A selection from previous concerts:
2020
St. Florian (A) Stiftskirche 18. August 2020
Bruckner-Fest - 2020 Lange Nacht der Orgelmusik
Anton Bruckner Sinfonie f-Moll (1863)
(1824-1896) Allegro molto vivace - Andante molto - Scherzo (Schnell) - Finale (Allegro)
2019
Methuen Memorial-Music Hall August 28, 2019 8 p.m.
Organ recital
Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto G-Major BWV 592 (ca. 1713)
Felix Mendelssohn Sonate c-Minor op. 65 Nr. 2 (1844)
Anton Bruckner Four Pieces for Symphony Orchestra (1862)
(Transcription for Organ by Rudolf Innig)
Intermission
Horatio Parker Festival Prelude op. 66 (1908)
Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings op. 11 (1938)
(Transcription by William Strickland and the composer, 1949)
Charles Ives Variations on 'America'
Cleveland Church of the Covenant, August 20, 2019 12 a.m.
Program
Horatio Parker Festival Prelude op. 66/1 (1908)
Anton Bruckner Four Pieces for Symphony Orchestra (1862)
(Transcription for Organ by Rudolf Innig, 2018)
Richard Wagner Feuerzauber (aus 'Die Walküre')
(Transcription for Organ by James Rogers, 1908)
Felix Mendelssohn Sonata c-Minor op. 65 Nr. 2 (1844)
2018
St. Jacobi-Kirche Coesfeld Montag, 10. Dezember 2018, 19.30 Uhr
Hommage à Olivier Messiaen (*10. Dezember 1908)
Olivier Messiaen Orgelzyklus 'La Nativité du Seigneur' (1935)
Herforder Münster Sonntag, 9. Dezember 2018, 18.00 Uhr
Hugo Distler Partita 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme' (1935)
(1908-1942) Toccata - Bicinium - Fuge
Olivier Messiaen Orgelzyklus 'La Nativité du Seigneur' (1935)
(1908-1992)
2017
Bielefeld, 22. Dezember 2017, Rudolf Oetker-Halle, 20.00 Uhr
3. Symphoniekonzert Bielefelder Philharmoniker
Georg Friedrich Händel Konzert für Orgel und Orchester B-Dur HWV 294
Alexandre Guilmant Symphonie für Orgel und Orchester Nr. 1 d-Moll op. 42
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Johann Sebastian Bach / Leopold Stokowski Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, bearb. für Orchester
Igor Strawinsky Der Feuervogel, Suite für Orchester (1919)
Leitung: Alexander Kalajdzic Orgel: Rudolf Innig
Gdansk, Freitag 27. Oktober 2017, 19.00 Uhr Baltische Philharmonie Danzig
Symphoniekonzert
Felix Nowowiejski Ouvertüre 'Baltische Legende' op. 28
(1877-1946) Orgelsinfonie f-Moll op. 45 Nr. 9
I. Toccata - II. Scherzo -III. Finale - Improvizazione)
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Mieczysław Karłowicz Symfonia e-moll op. 7
(1876-1909) ('Odrodzenie' - 'Auferstehung')
Baltische Philharmonie Gdansk Leitung Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk, Orgel Rudolf Innig
2016
06. November 2016, Hamburg St. Johannis (Altona)
Samuel Barber To Longwood Gardens (1925)
(1910-1981) Adagio for Strings op. 11 (1938) (Transkription für Orgel von William Strickland und Samuel Barber, 1945)
Charles Ives Variations on 'America' (1897)
Horatio Parker Revery (Träumerei) op. 66 (1908)
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (1924) (Transkription für Orgel von Rudolf Innig)
20. Mai, Rudolf-Oetker-Halle Bielefeld (8. Symphoniekonzert)
Francis Poulenc Konzert g-Moll
Samuel Barber Toccata Festiva
Camille Saint-Saëns Orgel-Sinfonie c-Moll op. 78
Leitung: Fabrice Bollon Orgel: Rudolf Innig
13. März 2016, Cleveland St. Paul's Church
Aaron Copland Preamble for a Solemn Occasion (1953
Samuel Barber To Longwood Gardens (1925)
Adagio for Strings op. 11 (1938)
Wondrous Love op. 34 (Variations on a shape-note hymn, 1959)
Aaron Copland Passacaglia for Piano (1922) (Transcription for Organ by John Fesperman, 1987)
2015
Marktkirche Hannover, 14. März 2015, 18.00 Uhr
Georg Friedrich Händel Orgelkonzert g – Moll op. 4 Nr. 1
(Bearbeitung für Orgelsolo von Samuel de Lange jr.)
