10 Oct - 30 Dec
Giant-Organ-Concerts
at St. Stephen's
Thu, Sat 08:30pm & Sun 10:00 pm | 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.
Concert Details
Dates, Organists and Programme
Thu 10. October 2024 - 8:30pm: Jan Lehtola (Helsinki)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic fantasy and fugue
Väinö Raitio: Legenda
Franz Schmidt: Toccata in C
Marcel Dupré: Esquisse, op. 41
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chaconne
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 24. October 2024 - 8:30pm: Martin Schmeding (Leipzig)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Overture to "The Hebrides", op. 26
Johann Sebastian Bach: "By the rivers of Babylon" à Pedale doppio, BWV 653b
Franz Schmidt: Toccata and fugue in A flat major
Max Reger: Consolation in E major, op. 65/4
Louis Vierne: Final from the 6th Symphony in B minor, op. 59
Past Organ Concerts
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)
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Prélude from "Te Deum"
Gabriel Fauré: Improvisation
Gabriel Fauré: Sicilienne from "Pelléas et Mélisande"
Joséphine Boulay: Andante
Eric Lebrun: Ballade
Alexandre Guilmant: Sonate No. 1
- Introduction et Allegro
- Pastorale
- Finale
Thu 12. September 2024 - 8:30pm: Vincent Dubois (Paris)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia and fugue in C minor, BWV 582
César Franck: Chorale No. 2 in B minor
Louis Vierne: Carillon de Westminster
Camille Saint-Säens: Danse macabre
Maurice Ravel: aus "Le Tombeau de Couperin"
- Rigaudon
- Menuet
- Toccata
Vincent Dubois: Improvisation
Thu 5. September 2024 - 8:30pm: Elisabeth Zawadke (Como)
Richard Wagner: Prelude to Parsifal
Thierry Escaich: "Vers l'espérance" from Poèmes pour orgue
Camille Saint-Säens: Hymne à Victor Hugo, op. 69
Franz Liszt: Ad nos, ad salutarem undam
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)
Josef Klička: Fantasy on the symphonic poem „Vyšehrad“ von Bedřich Smetana
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Andante from the "Prager Sinfonie"
Antonín Dvořák: "Hospodine, pomiluj" from the oratorio "Hl. Ludmilla"
Antonín Dvořák: Largo from "Symphony from the New World"
Bedřich Smetana: The Moldau - symphonic poem
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)
Improvisation Concert
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)
Giuseppe Verdi: aus der "Messa da Requiem"
- Dies Irae & Tuba Mirum
- Lacrymosa
- Libera me
Gabriele Agrimonti: Improvisation of "Symphonie in vier Sätzen"
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Scherzo
- Finale
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
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia super "Come, Holy Spirit, Lord God", BWV 651
Charles Tournemire
No. VI from "Six Little Flowers" (Pages d'Orgue)
Josef Labor
Sonata in h-moll, op. 15
- I Allegro
- II Andante
- III Ciacona
Ernst Wally
Improvisation "Veni Creator"
Franz Liszt
Ave Maria from Acadelt
Franz Schmidt
Toccata in C-major
Sat 11. May 2024 - 8:30pm: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier
Marcel Dupré
Trois Préludes et Fugues, op. 7
- Prélude et Fugue en si majeur
- Prélude et Fugue en fa mineur
- Prélude et Fugue en sol mineur
Anton Bruckner
Adagio from the String Quintet
Konstantin Reymaier
Three toccata improvisations
- Hommage à Sergej Prokofiev
- Hommage à Girolamo Frescobaldi
- Hommage à Marcel Dupré
Sat 4. May 2024 - 8:30pm: Andreas Jetter (Chur, Switzerland)
Hans Rott
Symphony movement in E major
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C-Dur, BWV 564
Franz Schmidt
Chaconne
- aeolisch
- lydisch
- dorisch
- ionisch
Sat 27. April 2024 - 8:30pm: Martin Haselböck (Vienna, Austria)
Franz Liszt
„Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen“
Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne D minor (arranged for organ by Arno Landmann)
Franz Liszt
Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H
Sat 20. April 2024 - 8:30pm: Silvius von Kessel (Erfurt, Germany)
Silvius von Kessel
Improvisation on Psalm 23 "The Lord is my shepherd"
Franz Liszt
Fantasy & Fugue on the chorale "Ad nos"
Silvius von Kessel
Improvisation on the Easter sequence "Victimae paschali laudes"
