Schedule

Organ Matinee for Trinity Sunday

Jean Langlais | 1907 – 1991
Three Meditations on the Holy Trinity
• The Father
• The Son
• The Holy Spirit

Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685 – 1750
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major BWV 552

Scotson Clark | 1840 - 1883
Festal March

Johann Ludwig Krebs | 1713 - 1780
Trio in E Flat Major
• Adagio
• Non molto allegro

Klaus Uwe Ludwig | * 1943
Die helle Sonn´ leucht´ jetzt herfuer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1756 - 1791
Variations on an original theme in F Major KV 54

Denis Bédard | * 1950
Suite du Premier Ton (1993)
• Plein Jeu
• Dialogue
• Récit
• Grand Jeu

Keith Jarrett | * 1945
Improvisation on "Over the Rainbow"

Ludwig van Beethoven | 1770 - 1827
Variations on an Aria by Paisiello
"Nel cor piu non mi sento" G-Dur WoO. 70

Paul Lincke | 1866 – 1946
From operetta “Lysistrata”
• Idyll of the fireflies

Nigel Ogden | 1954 - 2026
From "Art Deco Suite"
• Rizzy

Improvisation
Spring March

Anniversary Organ Matinee

Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685 – 1750
Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565

George Frideric Handel | 1685 – 1759
Largo from "Xerxes"

Gereon Krahforst | * 1973
Chorale Prelude "Dem Herzen Jesu singe"

Luigi Boccherini | 1743 – 1805
Minuet from the String Quintet
Organ arrangement by Gereon Krahforst

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1756 – 1791
From the Serenade "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" KV 525
• I. Allegro
Organ arrangement by Gereon Krahforst

Charles-Marie Widor | 1844–1937
From the Fifth Organ Symphony in F minor, Op. 42/1
• V. Toccata

Emma Lou Diemer | 1927 - 2024
Fiesta

Heinrich Scheidemann | 1595 - 1663
Canzon in G

Sigfrid Karg-Elert | 1877 - 1933
Choral-Improvisation on "O Durchbrecher aller Bande" aus op. 65

Bob Chilcott | * 1955
Sun Dance

Francisco Correa de Arauxo | 1584 - 1654
From "Facultad Órgani" (1626)
• Tiento XV

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger | 1685 – 1750
Organ Sonata No. 14 in C Major op. 165
• I. Maestoso
• II. Andantino
• III. Toccata

A large romantic organ sonata

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger | 1685 – 1750
Organ Sonata No. 14 in C Major op. 165
• I. Maestoso
• II. Andantino
• III. Toccata

Fanfare, Reflection and Dance

Alfred Fedak | * 1953
• Fanfare
• Reflection

Francisco Correa de Arauxo | 1584 - 1654 CO
From "Facultad organi"
• Tiento I de primero tono, por delasolrre

James D. Kimball | * 1947
Trompette Prelude

Flor Peeters | 1903 - 1986   
Aria op. 51

Alfred Fedak
• Dance

Max Reger | 1873 - 1916
From 12 Organ Pieces op. 59
• Toccata in D Minor
• Fuge in D Major

Dietrich Buxtehude | 1637 - 1707 CO
Toccata in D Minor BuxWV 155

Christian Fink | 1831 - 1911
• Moderato in E Flat Major
• Larghetto in G Minor
• Festpostludium in E Flat Major

Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685 - 1750
Goldberg Variations BWV 988

American Organ Music

Gordon Young | 1919 - 1998
• Fanfare on St. Gertrude
• Matins
• Gargoyles

Gerre Hancock | 1934 - 2012
Air

Myron J. Roberts | 1912 - 204
Hommage to Perotin

Leo Sowerby | 1895 - 1968
Madrigal

John Weaver | 1937 - 2021
Toccata

Nicolas de Grigny | 1672 – 1702
Veni Creator
• En taille à 5
• Fugue à 5
• Duo
• Récit de Cromorne
• Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux

Sigfrid Karg-Elert | 1877 - 1933
Chorale-Improvisation on "O Durchbrecher aller Bande"

