European Organ Academy

PLEASE NOTE: class booked up for active participation, waiting list opened

Repertoire:

• Georg Muffat: The 12 Toccatas from the Apparatus Musico-Organisticus
• S. Bach, the three Vivaldi arrangements (BWV 563, 594, 596) as well as Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major BWV 564
• Arnold Schönberg: Variations on a Recitative op. 40
• Michael Radulescu: Seven chorales for the Passion, Ricercari, Epiphaniai

Sat, 26 July, 18:30-21:30, HMT, Chamber Music Hall, Collon organ and Great Hall, Eule organ

Sun, 27 July, 15:00-17:00, Thomaskirche, Sauer organ

Mon, 28 July, 13:00-16:00, HMT, Chamber Music Hall, Collon organ and Great Hall, Eule organ

Tue, 29 July, 9:00-13:00, Rötha, St. Marien and St. Georgen, Silbermann organs, St. Marien / St. Georgen

• Lecture: Sun, 27 July, 10:00-11:00 HMT, Great Hall: „Arnold Schönbergs Variations on a Recitative op. 40: Wege zur Neuausgabe und Gedanken zur Interpretation“
• Concert: Sat, 26 July 2025, 15:00, Thomaskirche Leipzig

PLEASE NOTE: class booked up for active participation, waiting list opened

Repertoire

• works by Franck, widor, Vierne, Dupré of free choice

Sun, 27 July, 11:30-14:30, HMT, Great Hall, Eule organ

Sun, 27 July, 19:30-21:30, Thomaskirche, Sauer organ

Mon, 28 July, 9:00-12:00, Neue Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis Leipzig, Vleugels organ / specification

Tue, 29 July, 14:00-18:00, Chemnitz, Schlosskirche, Vleugels organ

• Panel discussion: Sat, 26 July, 17:00, HMT, Great Hall: Aspekte der Aufführungspraxis der französisch-symphonischen Orgelmusik u. a.
• Concert: Mon, 28 July, 17:00, Nikolaikirche Leipzig

Participants' concert I: Tue, 29 July 2025, 20:00, Neue Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis Leipzig

PLEASE NOTE: class booked up for active participation, waiting list closed

Repertoire

• Works of free choice

Wed, 30 July, 13:00-16:00, Naumburg, St. Wenzel, Hildebrandt organ

Thu, 31 July, 15:00-19:00, HMT, Chamber Music Hall, Collon organ

Fri, 1 Aug, 14:00-17:00, Naumburg, St. Wenzel, Hildebrandt organ

Sat, 2 Aug, 17:00-19:00, HMT, Chamber Music Hall, Collon organ

• Concert: Thu, 31 July, 19:30, HMT, Chamber Music Hall
• Lecture: Wed, 30 July, 10:00-11:00 HMT, Chamber Music Hall: „Johann Sebastian Bach und seine Wurzeln - Wege zum jungen Bach und seinem Werk“

PLEASE NOTE: class booked up for active participation, waiting list opened

Repertoire

• French and German romantics (Franck, Widor, Vierne, Reger, etc.) (Nikolaikirche)
• Bach und Mendelssohn (Naumburg)
• Early 20th century French and German (Duruflé, Reger, etc.) (Neue Propsteikirche)
• German romantics (HMT)

Wed, 30 July, 18:00-22:00, Nikolaikirche Leipzig, Ladegast organ

Thu, 31 July, 9:30-13:30, Naumburg, St. Wenzel, Hildebrandt organ

Fri, 1 Aug, 9:30-12:00, Neue Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis Leipzig, Vleugels organ / specification

Sat, 2 Aug, 13:00-14:30, HMT, Great Hall, Eule organ

• Concert: Fri, 1 Aug, 19:30, Naumburg, St. Wenzel
• Lecture: Sat, 2 Aug, 10:00 HMT, Great Hall: ‘Charles-Valentin Alkan and music written for pedal-piano’

Participants' Concert II: Sat, 2 Aug, 11:30, HMT, Chamber Music Hall and Great Hall

PLEASE NOTE: class booked up for active participation, waiting list opened

Repertoire

• S. Bach – free choice
• English repertoire (c. 1560 - c. 1940) – works by Byrd, Gibbons, Purcell, Stanley, S. Wesley, S. S. Wesley, Elgar, Whitlock (or any similar choices)

Sun, 3 Aug, 14:00-17:00, Thomaskirche, Sauer organ, Bach organ

Mon, 4 Aug, 10:00-15:00, Rötha, St. Marien / St. Georgen

Tue, 5 Aug, 09:00-13:00, HMT, Chamber Music Hall, Collon organ and Great Hall, Eule organ

• Concert: Wed, 6 Aug, 20:00, Dresden Cathedral
• Lecture: Sun, 3 Aug, 10:00 HMT, Great Hall: English Enigmas! (What to ask when performing Byrd fantasias, Purcell voluntaries, and Elgar's sonata)