Samuel de Lange sr. Fantasie – Sonate über den Choral Gott, wahres Licht)
Karol Szymanowski Etüde b- Moll op. 4 Nr. 3
(Bearbeitung für Orgel von Rudolf Innig)
Felix Nowowiejski Sinfonie A-Dur op. 45 Nr.7 Disputa
Zionskirche Bethel Sonntag, 13. September 2015, 17.00 Uhr
Orgelmusik aus Amerika
Aaron Copland Preamble for a solemn occasion
Samuel Barber To Longwood Gardens (1925)
Prelude and Fugue for Organ (1927)
Suite for Carillon (1934)
Adagio for Strings op. 11 (1936)
Wondrous Love op. 34
Chorale Prelude on 'Silent Night' from 'Die Natali' op. 37
Charles Ives Variations on 'America' (1891)
2014
21. und 28. September 2014, St. Matthias und St. Ludwig Berlin
im Rahmen des Nowowiejski-Festivals Berlin 2014
Orgelsinfonien Nr. 2, 4, 7 und 9 von Felix Nowowiejski
6. Juli Cleveland (Ohio, USA)
16. Juli Methuen (Massachusets, USA), Music Memorial Hall
24. Juli Bangor (Maine, USA)
Amerikanische und deutsche Orgelmusik
24. Mai 2014, Florinskirche Koblenz,
XXIII. Internationale Orgelfestwochen Rheinland-Pfalz
Orgelmusik aus Amerika
2013
13. Oktober 2013, Konzerttheater Coesfeld
Orchesterkonzert mit dem Ensemble Musica Alta Ripa
Orgelkonzerte von G. F. Händel und J. Haydn
28. September 2013, Orgelfestival Essen
Orgelwerke von Händel/de Lange, Lachner und Rheinberger
28. Juli 2013, Orgelfestival Wroclaw (PL)
Orgelwerke von Rheinberger und Lachner
2012
15. April 2012, Bochumer Orgeltage 'Begegnung mit Polen'
Orgelwerke von Felix Nowowiejski
6. Juli 2012, Neustädter Marienkirche Bielefeld (Orgelsommer)
Orgelwerke von Rossini/Buck, Liszt, Wagner/Rogers und Bruckner
10. November 2012, Kristallkerk Hengelo (NL)
Orgelwerke von Dudley Buck und Charles Ives
2011
Lüneburg (DE) St. Nicolai, 20. September 2011
Orgelwerke von Horatio Parker und Charles Ives
Flensburg (DE) St. Nicolai, 2. Mai 2011
Amerikanische Orgelmusik
2010
Poznan (PL), 12. Juni 2010 Nowowiejski - Festival
Konzerte für Orgel solo Nr. 1 und 4 von Felix Nowowiejski
Genua (IT) Dom, 13. Mai 2010, Internationales Europäisches Musikfestival
Orgelwerke von Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms und Rheinberger
Osnabrück (DE) Dom, 9. Juni 2010
Orgelwerke von Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms und Rheinberger
2009
Conservatorio Statale di Rovigo (IT), 12. - 14. Oktober 2009
Interpretationskurs und Orgelkonzert mit Orgelwerken von
Felix Mendelssohn und Johannes Brahms
Lüneburg (DE) St. Nicolai, 23. Juni 2009
Orgelwerke von Felix Mendelssohn und Felix Nowowiejski
Concerts on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Olivier Messiaen:
Coesfeld (DE), St. Lamberti December 10, 2008
Diptque and La Nativité du Seigneur
Paderborn (DE), November 23, 2008
Messiaen Festival of the Music Academy of Detmold
Livre du Saint Sacrement
Cleveland (US), St. Paul's Church September 28, 2008
Messiaen Festival Cleveland
Livre du Saint Sacrement
Rheda (DE), St. Clemens September 5, 2008
Livre du Saint Sacrement
"Deeply impressed the audience remained some time in silence, until their recognition on a tremendously compelling exception - interpretation rewarded with a standing ovation."