Johann Philipp Kirnberger | 1721 - 1783
Komm, o komm, Du Geist des Lebens

Marcel Dupré | 1886 - 1971
From "Le Tombeau de Titelouze" op. 38
• Lucis Creator optime
• Te Lucis ante terminum
From "8 Short Chorale Preludes on
Gregorian Themes" op. 45
• Verbum supernum

François Couperin | 1668 – 1733
From "Messe à l´usage des Paroisses“
• Offertoire sur les Grands Jeux

Théodore Salomé | 1834 – 1896
Mélodie

Louis Marchand | 1669 – 1732
From „Deuxième Livre d´Orgue“
• Grand Dialogue du 5^e ton

Edouard Batiste | 1820 – 1876
Élevation in E Flat Major

Jean-Adam Guilain | 1680 – 1739  
From "Pièces pour le Magnificat”:
Suite du 4^e ton
• Plein Jeu
• Cromhorne en taille
• Duo
• Basse de Cromorne
• Trio
• Dialogue
• Petit Plein Jeu

Théodore Dubois | 1837 – 1924
In Paradisum

Louis-J.A. Lefébure-Wély | 1817 - 1869
From „L´Organiste moderne“
• Verset in G Major
• Fuge in D Minor
• Sortie in E Flat Major

Flor Peeters | 1902 – 1986
“Lied-Symphonie” op. 66
• Lied to the Ocean 
• Lied to the Mountains
• Lied to the Flowers 
• Lied to the Desert
• Lied to the Sun 

Sigfrid Karg-Elert | 1877 – 1933
Sunrise

Edvard Grieg | 1843 – 1907
From “Peer Gynt-Suite No. 1” op. 46
• Morning mood

Gereon Krahforst | * 1973
Space Tunes – 5 Cosmic, spheric Preludes
▪ Troposphere
▪ Stratosphere
▪ Mesosphere
▪ Thermosphere
▪ Exosphere

Bob Chilcott | * 1955
Sun Dance

Flor Peeters | 1902 – 1986
“Lied-Symphony” op. 66
• Lied to the Ocean 
• Lied to the Mountains 
• Lied to the Flowers 
• Lied to the Desert 
• Lied to the Sun 

Ad Wammes | * 1952
Miroirs

Improvisation on a volcano eruption in Maria Laach
• Silent landscape in Eifel region
• Crawling under earth
• The Eruption which generatet the Caldera, today´s Lake of Maria Laach

Edwin Lemare | 1865 - 1934
"Carmen Fantasia" on themes by Georges Bizet

Keith Jarrett | * 1945
Improvisation on "Over the Rainbow"
arr. for organ by Gereon Krahforst

Sigfrid Karg-Elert | 1877 – 1933
Rondo alla campanella op. 156

Paul Lincke | 1866 – 1946
From Operetta “Lysistrata”
• Gavotte (Idyll) of the fireflies
arr. for organ by Gereon Krahforst

Frank Bridge | 1879 – 1941
Adagio in E Major

Ad Wammes | * 1953
Miroir

Marcel Dupré | 1886 – 1971
From 2^nd Organ Symphony in C Sharp Major op. 26
• III. Toccata

Improvisation I
Theme and Variations on an Icelandic
folk tune given by Bjoern Steinar

Improvisation II
A volcano eruption on Iceland
• Silence in the Icelandic mountains
• more and more crawling
• Eruption

Chorals

Joseph Jongen | 1873 - 1953
Choral in E Major

Jehan Alain | 1911 - 1940
Choral cistercien - for an elevation

Johann Pachelbel | 1653 - 1706
Chorale Partita on "Werde munter, mein Gemuete"

César Franck | 1822 - 1890
Choral No. 1 in E Major

Assumption

David German | * 1954
A festive Trumpet Tune

Gereon Krahforst | * 1973
From 12 Chorale Preludes on Marian Hymn Tunes
• Sagt an, wer ist doch diese
• Freu´ Dich, Du Himmelskönigin

