

Thu 13. October 2022: Roberto Marini (Rom)

Thu 6. October 2022: Balázs Szabó (Budapest)

Zsolt Gárdonyi (*1946)

Toccata - Veni creator spiritus (2020, Austrian premiere)

Dezső Antalffy-Zsíross (1885-1945)

Choral Fantasy on Herzlich tut mich verlangen

Dezső Antalffy-Zsíross (1885-1945)

Clouds

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Concerto in D minor, BWV 596 after the Concerto op. 3, no. 11 by Antonio Vivaldi
Allegro/Grave/Fuga
Largo e spiccato
Allegro

Dezső Antalffy-Zsíross (1885-1945)

Playing Fauns (Scherzo after Arnold Böcklin)

Max Reger (1873-1916)

Phantasy on the chorale "Halleluja! God to praise, remain my soul's joy", op. 52/3

Balázs Szabó (*1985)

Toccata - Veni creator spiritus (2021, Austrian premiere)

Thu 29. September 2022: Irena Chřibková (Prag)

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Prelude in G minor, BuxWV 148

Gabriel Verschraegen (1919-1981)

Partita per octavo tono super "Veni Creator"

Josef Suk (1874-1935)

Meditation on the old Wenceslas Chorale, op. 35
(arrangement by Fr. Picka)

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)

from the 5th Symphony in F minor, op. 42/1
- Andantino quasi allegretto

Petr Eben (1929-2007)

from the cycle "Faust"
- Student songs
- Requiem

Jaromir Weinberger (1896-1967)

from the cycle "Dedications" (Preludes for organ)
- Rachel
- Ester

Josef Klička (1855-1937)

Fantasy on "Vyšehrad" by B. Smetana, op. 33

Thu 15. September 2022: Evan Bogerd (Amsterdam)

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

Prélude from Symphony No. 1, op.14

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)

Pastel III, op. 92:

- Andantino soave
- Recitativo
- Chorale

Evan Bogerd (1993)

Improvisation

César Franck (1822-1890)

Allegretto from the Symphony in D minor
(arrangement by Iddo van der Giessen)

Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)

Sonata Eroïca, op. 94 (1930)

Thu 8. September 2022: Grégoire Rolland (Avignon)

Grégoire Rolland (*1989)

Suite Liturgique
            I – Introït « Procession »
            II – Offertoire « Offrandes »
            III – Communion « Méditation »
            IV – Final « Louanges »

Jehan Alain (1911-1940)

Le Jardin suspendu

César Franck (1822-1890)

Prière

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

Carillon de Westminster, op. 54 / No. 6

Thu 1. September 2022: Markus Eichenlaub (Speyer)

Sir Ernst MacMillan (1893-1973)

Cortège académique

Jehan Alain (1911-1940)

Variations sur un thème de Clément Janequin, AWV 29

César Franck (1822-1890)

Fantaisie en la majeur (Fantasy in A major)
from: Trois Pièces

Marco Enrico Bossi (1861-1925)

Colloquio con le Rondini
from: Tre momenti Francescani, op. 140 / No. 2

Peter Planyavsky (*1947)

Partita sopra cantio Oenipontana

Flor Peeters (1903-1986)

Song to the Flowers
from: Song Symphony, op. 66 / No. 3

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)

"Homage to Handel" op. 75 / No. 3 - 54 Studies in the form of variations

Thu 25. August 2022: Zita Nauratyll (Vienna)

Thu 18. August 2022: Wolfgang Seifen (Berlin)

Thu 11. August 2022: Christian Iwan (Graz)

Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

Prelude and Fugue in B flat major, op. 7 / 1

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004
(arrangement by Arno Landmann)

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Ave maris stella

Johann Nepomuk David (1895-1977)

Toccata and Fugue in F minor (1928)

Franz Schmidt (1874-1939)

Variations on an own theme (King's fanfares from Fredigundis)

Thu 4. August 2022: Theo Flury (Einsiedeln)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Sinfonia from the cantata BWV 29
(transcription by Marcel Dupré)

