(Photo: Heribert Schindler)For Mozart, the organ was the queen of instruments. On five Sundays per season, the world's most famous organists invite the public to an organ matinee at the Philharmonie Berlin, often joined by musicians from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. These matinees have become an important meeting place for fans of organ music.
Concerts and tickets
08 Oct 2023,
11:00
Main Auditorium
Organ | Series: Z – Organ
Matinee
Raphael Attila Vogl organ
Wenzel Fuchs clarinet
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Camille Saint-Saëns, Kevin Matthew Puts and Max Reger
03 Dec 2023,
11:00
Main Auditorium
Organ | Series: Z – Organ
Matinee
Maria-Magdalena Kaczor organ
Krzysztof Polonek violin
Works by Camille Saint-Saëns, George Gershwin, Jascha Heifetz, Otto Barblan, Hans-André Stamm, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach and Jeanne Demessieux
28 Jan 2024,
11:00
Main Auditorium
Organ | Series: Z – Organ
Matinee
Daniel Beckmann organ
Blechbläserensemble der Berliner Philharmoniker
Works by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Strauss, Guy Bovet, Marcel Dupré and Joseph Messner
05 May 2024,
11:00
Main Auditorium
Organ | Series: Z – Organ
Matinee
Aurel Dawidiuk organ
Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker
Christian Blex conductor
Works by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, Akira Nishimura, Jehan Alain, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Paul Hindemith
Discover the organ
Sebastian Heindl introduces his instrument in detail
Prejudices about the organ - debunked
Organs only exist in churches, they are old and unfashionable and above all very loud? In our video with organist Sebastian Heindl, we thoroughly dispel these and other preconceptions about the instrument of the year 2021 and show the incredibly many facets of the organ at the Philharmonie Berlin.
