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Works by Bach, Mendelssohn and Widor in St. Joseph's Church on June 15th
Burkhard Engelke, organist and music educator from Darmstadt, to a special organ concert at St. Joseph's Church on Sunday, June 15, 2025. concert begins at 7 p.m. , and admission is free.
The concert brings together five important works from the Baroque and Romantic periods . Listeners can expect an exciting cross-section of organ literature: from Johann Sebastian Bach to Charles-Marie Widor.
Program featuring works from the Baroque and Romantic periods
The concert begins with the Sonata in G minor by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , one of Bach's most famous sons and a musical pioneer of the early Classical period. Two of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's six late organ sonatas form another focus of the concert. These works—like the compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach—belong to the core repertoire of organ music .
well-known Fantasia in G major is considered one of the composer's most beautiful and original creations for organ. Georg Böhm , a representative of the North German organ school, will perform the Partita sopra "Jesu, du bist allzu schöne." Böhm is considered an influential figure in the early organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
The program concludes with the second movement from Charles-Marie Widor 's Fifth Organ Symphony in F minor , whose ten organ symphonies decisively shaped French organ literature. The selected movement has an elegiac character and exemplifies Widor's ambition to transfer the sound world of orchestral symphonies to the organ.
About the performer
Burkhard Engelke studied organ, choral and orchestral conducting. His music education work focuses particularly on organ and piano instruction. In addition to his work as a lecturer in the Diocese of Mainz, he also directs the Darmstadt-Arheilgen Choir .
Event details
- Date: Sunday, June 15, 2025
- Time: 7 p.m.
- Location: St. Joseph's Church, Gabelsbergerstraße, Darmstadt-Eberstadt
- Admission free
- Organizer: St. Joseph's Church Music Working Group
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