Organ concert: Maximilian Schnaus

Between liturgical tradition and avant-garde provocation, Mauricio Kagel's Phantasie für Orgel mit Obbligati occupies a unique position within organ literature. Using irony and musical quotations, the work subverts traditional listening habits and explores the relationship between art, life, and religion. The inclusion of tonal elements from the practical environment of a church organist gives the composition a concrete dimension that was controversially discussed and often misunderstood at the time of its creation in the 1960s. How do we encounter this work today, which was once considered scandalous?

Program:
Organist Maximilian Schnaus contrasts Kagel's Grenzgänge with Bach's famous Fantasy in G minor, chorale arrangements from the third part of the Clavierübung, and works by American minimalist composer Philip Glass. A concert evening that allows the organ to be experienced both as an instrument of tradition and as an unusual medium of aesthetic reflection.

At the organ concerts in the Sophienkirche, a video transmission in the nave allows the audience to experience the fascinating hand and footwork of the organists up close.

Tickets:
€10 / reduced €5 only at the box office. The box office opens 30 minutes before the concert begins. No advance sales.

Organizer
:"Music in the Sophienkirche" is a series of events organized by the Protestant parish of Weinberg in cooperation with the Kultur Büro Elisabeth.

Photo © Camille Blake