Christian Schmitt, Orgel

In the organizer's words:

There is no better way to start Advent Sunday than with a "tonal journey through the history of organ music": this is what Christian Schmitt, renowned concert organist and professor at the Rotterdam Conservatory, calls his matinée with a program that features the "Queen of Instruments" from the most beautiful Romanticism to a piece exclusively for the pedals (i.e. played with the feet!).

Instrumentation

Christian SchmittOrgan

Program

Camillo Schumann
Sonata No. 3 in C minor op. 29

Maximilian Schnaus
Signals (from Remote Territories) for pedal solo

Jehan Alain
Fantasy No. 1

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Organ Sonata in D major op. 65/5

-Intermission -

Knut Nystedt
Le verbe éternel op. 133

Olivier Messiaen
Dieu est simple / from: Neuf méditations sur le mystère de la sainte trinité

Max Reger
Wie schön leucht' uns der Morgenstern / Choral fantasia for organ in E flat major op. 40/1

Venue: Elbphilharmonie / Great Hall

Organizer: HamburgMusik