Orgelkonzert in der Schleidener Schlosskirche

The opening concert of the new organ concert series, which will take place this year from May to October, will be performed by the former organist of Ottobeuren, Dr. Josef Miltschitzky, together with his wife, the singer Susanne Jutz-Miltschitzky.

The concert series invites you to the sounds of the famous König organ in the Schlosskirche Schleiden.
Andreas Warler, organist and musician of the community of Hellenthal-Schleiden, is the artistic director and of course also an actor in this event series and has ensured a high-caliber lineup for the evening concerts.

June 24, 2024

Stephen Davies plays the famous König organ in Schleiden.
Subsequently, the kitchen artist Harald Paulus invites you to a gourmet experience in Schloss Schleiden.

Stephen Davies, former choir singer of St. Paul's Cathedral in London and musicologist at Queen's College in Oxford, received a scholarship to study with the great organist and composer Anton Heiller at the Musikakademie in Vienna. He has performed in major halls across Europe, in New York, and in New Zealand.
Among the cathedrals where he has given concerts are St. Paul's Cathedral in London, the cathedrals of Oslo and Kristiansand in Norway, the cathedral of Tallinn in Estonia, the Brandenburg Cathedral in Germany, the cathedrals of Salzburg and Linz in Austria, the cathedral of Trieste in Italy, the cathedral of Antwerp in Belgium, the cathedrals of Christchurch, Dunedin, and Wellington in New Zealand, and St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, USA.
Stephen Davies has given many concerts at Oxford and Cambridge colleges, including famous venues such as Trinity College and King's College in Cambridge. He has performed at prestigious London venues, including All Soul's Langham Place, Southwark Cathedral, St George's Hanover Square (Handel's church), as well as in the Basilica dei Frari in Venice and St Thomas's Fifth Avenue in New York.
Stephen has played many organ concerts in the Basilica of Steinfeld. He first played in the Schlosskirche Schleiden in 1974, for the second time in 1994, and now after fifty years, we are pleased to have him as our guest again!

June 21, 2024
For the umpteenth time, Heinrich Wimmer, organist at the Stadtkirche St. Jakob in Burghausen, will perform an organ concert on the historic König organ.
In addition to works by Kerll, Pachelbel, Walther, and Krebs, he will play two major works by Bruhns (Praeludium in e, "the Great") and J.S. Bach (Praeludium and Fugue in d minor, BWV 539).

Heinrich Wimmer, born in 1964 in Altötting, Upper Bavaria, has served as an organist in his hometown since the age of 14. He initially studied 'Catholic Church Music' in Regensburg, where the then Passau Cathedral organist Walther R. Schuster and KMD Karl Norbert Schmid (organ), Prof. Dr. Hermann Schroeder (theory), and Dr. Oskar Sigmund (piano and theory) were among his influential teachers. He then joined the organ class of Prof. Klemens Schnorr at the Munich Conservatory and completed his advanced studies in organ as his main subject in 1989 with the concert diploma (Artistic State Examination) and in 1991 with the master's class diploma.
In 1985, Heinrich Wimmer became the organist at the Stadtpfarrkirche St. Jacob in Burghausen on the Salzach. There, he initiated the construction of a highly regarded organ and established an international organ concert series.

During his numerous concerts, which have taken him throughout Germany and almost all European countries as well as to Israel, China, South Korea, Russia, and the Baltic States, he has performed the complete organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, and Max Reger. Over 150 organ compositions from his former teacher Oskar Sigmund, as well as other contemporary composers (including Harald Genzmer, Andreas Willscher, Hermann Schroeder, Johann Simon Kreuzpointner), have been premiered by Heinrich Wimmer at prominent international festivals.

In addition to numerous radio recordings, he has released 45 CDs to date. Among the recordings are a comprehensive view of the organ works by Oskar Sigmund and Walther R. Schuster at notable organs, as well as numerous organ portraits of lesser-known but historically significant instruments for the respective organ landscapes (including six historic organs in the Vogtland: Oelsnitz, Markneukirchen, Lengenfeld, Straßberg, Elsterberg, and Schöneck).  

Other concerts in this series take place on:

July 12, 2024
Sara Musumeci from Catania (Italy) gives a guest performance in the Schlosskirche Schleiden.

August 9, 2024
Jonathan Dimmock from San Francisco plays at the König organ in Schleiden.

September 6, 2024
The organist of the GdG Hellenthal-Schleiden, Andreas Warler, will give a concert in the Schlosskirche Schleiden.


Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: €39.90 including a 3-course menu (On June 21, there is no menu, the concert is free)
Location: Schleiden, Schlosskirche, Vorburg 3
Info Phone: 02444. 2011
Email: tourismus@schleiden-eifel.com