A festive start to the Christmas season: Arvid Gast, titular organist of Lübeck’s St. Jakobi Church, sets the mood for the upcoming festivities with Christmas organ music by Max Reger, Marcel Dupré and Sigfrid Karg-Elert. Born in Bremen, he is one of the leading organists of our time thanks to his flawless technique and captivating performances. Arvid Gast will perform triumphant, joyful and radiant compositions by Félix Alexandre Guilmant, Louis Vierne and Gustav Holst together with the brass players of the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Arvid Gast organ
Blechbläserensemble der Berliner Philharmoniker
Félix Alexandre Guilmant
Organ Sonata, op. 42: 1st Movement Introduction et Allegro (arr. Friedhelm Flamme)
Max Reger
Christmas, op. 145 No. 3
Louis Vierne
Marche triomphale pour le centenaire de Napoléon I for organ and brass
Marcel Dupré
Variations sur un vieux Noël, op. 20
Henry VIII., King of England
Pastyme with good companye (Arrangement für Blechbläserensemble von Mogens Andresen)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert
Cathedral Windows, op. 106: No. 3 Resonet in laudibus
Sigfrid Karg-Elert
Cathedral Windows, op. 106: No. 4 Adeste fideles
Gustav Holst
The Planets, op. 32: No. 4 Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (arr. Sebastian Heindl)