"Come now, Jesus, down from heaven", BWV 650

"Who only lets the dear God rule", BWV 647

Leon Boëllmann (1862-1897)

Suite gothique

- Introduction / Choral
- Minuet gothique
- Prière à Notre-Dame
- Toccata

César Franck (1822-1890)

Choral in A minor

Max Reger (1873-1916)

Benedictus, op. 59 / 9

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, op. 59 / 5 & 6

Theo Flury (*1955)

Improvisation

Thu 28. July 2022: Karol Mossakowski (Paris)

Thu 21. July 2022: Peter Kofler (Munich)

François Couperin (1668-1733)

Offertoire sur les grands jeux

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Choral Fantasy on "How beautifully the morning star shines", BuxWV 223

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)

Allegro vivace (No. 1) from the 5th organ symphony

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Consolation No. 4 in D flat major
(arrangement: Roland Lopes)

Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)

Neuviéme Noel sur les flutes

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Fantasia super "Come, Holy Spirit", BWV 651

César Franck (1822-1890)

from "L'Organiste": Poco lento

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

"The bird as prophet" op. 82 / 7
(arrangement by Lionel Rogg)

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

from "L'Ascension" - Quatre Méditations symphoniques pour Orgue :

- III. transports de joie d'une âme devant la gloire du Christ, qui est la sienne

Thu 14. July 2022: Konstantin Volostnov (Moscow)

Thu 7. July 2022: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier

César Franck (1822-1890)

Choral No. 1 in E major

Konstantin Reymaier (*1967)

Five improvisations on texts from the Book of Ijob

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Three cantata movements
(arrangement by Konstantin Reymaier)

Lord, as you will, so send it with me, BWV 73,1
What wilt thou afflict, BWV 107,1
Lord, your eyes look on faith, BWV 102,1

Sun 5. June 2022 - 10:15pm: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier

Programme

Richard Wagner Vorspiel zu Tannhäuser

(1813 - 1883) Bearbeitung von Edwin Lemare

Charles Marie Widor Symphonie Nr. V

(1844 - 1937) Allegro Vivaco

Allegro cantabile

Andantino quasi allegretto

Adagio

Toccata

Biography

Konstantin Reymaier was born in Styria in 1967 and studied organ at what is now the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, as well as theology at the University of Vienna. After completing his studies, he spent several years in Cambridge and at Oxford University.

In 2001 he returned to Austria and taught organ and improvisation at the University of Art in Graz. In 2005 he entered the Vienna Seminary and was ordained priest in 2009. Since September 2010, he has headed the Department of Sacred Music of the Archdiocese of Vienna and is curate of the Cathedral of St. Stephen.

His concert activities have taken him to many countries in Europe, the USA and the Middle East. Together with Ernst Wally, he has been cathedral organist at St. Stephen's in Vienna since 2016.

Sat 28. May 2022: Domorganist Ernst Wally

Programme

Rudolf Bibl Variationen und Fuge über „Christus ist erstanden” op. 50/2

(1832 - 1902) „Vision” Nr. V aus “Sechs Charakterstücke für die Orgel” op. 64

Ernst Wally Fantasia pro Organo (1999/2000)

(*1976)

Wolfgang Amadé Mozart Fantasie und Fuge in C-Dur, KV 394

(1756 - 1791) arr. Leonce de Saint

Ernst Wally Improvisation

(*1976)

Rudolf Dittrich Einleitung und Doppelfuge in B-Dur

(1861 - 1916)

Rudolf Bibl “Abendruhe” Nr. VI

(1832 - 1902) aus sieben Charakterstücke für die Orgel

Franz Schmidt Präludium und Fuge in D-Dur

(1874 - 1939) aus „Vier kleine Präludien und Fugen“

Biography

Ernst Wally, born in Vienna in 1976, is a graduate of the Vienna Musikgymnasium. He studied organ (Franz Falter, Michael Radulescu), composition (Michael Jarrell, Frédéric Durieux), church music and music education.