Clemens Ingenhoven | 1905 - 1982
Variations on "Wunderschön Prächtige"

Paul Hofhaimer | 1459 - 1537
Ave Maris Stella

Charles Tournemire | 1870 – 1939
From "The Mystic Organ",  „L´Orgue mystique",  Office of Assumption
• Élevation
• Paraphrase-Carillon

Alexandre Guilmant | 1839 - 1911
From "18 Pièces novelles" op. 90
• Offertory
• Impression grégorienne
• Fughetta on "F-A-G" pour "Félix-Alexandre-Guilmant"
• Lamento

Francisco Correa de Arauxo | 1584 - 1654 CO
From "Facultad organi"
• Tiento II de segundo tono re, y sol, por gesolrreut

Pierre Cogen | 1931 - 2025
Offrande

Théodore Dubois | 1837 - 1924
From "Messe de Mariage"
• Final. "Laus Deo"

German Romanticism

Andreas Barner | 1835 - 1910
Prelude in F Major

Clemens Ingenhoven | 1905 - 1982
Partita on "Es blueh´n drei Rosen"

Peter Piel | 1835 - 1904
• Trio in B Major
• Largo in D Major

Ludwig Boslet | 1860 - 1951
Organ Sonata No. 5 in D Major op. 30
I. Allegro
• II. Adagio
• III. Finale. Allegro con fuoco und Doppelfuge

Program: "Against the Current"

Upstream on the Rhine, against the current

Kevelaer

After Altötting, the second most important Marian pilgrimage site in Germany
Improvisation
Overture in the Romantic style on
"Rejoice, Queen of Heaven"

Düsseldorf

Clemens Ingenhoven | 1685 – 1750
Professor at the Düsseldorf Academy of Music
Partita "Three Roses Are Blooming"

Cologne

Hermann Schroeder | 1904 - 1984
Professor at the Cologne Academy of Music
Prelude and Fugue on "Christ Lay in Death's Bonds"

Bonn

Johann Joseph Veith | 1872 – 1947
Organist and Cantor at Bonn Minster
From the Organ Sonata on the Easter
Hymn “Ad Regias Agni Dapes”
• IV. Triple Fugue

Boppard

Peter Piel | 1835 - 1904
Organist at St. Severus, Boppard
• Trio in B-flat major
• Largo in D major

Upstream on the Moselle, against the current

Trier

Ludwig Boslet | 1860 - 1951
Former Cathedral Organist in Trier
From Organ Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 30
• I. Allegro

Luxembourg

Paul Benoït OSB Cathedral | 1893 - 1979
Priest-monk and organist of the Benedictine Abbey
St. Mauritius and Maurus in Clervaux/Luxembourg
Pascale Cantilène

Metz
largest cathedral of the "Grand Est" (region in eastern France)
Improvisation
Final français

The performer of this organ recital was inspired by the motto "against the current" to explore four ideas: upstream along major German rivers, the Rhine and the Moselle (Boppard is located near Koblenz and the "Deutsches Eck," where the Moselle flows into the Rhine; from there, the program continues upstream along the Moselle); then: "against the current" in the form of little-known or completely unknown composers for organ (no Buxtehude, Bach, Mendelssohn, Reger, Widor, etc.); and finally: "against the current" through "staunchly Catholic" composers and, in part, themes (Marian hymns) within a Protestant context. St. Mary's Church. Kevelaer on the Lower Rhine, not far from the Dutch border, and Metz in France on the Moselle form the geographical cornerstones and are musically represented "against the current" of existing compositions through improvisations.

