3x Bach in the morning

Start of the "Organ Marathon" as part of the Bachfest Munich

Three organists play Bach for 30 minutes each - with Holger Boenstedt, Lucas Bastian and Vittorio Vanini.

Concert, Organ Marathon
Evang.-Luth. Bischofskirche St. Matthäus
Evang.-Luth. Kirchengemeinde St. Matthäus

To kick off the "organ marathon", three organists - Holger Boenstedt, Lucas Bastian and Vittorio Vanini - will each play works by Bach for half an hour.
Holger Boenstedt, former long-time cantor of St Mark's Church and successor to Karl Richter, will play the Toccata in D minor and the Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major.
He will be followed by two aspiring students from the University of Music and Theatre in Munich, Lucas Bastian and Vittorio Vanini. They are both students of Professor Bernhard Haas. Lucas Bastian studied church music in Stuttgart and has been cantor at St Raphael's in Karlsruhe since June 2023. He will play Prelude and Fugue in E minor and a trio on "Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend". Vittorio Vanini studied in Como, Basel and Munich and is regional cantor in Hanau. In addition to chorale arrangements, he will play Reger's version of the Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor from the "Well-Tempered Clavier" and the final movement from Vierne's 1st Symphony.

This event is part of the "Organ Marathon Bachfest Munich" series.

Works by J. S. Bach

• Toccata in d-Moll (BWV 565)

• Toccata in C-Dur (BWV 564)

• Präludium und Fuge in e-Moll (BWV 548)

• Trio super: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend (BWV 655):

  BWV 651–668: Achtzehn Choräle der Leipziger Originalhandschrift

• Wir gläuben all an einen Gott (BWV 680):

  BWV 669–689: Choralbearbeitungen aus Klavierübung Teil III

• Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (BWV 662):

  BWV 651–668: Achtzehn Choräle der Leipziger Originalhandschrift

• An Wasserflüssen Babylon (BWV 653):

  BWV 651–668: Achtzehn Choräle der Leipziger Originalhandschrift

Works

• Johann Sebastian Bach, Präludium und Fuge in cis-Moll BWV 849 aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier I bearbeitet von Max Reger (1873-1916) Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Final aus der 1. Orgelsymphonie

Venue

Evang.-Luth. Bischofskirche St. Matthäus

Nußbaumstr. 1
80336 München

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Evang.-Luth. Kirchengemeinde St. Matthäus

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Matthäuskirche München © Armin Becker

Trumpets in the Great Organ © Armin Becker

Vittorio Vanini © Vittorio Vanini

St Matthew's Church seen from Nußbaumpark (2025) © Armin Becker

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Evang.-Luth. Kirchengemeinde St. Matthäus

St. Matthäus is the main Protestant-Lutheran and Episcopal church in Munich. The predecessor of the current church was built in 1833 on Sonnenstraße near Karlsplatz and fell victim to National Socialist urban planning in 1938. From 1953 to 1955, Gustav Gsaenger built today's church, which is one of the most important monuments of post-war modernism in Germany.

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