After working as a liturgical organist at various renowned churches in Vienna, his appointment to St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna was first as assistant cathedral organist, then in 2010 as full-time organist at St. Stephen's, and in 2016 he was appointed cathedral organist at St. Stephen's/Vienna.

Ernst Wally has an active international career as a concert organist, and has performed several times with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Tonkünstler Orchestra, and has been engaged by the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde.

Ernst Wally has composed works of various genres. Performances of his works have so far taken place in various European countries and in Chile; he has received commissions for the "Carinthian Summer" festival, among others.

Sat 21. May 2022: Bernard Foccroulle (Brussels)

Programme

Meditation about the beauty of the Creation and the behavior of humankind

1. Beauty of Creation: Light, Birds, Wells, Stars

Matthias Weckmann O lux beata Trinitas (versus 1)

(1616 - 1674)

Nicolas de Grigny Fugue à 5 (A Solis Hortus Cardine)

(1672 - 1703)

Jean-Louis Florentz „Chant des fleurs“ (aus „Laudes“, op. 5)

(1947 - 2004)

Louis Vierne Etoile du Soir

(1870 - 1937)

Olivier Messiaen 2 Stücke aus „Messe de la Pentecôte“

(1908 - 1992) Communion „Les oiseaux et les sources“

Sortie „Le Vent de l’Esprit“

2. Man at the Heart of the Creation

Heinrich Scheidemann Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott

(1596 - 1663) Cantus firmus im Tenore

Auff 2 Clavier

Bernard Foccroulle E più corusco il sole

(*1953) (nach Fegefeuer von Dante, 2016)

Johann Sebastian Bach Passacaglia & Fuge in c-moll, BWV 582

(1685 - 1750)

Biography

Bernard Foccroulle was born in Liège (Belgium) in 1953. He began his international career as an organist in the mid-s70s, playing a wide range of repertoire from Renaissance to Contemporary Music. He has performed many world premieres of composers such as Philippe Boesmans, Brian Ferneyhough, Betsy Jolas, Xavier Darasse, Jonathan Harvey, Pascal Dusapin; at the same time he recorded masterworks of the organ repertoire, from Francisco Correa de Arauxo to Charles Tournemire, from Heinrich Scheidemann to Dietrich Buxtehude.

In the 1980s, he was a founder member of the Ricercar Consort, devoted mainly to German baroque music.

His discography as soloist includes more than forty CDs. In 2007, his recording of the Dietrich Buxtehude’s complete organ works won the Diapason d’Or and the Grand Prix de l’Académie Charles Cros among other prizes.

While continuing his career as organist, he became director of the Brussels opera-house La Monnaie in 1992, holding this position until 2007. In 1993, he founded the association Culture and Democracy, which campaigns for widespread participation in cultural life. He has been director of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence from 2007 until 2018. In 2017, he got the Leadership Award at the International Opera Awards in London.

Since 2010, Bernard Foccroulle has been professor of Organ at the Conservatoire Royal de Musique in Brussels.

He is Doctor Honoris Causa of the Montréal University and Aix-Marseille Université.

Sat 14. May 2022: Matthias Maierhofer (Freiburg)

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata, Adagio und Fuge in C-Dur

(1685 - 1750) BWV 564

Robert Fuchs Variationen über ein Originalthema in

(1847 - 1927) cis-moll

Ludwig van Beethoven Adagio für Flötenuhr

(1770 - 1827)

Joseph Marx Chaconne

Biography

Matthias Maierhofer, born in Graz in 1979, has been professor of organ at the Musikhochschule Freiburg since 2016 and acts as cathedral organist at the cathedral 'Unserer Lieben Frau' in Freiburg. He studied organ, Early Music and church music at the colleges of Graz, Freiburg, Leipzig and at the Schola Cantorum in Basel. While still a student, he won prizes at the international organ competitions in Arnstadt, Kitzbühel, Nijmegen, Nuremberg and Vilnius, which enabled him to perform extensively at major festivals throughout Europe, the USA, Russia, Japan and South Korea. As a soloist and also as a continuo player, Matthias Maierhofer has performed with ensembles such as the Dresdner Kreuzchor, the Thomanerchor Leipzig, the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Staatskapelle Halle. At Freiburg Cathedral he performs weekly with the Cathedral Boys' Choir, the Girls' Choir, the Cathedral Orchestra and the Cathedral Choir.

