Sun 5 - Wed 8 October 2025

on the Anton Feith senior organ from 1925

of the Church of St. Mary Immaculate Conception in Berlin-Wilmersdorf

with Vincent Dubois, Nathan Laube, Henry Fairs

Course language German, English, French

 

Program:

Sun October 5, 16:00 - 18:30

Arrival, welcome, getting to know each other, introduction to the organ

Course introduction Henry Fairs

20.00 Concert Nathan Laube

Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture / Franz Schmidt: Chaconne (1925) / Franz Liszt: Sonata in B minor

 

Mon October 6

Course 9.30 - 12.00 / 13.30 - 16.00 (Dubois/Laube)

20.00 Concert Henry Fairs

Sigfrid Karg-Elert, from Seven Pastels from the Lake of Constance: The Soul of the Lake, Hymn to the Stars;

Symphonic chorale Nun ruhen alle Wälder (violin: Xixi Gabel)

Max Reger: from Second Sonata: Invocation / Robert Schumann: from Studies for the Pedal Piano op. 56: No. 2-4 / Philipp Maintz: choral prelude IX

 

Tue October 7

Course 9.30 - 12.00 / 13.30 - 16.00 (Dubois/Laube)

20.00 Concert Vincent Dubois

César Franck, Choral 3 / Gabriel Fauré, Élégie / Camille Saint-Saens, Danse macabre /

Louis VIERNE, Symphony 6 / Improvisation

 

Wed. October 8

Course 9.30 - 12.00 (Henry Fairs) / 13.30 - 16.00 Round Table

20.00 hrs Final concert by the participants

followed by a graduation ceremony with distribution of certificates

 

Mon and Tue afternoon 17.00 to 19.00 “Organs in Berlin”

Course Vincent Dubois:

French literature from Baroque to Modernism, German Romanticism

Brahms/Mendelssohn/Schumann/Liszt/Reger

 

Course Nathan Laube:

German and French works 19th to early 20th century

Liszt/Reubke/Reger/Karg-Elert/Schmidt/French composers

 

Henry Fairs course:

Broad repertoire incl. English music; coaching for the participants' final concert

Messiaen/Alain/Duruflé/Elgar/Schumann




Course language German, English, French

Information about the location and the organ

www.organindex.de/index.php?title=Berlin/Wilmersdorf,_St._Marien



Participant fees:

active € 350 (pupils/students € 250)

passive € 290 (pupils/students € 190)

single days/only Mon, only Tue or only Wed € 110/70 (listeners)

 

If you are interested, please request registration documents from: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Vincent Dubois, www.vincent-dubois.com | Nathan Laube, www.nathanlaube.squarespace.com | Henry Fairs, www.henryfairs.com