(Westfälische Nachrichten)
Olsztyn (PL) August 10, 2008
Organ Festival Olsztyn 2008
music by Felix Nowowiejski und Olivier Messiaen
Bremen (DE), St. Petri Cathedral July 31, 2008
Organ works by Mendelssohn, Messiaen and Nowowiejski
Ilmenau (DE), Messiaen - Festival 2008 May 11, 2008
"Rudolf Innig, organist of high international reputation, contrasted two works and was also between Johann Sebastian Bach's " Organ Mass" from the third part of the “Clavierübung” and Olivier Messiaen's Pentecost Mass the outstanding performer and interpreter." (Ilmenau General)
Münster (DE), St. Joseph May 18, 2008
Messiaen Festival: Le Mystère de la Sainte Trinité
Abbey Gerleve (DE), May 4, 2008
Diptyque, L'Ascension and Messe de la Pentecôte
Schleswig (DE) Cathedral, March 3, 2008
The early organ works by Olivier Messiaen
2007Münster (DE), St. Clemens Church, May 16, 2007
Organ recital for the National German Medical Congress in the City of Münster
Salem Cathedral (DE), July 15, 2007
International organ recitals in the Salem Cathedral 2007
Malmö (SE) Rängskyrka, July 22, 2007
2006
Zürich (CH) St. Anton December 17, 2006
Christmas Organ Music by Bach, Nowowiejski and Messiaen
Münster (DE) St. Joseph , 8. Oktober 2006
Organ Music by César Franck (Prière, Choral E–Dur, Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Grand Pièce Symphonique)
2005
Rheinberger – Music Festival Coesfeld 2005
Complete Organ Sonatas by Josef Gabriel Rheinberger:
Coesfeld (DE), September 25, Sonatas c – g–Minor, G – C–Major
Stadtlohn (DE), October 2, Sonatas d–Minor, F sharp – D - Major
Beckum (DE), October 23, Sonatas e flat– b flat–Minor, E flat–Major
Lingen (DE), November 5, Sonatas b-Minor, D flat – B–Major
Werne (DE), November 20, Sonatas a – e–Minor, A–Major
Coesfeld (DE), December 4, Sonatas f – g sharp–Minor, A flat – F–Major
Ann Arbor (US) University of Michigan, Hill Auditorium, October 11, 'Conference on Organ Music 2005'
Lecture and recital: Organ Sonatas Nos. 1, 11 and 20 by Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
Leipzig (DE) St. Nicolai-Kirche, May 5, 2005 „International Bach – Festival Leipzig“
Organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Olivier Messiaen
Zürich (CH) St. Anton, April 10, 2005
presentation of the CD - the complete organ works series by Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (12 CDs),
recorded at historical - romantic organs in Southern Germany and Switzerland
Meldorf (DE) Cathedral, September 26, 2004
Coevorden (NL) Hervormde Kerk Juni 2, 2004
Organ works by Wesley, Mendelssohn, Vaughn Williams and Rheinberger
Zürich (CH) St. Anton, April 5, 2004
Lecture recital together with Rudolf Meyer (Winterthur)
Organ works by Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
2003
Rendsburg (DE) Marienkirche, Juli 23, 2003
Organ works by Mendelssohn, Schumann, Rheinberger and Elgar
Weimar (DE), Stadtkirche, Mai 25, 2003
Orgelwerke von Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Rheinberger
"The audience rewarded the organist at the end of the recital with prolonged applause and people were clearly deeply impressed with the selection of organ works by Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms, and most particularly with the Sonata in G sharp minor by Josef Rheinberger."
(Thüringische Landeszeitung Weimar)
Werne (DE), Christophorus – Kirche, March 23, 2003
"The mid-point of the evening was the Organ Sonata No. 15 in D major by Josef Gabriel Rheinberger... Rudolf Innig proved himself a profound connoisseur of this music and enthralled his audience here in Werne with a brilliant interpretation of this sonata." (Westfälische Nachrichten)
2002
Dortmund, Marienkirche September 4, 2002
"Church communities who wish to rediscover their organ should extend an invitation to Rudolf Innig. The Detmold organist is a tonal aesthete who can produce the finest degree of shading, equal to that of a master painter with his brush. This prize-winning organist demonstrated his love of sound in his complex differentiation and lovely phrasing as he contrasted works by British and German composers of the Romantic era." (Ruhr-Nachrichten)
Bielefeld (DE) Neustädter Marienkirche July 15, 2001
"Rudolf Innig has a vocation and he is the best possible advocate of the composer Rheinberger. This reviewer at any rate had never before experienced such a quality of playing or been so enthralled by the quality of Rheinberger's organ music. This was the performance of a master musician which received generous applause from the audience." (Neue Westfälische Zeitung)
2001
Zürich (CH) July 22, 2001 - Festival „Rheinberger Integral!“
"In his acclaimed recital, the internationally highly praised German organist Rudolf Innig presented works from Rheinberger's early and middle period ... and captivated his audience both with his perfect technical performance and his imaginative choice of registers." (Badener Zeitung)
Hamburg (DE) NDR - Studio 10 January 21, 2001
on the occasion of „50 Jahre Neues Werk“