Born in some 50´s

Johann Krieger | 1653 -
• Praeludium in C
• Ricercar in G

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1756 - 1791
Andante con variazioni in G Major KV 501
Organ transcription by von Gereon Krahforst

James Hotchkins Rogers | 1857 - 1940
• Arioso in ancient style
• Invocation

Lambert Kleesattel | * 1959
An Irish Toccatina

Edwin Lemare | 1865 – 1934
"Carmen Fantasia"
(Fantasy on themes from the opera "Carmen" by Georges
Bizet, opening with the famous Toreador March)

George Frideric Handel | 1685 – 1759
From "Nine German Arias"
• Meine Seele hört im Sehen

Keith Jarrett | b. 1945
Improvisation on "Over the Rainbow" by Harold Arle
reconstructed and arranged for organ by Gereon Krahforst

Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685 – 1750
From the Double Concerto for 2 Violins and Orchestra, BWV 1080
• Largo ma non troppo

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 1840 – 1893
From "The Nutcracker"
• The Sugar-Plum Fairy

Jacques Offenbach | 1819 – 1880
From "The Tales of Hoffmann"
• Can-Can

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1756 – 1791
Andante con variazioni in G Major, K. 501

Gioacchino Rossini | 1792 – 1868
Overture to the opera "The Thieving Magpie"'

"Mariä Namen"

Colin Mawby | 1936 - 2019
Joyful Processional

Jean Langlais | 1907 - 1991
From "Offrande à Marie"
• I. Mater admirabilis

Wolfgang Carl Briegel | 1626 - 1712
• Fuga Septimi Toni
• Fuga Octavi Toni

Jean Langlais
From "Offrande à Marie"
• IV. Regina Pacis

Joaquin Ojinaga | 1719 - 1789
Paso dobre el octavo tono

Jean Langlais
From "Offrande à Marie"
• V. Mater Christi

Christopher Tambling | 1964 - 2015
Sortie in Six

Max Reger | 1873 . 1916
From 2nd Suite for organ op. 92
• Präludium g-moll
• Romanze As-Dur

Robert Schumann | 1810 - 1856
4 Sketches for the pedal piano op. 58
• I. Nicht schnell und sehr markiert 
• II. Nicht schnell und sehr markiert 
• III. Lebhaft
• IV. Allegretto 

Max Rege
From 2nd Suite for organ op. 92
• Tokkata 
• Fuge 

„Von den Engeln“

Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685 – 1750
Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 29
„Wir danken Dir, Gott, wir danken Dir“
arr. for organ by Alexandre Guilmant

Olivier Messiaen | 1908 – 1992
The Angels (from "La Nativité")

Sigfrid Karg-Elert | 1877 – 1933
From „3 Impressions“ op. 72
• Harmonies du Soir

Hans Friedrich Micheelsen | 1902 – 1973
Organ Concert No. 2 op. 34 on the tune „Es sungen drei Engel“
• I. Tokkata
• II. Kanzona
• III. Fuga

Edwin Lemare | 1865 – 1934
Chant séraphique

Paul Hindemith | 1895 - 1963
From 3rd Organ Sonata on old German folk tunes
• III. "So wuensch ich Dir"

Charles Tournemire | 1870 – 1939
From „Sei fioretti“ op. 60
• St. Francis and the Angel with the Violin

Johann Sebastian Bach
Trio „Allein Gott in der Hoeh´ sei Ehr´“ BWV 664

Frank Bridge| 1879 – 1941
Adagio in E Major

Alexander Moseler | * 1981
The Guardian Angel op. 76

Improvisation
The Archangel Gabriel, Maria and her Magnificat

Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685 – 1750
Sinfonia to the cantata „Wir danken Dir, Gott, wir danken Dir“ BWV 29
arr. for organ by Marcel Dupré

René Louis Becker | 1882 - 1956 | [CO]
Rêve des Anges (Traum der Engel)

David Ouchterlony | 1914 - 1987
Trumpet Tune

Paul Hindemith | 1895 - 1963
Third Organ Sonata on ancient German
Folk tunes
• I. "Ach Gott, wem soll ich´s klagen"
• II. "Wach auf, mein Herz"
• III. "So wuensch´ ich Dir"

Marcel Dupré | 1886 - 1971
Organ Symphony No. 2 in C Sharp Major op. 26
• I. Preludio
• II. Intermezzo
• III. Toccata

About Angels

Olivier Messiaen | 1908 – 1992
The Angels (From „La Nativité du Seigneur“)

