Concerts with works by

Max Reger

B-A-C-H

"Not Bach, he should be called the sea." This is how Beethoven summed up his admiration for the father of whole generations of composers. Max Reger expressed his admiration by composing the most diverse variations with the four tones that represent the four letters of the name Bach. Of course, only connoisseurs can hear where these tones appear, but that's not really the point, it's about the power and musical energy that speaks directly to us from this mighty "Fantasy and Fugue." Isabelle Demers, who will play it on our concert hall organ, has chosen a masterpiece by Bach and a piece by Rachel Laurin, who, like herself, is also from Canada. Invited by the Dresden Philharmonic.

Orgelstunde

The spiritual focus of this program is not the prominent names of Camille Saint-Saëns or Max Reger, whose works form the weighty framework of this organ lesson, but the coordinated miniatures by Nadia Boulanger and Philipp Maintz. At the request of Angela Metzger, the latter has composed a cycle of short organ pieces especially for use in the concert hall, the structure and charm of which unfold in particular in combination with the Trois Pièces by Nadia Boulanger. One of these three pieces will even be premiered in today's concert.

Vogler Quartett

Individuality finding harmonious expression in an ensemble – this is the quintessence of the Vogler Quartet, which has been pursuing a unique global career with an unchanged line-up since its formation in 1985. With an intelligent approach to chamber music, outstanding playing technique and interpretive sensitivity, Tim Vogler, Frank Reinecke, Stefan Fehlandt and Stephan Forck have created an unmistakable string quartet sound which consistently offers new insights into the genre. The group has had a concert series at the Konzerthaus Berlin since 1993.

Sebastian Küchler-Blessing Zum Raum wird hier die Zeit

Sebastian Küchler-Blessing, Essen Cathedral organist, explores the Kuhn organ at the Jesuit Church. His improvisational journey through the organ's sounds is framed by Bach's works and 20th-century music, culminating in Reger's homage to the B-A-C-H motif. The concert also features a discussion on Bach's Toccata.

NOSPR / Zagrosek / Mahler’s happiest symphony

The most joyous one among Gustav Mahler’s symphonies does not, by any means, renounce either the grotesque irony that is so typical for the composer or eschatological threads. Yet again, it deals with the subject of death. This time, however, it is first represented by the grotesque Ländler played by the violin in the scherzo, later to introduce us to the realm of paradise in the finale. But is this true paradise, or rather an image, ironical in its effect, that arises from the naive folk poetry of The Boy’s Magic Horn collection, which the composer uses in his symphonies for the last time?Jakub PuchalskiConcert duration: approximately 70 minutes

B-A-C-H

"Not Bach, he should be called the sea." This is how Beethoven summed up his admiration for the father of whole generations of composers. Max Reger expressed his admiration by composing the most diverse variations with the four tones that represent the four letters of the name Bach. Of course, only connoisseurs can hear where these tones appear, but that's not really the point, it's about the power and musical energy that speaks directly to us from this mighty "Fantasy and Fugue." Isabelle Demers, who will play it on our concert hall organ, has chosen a masterpiece by Bach and a piece by Rachel Laurin, who, like herself, is also from Canada. Invited by the Dresden Philharmonic.

Orgelstunde am Karsamstag

Vogler Quartett

Individuality finding harmonious expression in an ensemble – this is the quintessence of the Vogler Quartet, which has been pursuing a unique global career with an unchanged line-up since its formation in 1985. With an intelligent approach to chamber music, outstanding playing technique and interpretive sensitivity, Tim Vogler, Frank Reinecke, Stefan Fehlandt and Stephan Forck have created an unmistakable string quartet sound which consistently offers new insights into the genre. The group has had a concert series at the Konzerthaus Berlin since 1993.