International Organ Summer
A top-class programme featuring international guests from July, 3 to August,28
The 21st International Organ Summer at Berlin Cathedral begins on July, 3. For two months, every Friday at 8 pm, the famous Sauer organ – with its 7,269 pipes spread across 113 stops – will be in action. In keeping with the finest tradition and much appreciated by the audience, the organists’ performances at the grand console will once again be shown via video projection on a screen inside the church.
Cathedral organist Andreas Sieling will provide the ‘Symphonic Opening’ on July, 3 with the moving Second Symphony by the Parisian organist Eugène Gigout. Further highlights include: ‘Mozart Meets the Universe!’ with Cologne Cathedral organist Winfried Bönig on July, 10 and ‘Chopin and His Friends!’, presented by Warsaw organist Adam Tański on August, 14. In keeping with tradition, this year’s International Organ Summer will once again conclude with a silent film evening: on August, 28, Christoph Schönfelder, cathedral organist at St Gallen Cathedral, will improvise live on the grand Sauer organ to accompany the award-winning documentary ‘Mikrokosmos – The People of the Grasses’.
The idea for the International Organ Summer came from cathedral organist Andreas Sieling. He launched the series in 2005 and has been developing it ever since with great success and enthusiasm: well over 100 internationally renowned organists have accepted his invitation to date.
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3. Juli · Symphonischer Auftakt!
Domorganist Andreas Sieling, Berlin
Werke von Gigout, Saint-Saëns, Vierne
10. Juli · Mozart trifft das Universum!
Winfried Bönig, Köln
Werke von Mozart, Karg-Elert, Holst
17. Juli · Rendezvous mit Bach und Messiaen!
Yoann Tardivel, Toulouse, Frankreich
Werke von Bach, Messiaen
24. Juli · Fantasie und Variationen!
Mari Fukumoto, Berlin
Werke von Bach, Händel, Reger
31. Juli · Himmels-Clavier!
Sebastian Küchler-Blessing, Essen
Werke von Bach, Brahms, Liszt
7. August · Vom kühlen Norden nach Italien!
Marcus André Berg, Oslo, Norwegen
Werke von Sandvold, Bossi, Ravanello
14. August · Chopin und seine Freunde!
Adam Tański, Warschau, Polen
Werke von Chopin, Schumann, Liszt
21. August · Original und Fälschung!
Loïc Mallié, Lyon, Frankreich
Werke von Brahms, Messiaen und Improvisationen
28. August · Mikrokosmos – Das Volk der Gräser!
Christoph Schönfelder, St. Gallen, Schweiz
Improvisationen zu dem prämierten Dokumentar-/Tierfilm von Claude Nuridsany und Marie Pérennou von 1996
Tickets: 15 euros / concessions 10 euros · Orgelsommer-Tickets
Season ticket: 99 euros / concessions 79 euros
(available only from the Berlin Cathedral ticket office; non-transferable)