Christian Barthen (Schweiz), Orgel

International Organ Summer

Johann Sebastian Bach Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 662
Marcel Dupré Prelude and Fugue in B major
Louis Vierne Symphony III in F sharp minor
Percy Whitlock Fantasy Choral in D flat major

Followed by an artists' meeting in the organ loft

The magnificent Kuhn organ in Bern Minster, where Christian Barthen has been in charge since 2022, invites you to perform symphonic works. The cathedral organist and professor at the Bern University of Music enjoys playing Dupré, Vierne or Whitlock "at home" and will appreciate our Mühleisen organ, on which such music can be interpreted more than adequately. The Swiss by choice has won first prize at the Grand Prix de Chartres - comparable to Wimbledon in the tennis world. In addition to cathedrals and concert halls from South America to the Far East, he is also familiar with Swabia: as a young cantor, he worked at the Giengen town church.