PLEASE NOTE: class booked up for active participation, waiting list opened

Repertoire

• tba

Sun, 3 Aug, 19:30-21:30, Thomaskirche, Sauer organ

Mon, 4 Aug, 18:00-22:00, Nikolaikirche Leipzig, Ladegast organ

Tue, 5 Aug, 14:00-18:00, HMT, Great Hall, Eule organ

Wed, 6 Aug, 15:00-17:00, Dresden, Christuskirche, Jehmlich organ

• Concert: Sat, 2 Aug 2025, 15:00, Thomaskirche Leipzig
• Lecture: Sun, 3 Aug, 11:30, HMT, Great Hall
• Lunch music: Wed, 6 Aug 2025, 12:00, Michaeliskirche Leipzig, participants of the organ academy

Participants' concert III: Tue, 5 Aug 2025, 20:00, HMT, Chamber Music Hall and Great Hall

Wed, 6 Aug, 9:00-12:00, HMT, Chamber Music Hall, Collon organ and Great Hall, Eule organ

• Concert: Thu, 7 Aug 2025, 19:30, Nikolaikirche Leipzig

Repertoire

• free choice from the complete works of Couperin, Marchand, Grigny and Alain

Thursday, 7 Aug, 10:00-14:00, Naumburg, St. Wenzel, Hildebrandt organ

Fri, 8 Aug, 9:00-12:00, Neue Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis Leipzig, Vleugels organ / specification

Sat, 9 Aug, 9:00-14:00, HMT, Chamber Music Hall, Collon organ and Great Hall, Eule organ

• Concert: Fri, 8 Aug, 19:30, Naumburg, St. Wenzel
• Lecture: Sun, 10 Aug, 11:30, HMT, Great Hall, “Jean-Baptiste Robin: Music with and for organ”

Repertoire

• Marcantonio Cavazzoni: Recercada (Ms. Castell’Arquato) Salve Virgo
• Girolamo Cavazzoni: Christe Redemptor omnium, Ave Maris Stella, Recercar Terzo, Canzon sopra I le bel e bon
• Andrea Gabrieli: Ricercari ariosi I-IV, Canzon arioSa., Canzon Qui la dira, Fantasia allegra; Toccata del IX tono, Passemezzo, Canzon Martin menoit, Ricercare Martin menoit, Ricercare del I tono
• Giovanni De Macque: Capriccio sopra Re, Fa, Mi, Sol, Consonanze Stravaganti
• Girolamo Frescobaldi: Toccata III; XI, XII (Primo libro di Toccate, 1627); Toccate I, II, IV, V, VI, Canzon III, IV, Aria detta Balletto, Aria detta la Frescobalda (Secondo libro di Toccate, 1637);
• Capriccio sopra La, sol, Fa, Mi, Re, Ut; Capriccio sopra la Bassa Fiamenga, Capriccio sopra l’Aria di Ruggero (Primo libro di Capricci, 1626); Fiori Musicali (1635)
• Bernardo Storace: Toccata e Canzon (I), Recercar, Passacagli in A la mi re, Ciacona (Selva di varie composizioni, 1664)
• Heinrich Scheidemann: Pavana Lachrymae, Galliarda ex D,Ballet in F, Magnificat VIII Toni (Choral Fantasia)
• Samuel Scheidt: Toccata super In te Domine Speravi
• Dietrich Buxtehude: Praeludia BuxWV 163, 137, 139, 149; Toccata in d, BuxWV 155; Ciacona in c, BuxWV 159; Passacaglia, BuxWV 161; Te Deum laudamus, BuxWV 218
• Georg Böhm: Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig, Aus tiefer Not Schrei ich zu dir, Vater unser im Himmelreich; Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, Praeludium ex Gb
• Nikolaus Bruhns: Praeludia, Fantasia Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
• Other pieces may be presented with prior notification to the teacher.

Thu, 7 Aug, 15:30-19:00, Paulinum, Jehmlich organ

Fri, 8 Aug, 12:30-17:30, HMT, Chamber Music Hall, Collon organ

Sat, 9 Aug, 15:00-17:00, Rötha, St. Marien and St. Georgen, Silbermann organs, St. Marien / St. Georgen

Sun, 10 Aug, 14:30-16:00, HMT, Chamber Music Hall, Collon organ

• Concert: Sat, 9 Aug, 18:00, Rötha, St. Marien and St. Georgen
• Lecture: Sun, 10 Aug, 10:00, HMT, Great Hall, ‘G. F. Kauffmann's Harmonische Seelenlust: a new edition and a reference and interpretation guide for the organ music of J. S. Bach's Leipzig period’

Participants' concert IV: Sun, 10 Aug, 13:00, HMT, Chamber Music Hall and Great Hall

Sun 10 Aug, 17:30-21:30, Naumburg, St. Wenzel, Hildebrandt-Orgel