Sat 13. April 2024 - 8:30pm: Rachel Mahon (Coventry, UK)
Charles Villiers Stanford
Fantasia & Toccata
Jean Langlais
Triptyque
- I Melody
- II Trio
- III Final
Henry George Ley
Adagio
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Sonata No. 1 in F minor
- I Allegro moderato e serioso
- II Adagio
- III Andante Recit
- IV Allegro assai vivace
Sat 30. December 2023 - 8:30pm: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier
Marcel Dupré
Variations sur un Noel
Johann Sebastian Bach
Pastoral in F major, BWV 590
Edward Elgar
Coronation March
Alfred Hollins
Christmas Cradle Song
Franz von Suppè
The beautiful Galathea - Overture
Sun 17. December 2023 - 10:00pm: Domorganist Ernst Wally
Heinrich von Herzogenberg
Fantasy „Nun komm der Heiden Heiland“, op. 39
Franz Schmidt
Fugue in F major
Adolf Friedrich Hesse
Larghetto
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata and Fugue in d "dorian", BWV 538
Sun 10. December 2023 - 10:00pm: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto from Kantate, BWV 35: Geist und Seele sind verwirret (For organ arranged by Konstantin Reymaier)
- Sinfonia
- Aria
- Sinfonia
Joseph Haydn
Sonate in F major, Hob XVI:23
- Tempo ordinario
- Adagio
- Finale-Presto
Konstantin Reymaier
Variations on "Maria went through a thorn forest"
Sun 03. December 2023 - 10:00pm: Domorganist Ernst Wally
Johann Sebastian Bach
Choral prelude „Nun komm der Heiden Heiland“, BWV 659
Joseph Marx
Toccata
Franz Schmidt
Prelude and Fugue in C minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Andante in F major, KV 616
Max Reger
Ave Maria, op. 63/7
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 547
Thu 26. October 2023 - 8:30pm: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier
Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1094
Anton Bruckner
Adagio aus dem Streichquartett
Franz Liszt
Quatre Valses oubliées
Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance
Thu 19. October 2023 - 8:30pm: Johannes Berger (Kufstein)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia aus der Ratswahlkantate, BWV 29
Arioso in G aus BWV 1056
Sinfonia aus der Kantate BWV 169
Marcel Dupré
Prelude and Fugue in G minor, op. 7/3
Alexandre Guilmant
Communion in G major
Naji Hakim
Arabesques
Thu 12. October 2023 - 8:30pm: Julian Gembalski (Katowice)
Faszination Orgelimprovisation
Suite modale on topics from the Gregorian period
Variations on a church hymn
Sonata Romantica
Improvisation on 4 biblical scenes
Thu 05. October 2023 - 8:30pm: Sarah Kim (Paris)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fantasy in F minor, KV 608
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Variations sérieuses, op. 54
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Scherzo from the 6th symphony
Charles-Marie Widor
from the 6th symphony
- Adagio
- Final
Thu 28. September 2023 - 8:30pm: Jan Hage (Utrecht)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio and Fugue in C minor, KV 546
Jan Welmers
Litanie
Franz Liszt
Fantasy and fugue on the chorale "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam"
Thu 21. September 2023 - 8:30pm: Juan de la Rubia (Barcelona)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasy and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542
Eusache du Caurroy
Fantasy about “Une jeune fillette”
Antonio Soler
Sonata in D major, R. 84
Charles Tournemire
Fantasy about “Victimae Paschali laudes”
Philip Glass
Mad Rush
Richard Wagner
Walhalla from “Götterdämmerung”
Thu 14. September 2023 - 8:30pm: Roman Summereder (Vienna)
Max Reger
Toccata in D minor and fugue in D major from op. 59
Anton Heiller
Ecce Lignum Crucis
4 pieces for the feast of Corpus Christi
- Ante Introitum
- Post Offertorium
- Post Communionem
- Post Benedictionem
Epilogue from the „Vesper“
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544
György Ligeti
Harmonies
Thu 07. September 2023 - 8:30pm: Josef Still (Trier)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert
Symphonic chorale „Jesu, meine Freude", op.87
Max Reger
Prelude and Fugue in G major, aus op. 56
William Mathias
Processional
Zoltán Kodály
Dances from Galánta
Thu 31. August 2023 - 8:30pm: Giulia Biagetti (Lucca)
Carol Williams
Venus toccata
Twilight
Denis Bedard
“Will you come on follow me?”
