Organ

Symphony for organ

Freiberg Cathedral Organist Albrecht Koch at the Concert Hall Organ in the Palace of Culture

11/22

Wednesday | 11/22/2023
8:00 pm Start of Concert
Konzertsaal im Kulturpalast, Dresden
Floor Plan
12 €

About the Concert

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As cathedral organist in Freiberg and former Crucian, Albrecht Koch is very familiar with church music. And as president of the Silbermann Society, he naturally has a particular soft spot for the sound of these master organs. On his excursion to our Eule organ in the concert hall, he brings this experience with him and shows that music conceived for the church space can also unfold optimally in this space. With works by Bach and Messiaen, he presents "classics" of organ literature, but Sigfrid Karg-Elert is also one of the composers with whom one primarily associates organ works. However, he wrote an organ symphony typical of the late Romantic period only once...

At the invitation of the Dresden Philharmonic

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C minor BWV 546 (between 1708 and 1717)

"Before Thy Throne I Herewith Come"
from the "Leipzig Chorales" BWV 668

Olivier Messiaen
"Apparition de l'Église éternelle"
(Apparition of the Eternal Church)

Sigfrid Karg-Elert
Symphony for organ in F-sharp minor op. 143 (1930)

Contributer

Albrecht Koch
Organ

Biographies

Albrecht Koch

As an organist and conductor, Albrecht Koch is one of the most distinguished personalities in Saxon church music. As a musician as well as the artistic director of the Silbermann Days, he inspires time and again with gripping interpretations, impressive programmes and great artistic creativity.

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