He has participated in CD productions and Edition Helbling publications, and recordings have been made for various radio stations and on the Ambitus, Ambiente and Spektral labels.

From 2009 to 2013 he taught an organ class at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Leipzig; in 2013 Matthias Maierhofer succeeded Prof. Dr. Gerre Hancock as Professor of Organ and Sacred Music at the University of Texas in Austin (USA) - where he was appointed Dean's Fellow in 2015 due to outstanding pedagogical achievements and awarded the Ducloux Fellowship of the College of Fine Arts. Matthias Maierhofer regularly teaches on courses and serves as a juror at organ competitions.

Sat 7. May 2022: David Briggs (New York)

Programme

Gustav Mahler Symphonie Nr. 5

(1860 - 1911) Trauermarsch

Stürmisch bewegt

Scherzo

Adagietto

Rondo-Finale

Biography

David Briggs is an internationally renowned organist whose performances

are acclaimed for their musicality, virtuosity, and ability to excite and engage audiences of all ages. Consistently ranked as one of the finest organists of his generation, David’s extensive repertoire spans five centuries. He has also become one of the foremost organ transcribers of symphonic works, thereby giving listeners the opportunity to experience the organ in a new way. He

has transcribed orchestral compositions by Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Bruckner, Ravel, Bach and Mahler.

David also frequently performs improvisations to silent films such as Phantom of the Opera, Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and a variety of Charlie Chaplin films.

At the age of 17, David obtained his FRCO (Fellow of the Royal College of Organists) diploma, winning the Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. From 1981-84 he was Organ Scholar at King’s College, Cambridge University, during which time he studied with Jean Langlais in Paris. The first British winner of the Tournemire Prize at the St Albans International Improvisation Competition, he also won the first prize in the International Improvisation Competition at Paisley. Subsequently David held positions at Hereford, Truro and Gloucester Cathedrals.

He teaches performance at Cambridge University, frequently serves on international organ competition juries, and gives master classes at colleges and conservatories across the U.S. and Europe.

David performs more than 50 concerts a year at such venues as Royal Albert Hall, London; Notre-Dame, Paris; Berlin Philharmonie, Germany; St James Cathedral, Toronto; and King’s College, Cambridge. David Briggs is also a prolific composer and his works range from full scale oratorios to works for solo instruments.

David is currently Artist-in-Residence at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York City.

Sat 30. April 2022: David Cassan (Paris)

Programme

César Franck Choral Nr. 1 in E-Dur

(1822 - 1890)

Charles Marie Widor aus “Bach’s Memento”:

(1844 - 1937) Marche du veilleur de nuit

Mattheus-Final

Alexandre Guilmant Marche funèbre et chant séraphique

(1837 – 1911)

Marcel Dupré Final d’Evocation, op. 37

(1886 - 1971)

Maurice Duruflé Scherzo, op. 2

(1902 - 1986)

David Cassan Improvisation einer symphonischen

(*1989) Fantasie über Sanct Stephan

Biography

Internationally renowned organist, David Cassan, is one of the leading young organists of his generation. He studied at Caen Conservatoire, and at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris and Lyon with Thierry Escaich, Pierre Pincemaille, Philippe Lefebvre, François Espinasse, Jean-François Zygel and Erwan Le Prado. Today he leads a busy schedule performing as a soloist with prestigious ensembles (such as the Orchestre Philharmonique de Paris, Orchestre National de Lyon, Capitole de Toulouse, Chœur and Orchestre Symphonique de Paris) throughout France and throughout the world (Germany, England, Russia, China, Israel, Latvia, Estonia, Spain, Iceland, Uruguay, Holland, Ireland, Portugal, Luxembourg, Belgium, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland).

