Mittagskonzert: „Max Reger und die Orgelmusik der Victorianischen Epoche“

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.

Noon concert
„Max Reger und die Orgelmusik der Victorianischen Epoche“
Nicolas Wearne (Großbritannien) – Orgel

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

Program

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 – 1924)
Fantasia and Toccata in d-Moll, op. 57 (1894, bearbeitet 1917)

Max Reger (1873 – 1916)
Aus: Zwölf Stücke, op. 65 (1902)
Nr. 9 Kanzone Es-dur

Max Reger
Variationen und Fuge über ‘Heil, unserm König, Heil’ (‘Heil dir im Siegerkranz’) WoO IV/7 (1901)

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848 – 1918)
Chorale Prelude on Eventide (1915)

Edward Elgar (1857 – 1934)
Sonata in G, op. 28 (1895) Allegro maestoso –  Allegretto – Andante espressivo – Presto (comodo)