Charles Tournemire | 1870 – 1939
From „Sei fioretti“ op. 6
• St. Francis and the angel with the violin

Johann Sebastian Bach                                                    
Trio „Allein Gott in der Hoeh´ sei Ehr´“ BWV 664

Hans Friedrich Micheelsen | 1902 – 1973
Organ Concerto No. 2 op. 34 on „Es sungen drei Engel“
• I. Tokkata
• II. Kanzona
• III. Fuga

Sigfrid Karg-Elert | 1877 - 1933
Marche triomphale "Nun danket alle Gott"

Louis Vierne | 1870 - 1937
From 2nd Organ Symphony in E Minor op. 20
• III. Scherzo

Serge Rachmaninow | 1873 - 1943
Polka de V. R.
(transcription for organ by Gereon Krahforst)

Edwin Lemare | 1865 - 1934
October Serenade

John Rutter | * 1945
Toccata in Seven

Jean Langlais | 1907 - 199
From "Triptyque grégorien"
• I. Rosa mystica

Marcel Dupré | 1886 - 1971
From "Offrande à la Vierge" op. 40
• Virgo mater

Alexandre Guilmant | 1839 - 1911
From "L´Organiste Liturgiste", pour la Fête
de l´immaculé cœur de Marie"
• Sortie

Marcel Dupré                                                         
From "Offrande à la Vierge" op. 40
• III. Virgo mediatrix

Paul de Maleingrau | 1887 - 1956
From "Suite Mariale"
• IV. The Glorification

"Musica iberica"

Anonym | 17. Jhdt.
Entrada de Clarines

José Elías | 1675 – 1749
Tocata de Contras 5^o tono

Francisco Correa de Arauxo | 1584 – 1654
Aus „Facultad orgánica“
Tiento XV de 4^o tono, la, y mi, por elami

Joaquín Martinez Ojinaga | 1719 - 1789
Paso sobre el 8^o tono

Juan Moreno y Polo | 1711 - 1776
Tres Versillos de 4^o tono

Sebastián Aguilera de Heredía | 1562 – 1627
Tiento de dos bajos de 8^o tono

Juan Cabanilles | 1644 – 1712
Pedazo de música 5^o tono

Padre Antonio Soler | 1729 – 1783
Intento para Ofertorio ó Final

Antonio de Cabezón | 1510 – 1566
Diferencias sobre un tema en re

Tomás de Santa Maria | 1510 - 1570
Fantasia Septimi Toni

Pablo Bruna | 1611 - 1679
Tiento lleno de 5^o tono

John Warriner | 1860 - 1938
Processional March

Miles Birket Foster | 1851 - 1922
Thanksgiving

Frank Bridge | 1879 - 1941
Adagio in E Major

Charles Villiers Stanford | 1852 - 1924
Fantasia and Toccata op. 57

Max Reger | 1873 - 1916
Chorale Fantasia on "Freu´ Dich sehr, o meine Seele" op. 30

1st Advent

Improvisation
• Variations on "Wir sagen Euch an den
  lieben Advent"

2 Chorale Preludes
• Maria, Mutter uns´res Herrn
• Ave, Maria zart

Gereon Krahforst | * 1973
Chorale Partita on "Maria durch ein´ Dornwald ging"

Improvisation
Fantasia and Fugue in Romanticism style on
"Macht hoch die Tuer" 

2nd Advent

Heathcote Statham | 1889 - 197
Fantasia on "Veni Emmanuel

Gilbert M. Martin | * 1943
Come, thou long-expected Jesus

Gereon Krahforst | * 1973
- From Little Chorale Preludes on Advent Hymn Tunes
• Wie soll ich Dich empfangen
• Die Nacht ist vorgedrungen
• Es kommt ein Schiff geladen
• O Heiland, reiß´ die Himmel auf

- Cheerful Variations on St. Nicholas´ Folk Hymn Tune
  "Lasst uns froh und munter sein"

Robert Jones | * 1945
Macht hoch die Tuer

Willem van Twillert | * 1952
Toccata "Tochter Zion"

Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685 – 1750
• Prelude and Fugue in C Minor BWV 546
• Chorale Prelude on "Savior of the Nations, come" BWV 659
• Prelude and Fugue in D Minor BWV 539
• Chorale Prelude on "Savior of the Nations, come"
   à due bassi BWV 660
• Fantasia con imitazione in B Minor BWV 563
• Chorale Prelude on "Savior of the Nations, come"
   in organo pleno BWV 660
• Passacaglia et tema fugatum in C Minor BWV 582

Orgelmatinée zum 3. Advent

Nicolaus Bruhns | 1665 - 1697
Fantasia on "Savor of the nations, come"

Ernst Pepping | 1901 - 1981
Wir soll ich Dich empfangen
• Vorspiel I
• Vorspiel I
• Orgelchoral

Johann C. F. Fischer | 1656 - 1746
Ricercar "Ave Maria Klare"

Gereon Krahforst | * 1973
From little chorale preludes on Advent
hymn tunes
• Tochter Zion
• Gott, heil´ger Schöpfer aller Stern´
• Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

Byron Adams | * 1955
From "Suite in Olden Style"
• IV. Rigaudon

Tony Hewitt-Jones | 1926 - 1989
Fanfare

Hermann Schroeder | 1904 - 1984
Chorale Triptych on "Savior of the nations, come"
• Intonation
• Meditation
• Finale

Flor Peeters | 1903 - 1986
Chorale Prelude on "Wake, awake"

Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685 - 1750
Trio Sonata No. 3 in D Minor BWV 527
• I. Andante
• II. Adagio
• III. Vivace

Max Reger | 1873 - 1916
Chorale Fantasia and Fugue on
"Wacke, awake" op. 52/2

Heinrich Scheidemann | 1596 - 1663
Magnificat Octavi Toni

Gereon Krahforst | * 1973
From little Chorale Preludes on Advent hymn tunes
• Triptychon zur "Missa Adventus et Quadragesimae"
  (Kyrie / Sanctus / Agnus)
• Tau aus Himmelshoeh´n
• Rorate caeli et terrae
• Tauet Himmel, den Gerechten

Eustache du Caurroy | 1549 - 1609
3 Fantasias on "Une Jeune Fillette"

Gertraud Kaltenecker | 1915 - 2004
O Heiland, reiss´ die Himmel auf

Lambert Kleesattel | * 1959
Tochter Zion

Johann Pachelbel | 1653 - 1706
Ciacona in F Minor

Gereon Krahforst | * 1973
Chorale partita on "Es flog ein Taeublein weiße"

Franz Lehrndorfer | 1928 - 2013
Variations on "Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann"

Marcel Dupré | 1886 - 1971
From "Vêpres du Commun" op. 18
• Magnificat I
• Magnificat II
• Magnificat VI Gloria. Finale

Diane Bish | * 1941
• Toccata on "Hark! The Herald Angels sing"
• He is born

Franz Lehrndorfer | 1928 - 2013
Variations on "Zu Betlehem geboren"

Gereon Krahforst | * 1973
• Es wird schon glei dumpa
• Froehliche Weihnacht überall
• O Tannenbaum
• Kling, Gloeckchen klingelingeling
• Toccata on "O Du froehliche"

Charles-Marie Widor | 1844 – 1937
Organ Symphony No. 9 op. 70 „Gothique”
• I. Moderato
• II. Andante sostenuto
• III. Allegro
• IV. Moderato (Variations on “Puer natus est”)

Claude Balbastre | 1724 - 1799
Noel Variations "À la venue de Noël"

Gereon Krahforst | * 1973
From "Hommage à Flor Peeters"
• Chorale partita on "Ave Maria klare"

Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685 – 1750
Chorale Prelude on "Christ, unser Herr zum
Jordan kam" BWV 684

Geoffrey Shaw | 1879 - 1943
Fantasia on Adeste fideles

Olivier Messiaen | 1908 - 1992
La Nativité du Seigneur
(The Nativity of our Lord)
9 Meditationns