Renowned and praised by critics, David Cassan has a vast repertoire, with a preference for J.S. Bach and French works of the 19th and 20th century. A brilliant and creative improviser, David often accompanies silent films on the piano and organ.

David Cassan has been awarded a dozen international first prizes including Chartres (France), St Albans (UK), Haarlem (Holland), and also the Grand Prix Jean-Louis Florentz of l’Académie des Beaux-Arts (France). These numerous awards makes him one of the most distinguished organists of his generation.

A renowned pedagogue, he regularly gives masterclasses around the world (St Petersburg, Beijing, Bern, Milan, Lausane, Paris, Zagreb, Madrid etc..). David teaches organ at Nancy Conservatoire and improvisation at Saint Maur-des-Fossés Conervatoire. He also adjudicates often for French and international competitions. He is currently organist at the l’Oratoire du Louvre in Paris.

Thu 30. December 2021: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier (End of Year Concert)

Sun 19. December 2021: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier

Sun 12. December 2021: Domorganist Ernst Wally (cancelled)

Sun 5. December 2021: Domorganist Ernst Wally (cancelled)

Sun 28. November 2021: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier (cancelled)

Wed 27. October 2021: Daniel Beckmann (Mainz)

Wed 20. October 2021: Matthias Havinga (Amsterdam)

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Fantasia Chromatica d1

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Est-ce mars

Henk Badings: Preludium en Fuga 4

Henk Badings: Preludium en Fuga 2

César Franck: Andantino in g

Olivier Messiaen: L'apparition de l'église éternelle

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Scherzo aus "Ein Sommernachtstraum"

Felix Menselssohn Bartholdy: "Paulus"-Ouvertüre

Wed 13. October 2021: Willibald Guggenmos (St. Gallen)

Tomás Garbizu: Toccata Gregoriana

Jacques Vogt: Fantaisie-Orage

Olivier Messiaen: Méditation VIII (Toussaint) & Méditation VI (Epiphanie) aus Méditations sur le Mystère de la Sainte Trinité

Franz Liszt: Die Vogelpredigt des Hl. Franz von Assisi

Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Rondo alla Campanella, op. 156

Pierre Cochereau: Lent aus Symphonie Improvisèe

Louis Vierne: Carillon de Westminster, op. 54/6

Wed 6. October 2021: Bernard Foccroulle (Brussels)

Matthias Weckmann: O lux beata Trinitas (versus 1)

Nicolas de Grigny: Fugue à 5 ( A Solis Hortus Cardine)

Jean-Louis Florentz: "Chant des fleurs" (aus "Laudes", op. 5)

Louis Vierne: Etoile du Soir

Olivier Messiaen: 2 Pieces from "Messe de la Pentrecote" Communion "Les oiseaux et les sources" Sortie "Le vent de l'Esprit"

Heinrich Scheidemann: Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott

Bernard Foccroulle: E più corusco il sole

Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia & Fuge in c-moll, BWV 582

Fri 24. September 2021: Domorganist Ernst Wally

Fri 10. September 2021: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier

Fri 3. September 2021: Robert Kovács

Otto Nicolai - Franz Liszt: Kirchliche Fest-Ouverture über den Choral "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"

Anton Bruckner: Präludium C major

Franz Liszt: Einleitung, Fuge und Magnificat aus der Symphonie zu Dante's "Divina Commedia"

Georg Friedrich Händel - Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Variationen in E-flat Major "Der harmonische Grobschmied" aus der Symphonie Nr. 5 für Klavier, HWV 430 von G.F. Händel

Franz Schmidt: Chaconne

Fri 27. August 2021: Davide Mariano

Fri 20. August 2021: Alexander de Bie

Fri 13. August 2021: Angela Amodio

Fri 6. August 2021: Johann Simon Kreuzpointner

Anton Bruckner: Fanfare aus dem 4. Satz der VIII. Symphonie, WAB 108

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger: 4. Orgelsonate in a-moll, op. 98