Messiaen premiered the Livre d'Orgue himself in 1951 in NDR's Studio 10. The complex pieces contain many dissonant chord sequences and seem quite astringent even now. In his Livre du Saint Sacrement, on the other hand, the composer employed a much more sensual tonal language in a cycle radiating the strong sense of religiosity found in many of his works. The organist Rudolf Innig mastered the dry acoustics brilliantly and delivered a performance which was both virtuosic and intensive." (Hamburger Morgenpost)
2000
Università degli studi di Trieste - Portogruaro (IT) May 27, 2000 International Congress 'Johann Sebastian Bach – Magistero – Espressione – Artificio'
Lecture and recital
Bressanone Cathedrale (IT) August 29, 2000
"Innig possesses exceptional technique and an even stronger sense of musicality. The entire concert was an experience in performance." (Dolomiten)
Gütersloh (DE), February 27, 2000
International organ festival Olivier Messiaen
"Rudolf Innig is a top-flight interpreter of Messiaen, a performer who presents the composition's structure with its highly differentiated rhythms in an almost frighteningly lucid manner, thereby drawing attention to the core of the music ... The concert featured two other works each side of the Messiaen, both by great composers of twentieth-century French organ music, who in contrast to Messiaen are firmly established in the tradition of French Romantic organ music: Jean Langlais and Gaston Litaize. Despite the fact that Innig performed Langlais's conventional yet effective treatment of the Te Deum brilliantly, and gave a uniquely impressive, racy reading of the almost jazz-like, swinging dance fugue by Litaize, Messiaen's superiority was self-evident. A monolith like the Livre d'Orgue brooks no competition." (Neue Westfälische Zeitung)
1999
Paderborn (DE) Cathedral October 5, 1999
"Rudolf Innig concluded by demonstrating his virtuosity and technical perfection in the Symphony in G minor by Felix Nowowiejski, a composition which approaches Wagnerian drama and bombast when the first movement's striking theme is modulated in wide, harmonic arcs of tension, when the Adagio unfolds expressive themes and when the finale opens out with a pedal solo into the dense fugue - all evidence of the fact that a seldom heard work has its own special charm, especially given that Rudolf Innig performed this Polish composer's organ symphony with such a high degree of proficiency." (Paderborner Volksblatt)
Münster (DE) St. Lamberti January 24, 1999
"The same goes for the Ninth Symphony of 1933 by Felix Nowowiejski, a treatment of a Polish chorale made unforgettable by its breathtaking Scherzo. Rudolf Innig is in full command of the immense difficulties of the score. He has the physical and also the intellectual powers to interpret this music in a very free and vitally pulsating manner." (WN)
Bremen (DE) Cathedral February 25, 1999
Symphonies Nr. 2 and 9 for Organ by Felix Nowowiejski
1998
Concerts in 1998 on the occasion of the 90th birthday of Olivier Messiaen:
Detmold (DE) Conservatory of Music December 10, 1998
(Livre du Saint Sacrement)
The ninetieth birthday of the greatest inspirational talent in the field of new music after Arnold Schoenberg, Olivier Messiaen, was marked a day after the great piano evening in Detmold with Anatol Ugorski by a second impressive concert featuring a great work by the French master composer. The renowned organist Rudolf Innig played Messiaen's 'musical legacy' on the organ of the new hall in the Detmold College of Music. This second concert on Thursday (which was Messiaen's ninetieth birthday) was just as important as the first. And it was certainly equally fascinating ... The audience hung attentively on every note and made their appreciation known through prolonged applause." (Lippische Landeszeitung)
Gelsenkirchen (DE) Hans - Sachs – Hall September 11, 1998
(Livre du Saint Sacrement)
“Le Livre du Saint Sacrement is sometimes compared to Bach's Art of Fugue. Messiaen takes it yet a step further: the composition he left us is a spiritual, not just a musical legacy. Innig played it in masterly and lavish fashion on the Walcker organ in the Hans-Sachs-Halls. What a great overture to the autumn organ season! Well over 100 people were deeply moved by the experience." (Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung)
Stockholm (SE) September 4, 7 and 8, 1998 International Organ Festival
Cologne (DE) Cathedral August 25, 1998
Méditations sur le Mystère de la Sainte Trinité
Berlin (DE) Kaiser – Wilhelm – Gedächtniskirche April 11, 1998
Les Corps Glorieux
Bozen (IT) Franziskanerkirche May 5, 1998
Diptyque and L’Ascension
Trient (IT) S. Maria Maggiore May 6, 1998
Diptyque and L’Ascension
Münster (DE) St. Lamberti January 25, 1998
Livre du Saint Sacrement
"Yet again, this performer proved his prowess as one of the artists who has the entire Messiaen organ repertory at his fingertips, making him a great advocate of the composer.
What an unforgettable evening it was in St. Lamberti!" (WN)