Giant Organ Concerts at St Stephens Cathedral

Listen to a concert on the new Giant Organ at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna! Mighty sounds from more than 12,000 pipes fill one of the most beautiful churches in the world. In the organ concerts, world-class international organists play a wide-ranging programme from Bach over Reger to gems of organ music.

The Giant Organ (130 stops) in Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral, which has not been playable for 25 years, has been renewed by the  organ building company Rieger from the Austrian federal state of Vorarlberg and connected to the choir organ (55 stops) in the front area of St. Stephen's Cathedral, which was also built by Rieger in 1991. The connection of the two organs will make it possible for the first time in the history of the cathedral to fill the space with a multi-dimensional sound, from a central console with five manuals and now a remarkable 185 stops. Please find further information on the website of Vienna Cathedral Organ.

Program and cast

Sat 7 March, 20:30: Stefano Molardi (Cremona)

Sat 14 March, 20:30: Cathedral Organist Ernst Wally

Sat 21 March, 20:30: Arkadiusz Bialic (Kraków)

Sat 28 March, 20:30: Passion Concert Via Crucis, marking the 140th anniversary of the death of Franz Liszt

Performers
Vocal Ensemble St. Stephen’s
Robert Kovács, organ
Cathedral Music Director Markus Landerer, conductor

Programme
Franz Liszt: Via crucis
Franz Liszt: Variations on Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen

Sat 18 April, 20:30: Johannes Skudlik (Landsberg)

Sat 25 April, 20:30: Emmanuel Arakélian (St. Maximin)

Sat 2 May, 20:30: Elias Praxmarer (Stams)

Sat 9 May, 20:30: Jörg Abbing (Saarbrücken)

Sat 16 May, 20:30: Anne-Gaëlle Chanon (Metz)

Sat 23 May, 20:30: Cathedral Organist Konstantin Reymaier

Thu 2 July, 20:30: Cathedral Organist Ernst Wally

Thu 9 July, 20:30: Bernadetta Sunavska (Munich)

Thu 16 July, 20:30: Gerard Brooks (London)

Thu 23 July, 20:30: Johan Hammarström (Stockholm)

Thu 30 July, 20:30: Istvan Ban (Budapest)

Thu 6 August, 20:30: Johann Vexo (Nancy)

Thu 13 August, 20:30: Benedikt Bonelli (Kempten)

Thu 20 August, 20:30: Marcus & Pascal Kaufmann (Leipzig)

Thu 27 August, 20:30: Albrecht Koch (Freiberg)

Tue 29 December, 20:30

Wed 30 December, 20:30