Organ Summer 2026

The Münden Organ Summer 2026 will open with a festive concert for organ and orchestra. The Herne Chamber Orchestra will perform in St. Blasius Church under the direction of Wolfgang Flunkert together with the cantor from St. Blasius, Detlef Renneberg. The concert takes place in cooperation with the Förderverein Kirchenmusik in der evangelisch-lutherischen Stadtkirchengemeinde e.V. (Association for the Promotion of Church Music in the Evangelical-Lutheran City Church Community).

The focus of the program is the Organ Concerto No. 2 in G minor by Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901). Rheinberger is one of the most important composers of Romantic church music. His second organ concerto combines the sonorous richness of an orchestra with the expressive power of the organ and impresses with its melodic beauty, solemn character and virtuoso passages. The work is one of the most important compositions for this instrumentation and shows the organ not only as an accompanying instrument, but as an equal soloist.

Performers:
- Detlef Renneberg (organ)
- Herne Chamber Orchestra
- Wolfgang Flunkert (conductor)
- In cooperation with the Förderverein Kirchenmusik in der evangelisch-lutherischen Stadtkirchengemeinde e.V.

This extraordinary concert marks the start of this year's Münden Organ Summer series, which has been one of the cultural highlights of the region for many years and brings top-class artists to the historic St. Blasius Church.