Ludwig van Beethoven: Menuetto, 2. Satz aus dem Septett, op. 20

Anton Bruckner: Marsch in C, WAB 217/1

Johann Simon Kreuzpointner: Triptychon für Orgel über "Jesus Christus, guter Hirte"

Alec Templeton: Prelude und Fuge "Bach Goes To Town"

George Gershwin: Prelude in C-sharp minor

Max Reger: Introduktion & Passacaglia d-moll

Fri 30. July 2021: Daniel Gottfried

Fri 23. July 2021: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier

Fri 16. July 2021: Wolfgang Kogert

Fri 9. July 2021: Domorganist Ernst Wally

Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasie und Fuge in G minor, BWV 542

Georg Friedrich Händel: Fantasie in C Major, HWV 490

Rudolf Bibl: Sonate Nr. 2 in E minor for Organ, op. 89

- 1. Allegro moderato

- 2. Adagio ma non troppo

- 3. Tempo di Menuett - Trio I - Tempo di Menuetto

- 4. Allegro giusto

Ernst Wally: Freie Improvisation

Franz Liszt: Ave Maria von Arcadelt

Franz Liszt: Fantasie und Fuge über B-A-C-H

Sat 3. July 2021: Wolfgang Capek

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia der Kantate „Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen“, BWV 146

Johann Sebastian Bach: Choralvorspiel „Liebster Jesu , wir sind hier“, BWV 731

Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Finale aus der Sinfonie, Kv 385 (‚Haffner‘)

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Scherzo aus dem ‘Sommernachtstraum’

Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély: Verset F-Dur

Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély: Offertoire C-Dur

Marcel Dupré: Prélude et fugue g-moll, op.7

Wolfgang Capek: Paraphrase über österliche Themen

Jean Langlais: Cantilène aus der ‚Suite brève’

Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowski: Allegro vivace der 6.Symphonie (‘Pathétique’)

Sat 26. June 2021: Zita Nauratyill

Sat 19. June 2021: Ludwig Lusser

Sat 5 June 2021: Johannes Zeinler

Sat 29 May 2021: Erzsébet Windhager-Geréd

Sat 22 May 2021: Roman Hauser

More dates to follow

About the Giant Organ and Disposition

The Giant Organ is part of the organ landscape of St. Stephen's Cathedral, which is one of the largest organ systems in Europe, with its more than 12,000 pipes, five manuals and 130 stops. Although the Giant Organ is truly enormous, its name does not refer to the size of the instrument, but comes from the main portal of St. Stephen's Cathedral below it, the Giant Gate. From the mobile console, the giant organ and the choir organ in the side aisle can be played together.

During the devastating cathedral fire in April 1945, the old Giant Organ (90 stops) built by Eberhard Walcker in 1886 burned on the west gallery of St. Stephen's Cathedral. In 1960, the new Giant Organ (125 stops) built by Viennese organ builder Johann M. Kaufmann was consecrated on this site, but it only played for about 35 years and was then out of service for a long time as a silent wreck. This instrument was completely redesigned by Rieger Orgelbau in 2017-2020, using old pipes and keeping the appearance of 1960, but equipped with the newest technology.

Disposition

Elektrische Spiel- und Registertraktur
Floating Manuals
Stimmung: gleichschwebend temperiert
a1 = 442 Hz bei 15°C Raumtemperatur

Hauptwerk (1. Manual)

1. Prinzipal 32′

2. Prinzipal 16′

3. Bourdon 16′

4. Prinzipal I 8′

5. Prinzipal II 8′

6. Doppelflöte 8′

7. Gedeckt 8′

8. Viola 8′

9. Quinte 5 1/3′

10. Oktave 4′

11. Offenflöte 4′

12. Gemshorn 4′

13. Terz 3 1/5′

14.Quinte 2 2/3′

15. Oktave 2′

16. Mixtur major IV 2 2/3′

17. Mixtur minor IV 1 1/3′

18. Cornet V 8′

19. Posaune 16′

20. Trompete I 8′

21. Trompette II 8′

22. Klarine 4′

Positiv Evangelienseite (2. Manual)

