Course 12 · Haarlem Summer Academy 2026
Organ repertoire by Johann Sebastian Bach III by Prof. Wolfgang Zerer
Dates: July 27-31 (2nd week)
Timetable of the masterclasses of this course
| Monday 27 July | 10.30-12.30 | Grote of St.Bavokerk (Grote Markt 22) |
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| Tuesday 28 July | 15.30-17.30 | Doopsgezinde Kerk (Frankestraat 24) |
| Wednesday 29 July | 10.30-12.30 | Grote of St.Bavokerk |
| Thursday 30 July | 8.15-10.15 | Grote of St.Bavokerk (entr. Oude Groenmarkt 23) |
| Friday 31 July | 13.15-15.15 | Doopsgezinde Kerk |
NB This timetable is provisional and is subject to change! The definitive timetable, including the locations of the classes, will be provided on arrival in Haarlem.
Description
Wolfgang Zerer has been a highly acclaimed and sought-after teacher at several editions of the Haarlem Summer Academy. He has devoted much of his musical life to Bach. With his extensive experience on historical organs, his broad education and his boundless musical imagination, he is the expert in this repertoire. Even Bach’s recently discovered Ciaconas are on the repertoire list and will undoubtedly be critically discussed.
Repertoire List
- Sonatas 4 and 5 BWV 528 and 529
- Preludes and Fugues D-major BWV 532, D-minor BWV 539, G-major BWV 541, C-major BWV 545 and BWV 547, A-minor BWV 551 and E-major BWV 566
- Fugues BWV 578, 579
- Pastorella BWV 590
- Orgelbüchlein BWV 599-644 (free choice)
- Ciacona in D-minor BWV 1178 and G-minor BWV 1179
- (Edition Peters, Bärenreiter, Breitkopf)
Choose which pieces from this list you want to prepare and let us know by sending an email to office@organfestival.nl. Please note that the playing time per student is limited and that we cannot guarantee that you can play all your preferred pieces. Nevertheless, choose approximately 3-5 pieces so that the professor can compile an attractive course program.
If we do not receive notification of your prepared pieces, your registration will be changed to passive.
This course can not be combined with
[2b] Organ repertoire by Olivier Messiaen (Lacôte)
[2c] Organ repertoire by Sigfrid Karg-Elert & Max Reger (Engels)
About Wolfgang Zerer
Wolfgang Zerer was born in Passau (Germany) in 1961. He received his first organ lessons from the organist at Passau Cathedral, Walther Schuster. In 1980 he began his studies at the College of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna: organ with Michael Radulescu, conducting with Karl Österreicher, and later harpsichord with Gordon Murray, and Church Music. He studied harpsichord for two years with Ton Koopman in Amsterdam and church music in Stuttgart, with Ludger Lohmann as organ professor.
Wolfgang Zerer has won awards at several competitions, among them Bruges in 1982 and Innsbruck in 1983. After teaching at the universities of music in Stuttgart and Vienna he was appointed Professor of Organ at Hamburg University of Music and Theatre in 1989. He is also teaching at Prins Claus Conservatorium in Groningen (since 1995) and at the Schola Cantorum in Basel/Switzerland (2006-2022). Wolfgang Zerer has given concerts and master-classes almost all over Europe, Israel, the North and South-America, South-Africa and Asia (Japan, Corea and China).
Registration for 2028 is not open yet. Questions: office@organfestival.nl