Joseph Callaerts
Meditazione, op.20
Toccata in e minor, op. 29
Hans-André Stamm
Irish delight
Sheebeg and Sheemore
Saint Peter's postlude
Cavatina
Toccata Gaelica
Berceuse
Toccata alla Celtica
Thu 24. August 2023 - 8:30pm: Franz-Josef Stoiber (Regensburg)
Faszination Orgelimprovisation
Hommage à Johann Sebastian Bach
Prélude, Chorale trio and Fugue
Hommage à Maurice Duruflé
Prélude and Fugue
Hommage à Max Reger
Choral Fantasy
Hommage à Marcel Dupré
Variations and fugue
Thu 17. August 2023 - 8:30pm: Domorganist Ernst Wally
Georg Muffat
Toccata VII
Louis Vierne
Cathédrales, op. 55/3
Max Halbmayr
Prélude on the Austrian national anthem
Rudolf Dittrich
Prayer
Robert Fuchs
Fantasy in C major, op. 87
Thu 10. August 2023 - 8:30pm: Markku Hietaharju (Turku)
César Franck
Pièce Héroïque
Jean Langlais
from "Neuf Pieces"
- Chant de peine
- Chant de joie
- Chant héroïque
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partite diverse sopra: „Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig“, BWV 768
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia
Thu 03. August 2023 - 8:30pm: Andreas Sieling (Berlin)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Doric Toccata and Fugue, BWV 538
Bert Matter
Fantasy about „Von Gott will ich nicht lassen“
Louis Vierne
Berceuse, op. 31/19
César Franck
Chorale in A minor
Pierre Cocherau
Berceuse à la Mémoire de Louis Vierne
Hans Zimmer
Film music for „Interstellar“
Thu 27. July 2023 - 8:30pm: Simon Johnson (London)
Herbert Brewer
Marche Héroïque
Meditation about BACH
Robert Schumann
4 Fugues about BACH
Franz Liszt
Prélude and Fugue on BACH
Thu 20. July 2023 - 8:30pm: Jean-Baptiste Monnot (Paris)
Marcel Dupré
Prélude and Fugue, op. 7/1
Johann Sebastien Bach
Trio Sonata from "Musikalischen Opfer", BWV 1079
Jean Guillou
Saga 1 & 6, op. 20
Franz Liszt
Symphonic poem "Prometheus
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)
Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn
Prélude in F major
Joseph Marx
Chaconne E minor
Frank Martin
Agnus Dei
Anton Heiller
Passacaglia in C minor
Camille Saint-Saëns
Première Fantaisie
Louis Vierne
from the 1st Symphony, op. 14
- Andante
- Final
Sun 28. May 2023 - 10:00pm: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia super: Come, Holy Spirit, BWV 6511
Richard Wagner
Prelude to Tristan and Isolde's Liebestod
Nicolaus Hasse
Come, Holy Spirit (Choral Fantasy)
Louis Vierne
Carillon de Westminster
Sat 13. May 2023 - 8:30pm: Domorganist Ernst Wally
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552
Ernst Wally
Improvisation
Olivier Messiaen
L’Apparition de l’Église Éternelle
Fritz Lubrich
Ave Maria, op. 24,2
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
1st Sonata for organ in F minor, op. 65,1
- Allegro moderato e serioso
- Adagio
- Andante recitativo
- Allegro assai vivace
Sat 6. May 2023 - 8:30pm: Christian Barthen (Bern)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata and Fugue in E major, BWV 566
Pierre Cochereau
Berceuse à la mémoire de Louis Vierne
Charles Marie Widor
From the 5. Symphony: Allegro vivace
Flor Peeters
Aria, op. 51
Max Reger
Fantasy and Fugue about BACH, op. 46
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
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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 GlorieuxFranz 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
César Franck (1822-1890)
Trois Chorals
- Choral No 1 en mi-majeur
- Choral No 2 en si-mineur
- Choral No 3 en la-mineur
-
Sun 11. December 2022 - 10:00pm: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier
Richard Wagner (1811-1883)
Vorspiel aus Tannhäuser
César Franck (1822-1890)
Trois Pièces
- Fantaisie en la
- Cantabile
- Pièce héroïque
-
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)
Max Reger (1873-1916)