(schwellbar)

23. Kontrabass 16′

24. Aeoline 16′ (auch Pedal)

25. Suavial 8′

26. Gedeckt 8′ (auch Pedal)

27. Gambe 8′

28. Vox coelestis 8′

29. Aeoline 8′

30. Blockflöte 4′

31. Fugara 4′

32. Nasard 2 2/3′

33. Flöte 2′

34. Septime 1 1/7′

35. Harmonia aethaeria IV – V 2′

36. Klarinette 8′

37. Rohrschalmei 8′

Tremulant

Rückpositiv (2. Manual)

38. Prinzipal 8′

39. Bourdon 8′

40. Quintatön 8′

41. Prinzipal 4′

42. Nachthorn 4′

43. Nasard 2 2/3′

44. Doublette 2′

45. Tierce 1 3/5′

46. Larigot 1 1/3′

47. Sifflöte 1′

48. Scharff IV – III 1′

49. Cromorne 8′

Tremulant

Schwellwerk (3. Manual)

(schwellbar)

50. Quintaton 16′

51. Viola 16′

52. Diapason 8′

53. Flûte harmonique 8′

54. Bourdon 8′

55. Bourdon céleste 8′

56. Violoncelle 8′

57. Voix céleste 8′

58. Octave 4′

59. Flûte traversière 4′

60. Salicet 4′

61. Nazard harmonique 2 2/3′

62. Flûte octaviante 2′

63. Tierce harmonique 1 3/5′

64. Fourniture V 2 2/3′

65. Cymbale III 2/3′

66. Cornet V 8′

67. Bombarde 16′

68. Trompette harmonique 8′

69. Basson-Hautbois 8′

70. Voix humaine 8′

71. Clairon harmonique 4′

Tremblant

Positiv Epistelseite (4. Manual)

(schwellbar) (Windschweller)

72. Bourdon 16′ (auch Pedal)

73. Salicional 16′

74. Prinzipal 8′

75. Wienerflöte 8′ (auch Pedal)

76. Gemshorn 8′

77. Unda maris 8′

78. Quinte 5 1/3′

79. Prestant 4′

80. Flauto amabile 4′

81. Terz 3 1/5′

82. Nasard 2 2/3′

83. Septime 2 2/7′

84. Oktave 2′

85. None 1 7/9′

86. Mixtur IV 2′

87. Fagott 16′

88. Trompete 8′

89. Cor anglais 8′

Tremulant

Solo (5. Manual)

(schwellbar)

90. Gambe 8′

91. Gambe céleste 8′

92. Flûte harmonique 8′

93. Flûte harmonique 4′

94. French horn 8′ (Hochdruck)

95. Clarinette 8′

96. Tuba 8′

97. Tuba 4′

Tremulant

98. Harmonika 16′ (Windschweller)

99. Harmonika 8′ (Windschweller)

Trompeteria (5. Manual)

100. Trompete 16′ (Bass / Diskant)

101. Trompete 8′ (Bass / Diskant)

102. Trompete 4’/8′ (Bass / Diskant)

103. Tuba 8′

104. Glocken

Großpedal

105. Gravissima 64′

106. Prinzipalbass 32′

107. Untersatz 32′

108. Subbass 16′

109. Offenbass 16′

110. Gemshorn 16′

111. Quintbass 10 2/3′

112. Großseptime 9 1/7′

113. Offenflöte 8′

114. Terz 6 2/5′

115. Theorbe 3 1/9′

116. Kontrabombarde 32′

117. Kontrafagott 32′

118. Bombarde 16′

119. Posaune 16′

120. Trompete 8′

121. Klarine 4′

Kleinpedal

122. Violonbass 16′

123. Prinzipal 8′

124. Gedeckt 8′

125. Cello 8′

126. Oktave 4′

127. Nachthorn 4′

128. Flöte 2′

129. Mixtur IV 2′

130. Dulcian 16′

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