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Bach und Reubke

Niklas Jahn with a program of extremes
© Marvin Laibold

05/12

Wednesday | 05/12/2027
8:00 pm Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

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About the Concert

Since 2024, Niklas Jahn has been the organist of the Frauenkirche. In this concert, he presents himself with a particularly challenging program, especially Julius Reubke's Sonata on the 94th Psalm, which represents an extreme in several ways. Reubke composed the work at the young age of 24, creating one of the most dramatic and technically demanding pieces in the entire organ literature. The Sonata closely follows the biblical text of the Psalm, translating its anger, despair, and hope into a nearly orchestral sound language. The influence of Franz Liszt, with whom Reubke studied, is clearly audible, especially in the symphonic form and virtuosic structure. At the same time, the work demands enormous physical and mental control from the organist. The fact that Reubke died only two years later gives the Sonata an additional character of a singular, hardly repeatable exceptional work. Invited by the Dresden Philharmonic.

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasy on "Come, Holy Spirit"

Guy Bovet
from "Trois Préludes Hambourgeois"

Thierry Escaich
Five verses on the "Victimae Paschali"

Claude Debussy
"Clair de lune" (Arr. Alexandre Cellier)

Julius Reubke
Sonata on Psalm 94

Artists

Niklas Jahn
Organ

Biographies

Niklas Jahn

As an organist, conductor and lecturer, Niklas Jahn, who hails from Fulda, is considered one of the leading young artists in the field of organ and church music. In December 2024, he took up his post as organist at the Dresden Frauenkirche. In addition to performing organ literature, the multi-award-winning musician attaches great importance to the art of improvisation, which he often showcases in concerts around the world. He currently passes on his knowledge as a lecturer at the music universities in Freiburg and Weimar.

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