Fantasy and Fugue on B-A-C-H, op. 46
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Sonata in B minor
(arrangement by Roberto Marini)
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)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Symphony No. 4, op. 32
- Prelude
- Allegro
- Minuet
- Romance
- Finale
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
from the "Livre du Saint Sacrement" (1984)
- The Hidden God
- The two walls of water
- Prayer before communion
- Offering and final Alleluia
Thu 18. August 2022: Wolfgang Seifen (Berlin)
IMPROVISATION CONCERT
Symphonic Fantasy and Double Fugue in German Romantic Style
Symphonie pour Grand Orgue
- Allegro vivace
- Andante cantabile
- Scherzo
- Adagio espressivo
- Finale
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)
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Prelude and fugue on B-A-C-H
César Franck (1822-1890)
Pastorale
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Suite, op. 5
- Prelude
- Sicilian
- Toccata
Karol Mossakowski (1990)
Improvisation
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)
Mykola Kolessa (1903-2006)
Prelude and Fugue
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
"Adorn yourself, O dear soul", BWV 654
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Adagio and Allegro, KV 594
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Fantasy and Fugue on the chorale "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam"
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)
César Franck: Choral Nr. 1 in E-Dur
Franz Liszt: Quatre Valses oubliées
- Allegro
- Allegro vivace
- Allegro non troppo
- Allegro
Francois Couperin: Offertoire aus der Messe des Couvents
Konstantin Reymaier: Improvisation
Louis Vierne: Finale aus der 1. Symphonie
Sun 19. December 2021: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier
César Franck: Prière
Dietrich Buxtehude: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
Konstantin Reymaier: Improvisation
Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia und Fuge in c-moll, BWV 582
Sun 12. December 2021: Domorganist Ernst Wally (cancelled)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata und Fuge in d „dorische“, BWV 538
Johann Sebastian Bach: Choralvorspiel „Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr’“, BWV 662
Ernst Wally Improvisation
Johannes Brahms: Choralsvorspiel „Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen“, op. 122/8
Marcel Dupré: Variations sur un Noël, op. 20
Sun 5. December 2021: Domorganist Ernst Wally (cancelled)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Choralvorspiel „Nun komm der Heiden Heiland“, BWV 599
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto No.4 „Der Winter“ from „vier Jahreszeiten“
- Allegro non molto
- Largo
- Allegro
César Franck: Prélude, Fugue et Variation, op. 18
Ernst Wally Improvisation
Max Reger: Introduction and Passacaglia in d minor
Sun 28. November 2021: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier (cancelled)
César Franck: Prière
Dietrich Buxtehude: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
Konstantin Reymaier: Improvisation
Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia und Fuge in c-moll, BWV 582
Wed 27. October 2021: Daniel Beckmann (Mainz)
Max Reger: Fantasie und Fuge über B-A-C-H, op. 46
Robert Schumann: Studien für den Pedalflügel, op. 56
- I Nicht zu schnell
- II Mitt innigem Ausdruck
- III Andantino - etwas schneller
- IV Innig - etwas bewegter
- V Nicht zu schnell
- VI Adagio
Maurice Duruflé: Suite, op. 5
- I Prélude
- II Sicilienne
- III Toccata
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
Johann Sebastian Bach: Alla breve in D-Dur, BWV 589
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partite diverse sopra "Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig", BWV 768
Ernst Wally: Improvisation
Max Reger: Toccata in d-moll, op. 59/5
Ernst Wally: Improvisation
Max Reger: Te Deum, op. 59/12
Georg Friedrich Händel: Arie
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Pièce d'orgue", BWV 572
Fri 10. September 2021: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier
Richard Wagner: Vorspiel zu Tannhäuser
Francois Couperin: Offertoire aus der "Messe pour les Couvents"
Franz Liszt: Quatre Valses oubliées
- I Allegro
- II Allegro vivace
- III Allegro non troppo
- IV Allegro
César Franck: Final
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
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia aus der Kantate "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir", BWV 29
Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata, Adagio et Fuga C-Dur, BWV 564
Charles-Marie Widor: aus der Symphonie Nr. 6 in g-moll, op. 42, Nr. 2: Allegro
Franz Liszt: Consolation Nr. 3 Des-Dur
Charles-Marie Widor: aus der Symphonie Nr. 6 in g-moll, op. 42, Nr. 2: Intermezzo
Fri 20. August 2021: Alexander de Bie
César Franck: aus "Trois Pièces pour Grand Orgue"
- Pièce Héroique
Louis Vierne: Sixième Symphonie pour Grand Orgue en si mineur
- Introducion et Allegro
- Aria
- Scherzo
- Adagio
- Final
Fri 13. August 2021: Angela Amodio
Joseph Jongen: Offertoire (Grand Choeur), op. 5/3
William Albright: aus "Organbook III"
- Recitative - chorale
- Mountains
- Nocturne
Joseph Jongen: Cantilène, W 143
Arvo Pärt: Trivium
Vincenzo Petrali: aus "Messa in Fa maggiore"
- Sonata finale
- Elevanzione
Franz Liszt: Praeludium & Fuge über B-A-C-H
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
Charles-Marie Widor: aus der "Symphonie Romane", op. 73
- 1. Moderato
- 2. Choral
Richard Wagner: Vorspiel zum 3. Akt aus Parsifal
Franz Liszt: Évocation à la Chapelle Sixtine
Louis Vierne: aus den "Pièces de Fantaisie"
- Feux follets
- Clair de Lune
- Carillon de Westminster
Fri 23. July 2021: Domorganist Konstantin Reymaier
César Franck: Choral III in A minor
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Adagio and Rondo in c/C, KV 617
Iain Farrington: Fiesta
- Celebration
- Conversations
- Stride Dance
- Song
- Fast Dance
- Nocturne
- Finale
Fri 16. July 2021: Wolfgang Kogert
Jehan Alain: Aria
Johann Sebastian Bach: Praeludium et Fuga in D, BWV 532
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Andante F-Dur, KV 616
Bernd Richard Deutsch: Toccata octophonica
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
Percy Whitlock: Fanfare
Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Variationen serieuses
Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Partita retrospettiva
Sat 19. June 2021: Ludwig Lusser
Nicolaus Bruhns: Praeludio ex G
Ludwig Lusser: Improvisation über GL 534 „Maria breit‘ den Mantel aus“
Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu meine Freude, BWV 610
Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia c-moll, BWV 582
Charles-Marie Widor: 1. Satz aus der Symphonie Nr. 5 in f-moll, op 4
Sat 5 June 2021: Johannes Zeinler
Nicolas de Grigny: aus dem Livre d’orgue
- Verbum Supernum
- Fugue à 5
- Récit en Dialogue
- Récit de Basse de Trompette ou Cromorne
César Franck: Premier choral en mi majeur
Thomas Lacôte: Phteggomai
Max Reger: Fantasie über den Choral „Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme“, op. 52/2
Sat 29 May 2021: Erzsébet Windhager-Geréd
Marcel Dupré: 1. Satz aus der Symphonie-Passion, op. 23:
Le Monde dans l´attente du Sauveur
Béla Bartók: Rumänische Tänze
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Fantasie in f-moll, KV 608 ("Ein Orgelstück für eine Uhr")
Erzsébet Windhager-Geréd: Improvisation
Franz Liszt: Ad nos, ad salutarem undam
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′ |