Organ concert with Magdalena Moser
Organ
The first organ was destroyed in a fire in 1674, and a new organ was built by the provost of the Augus-tiner- Pöllau, Michael Maister (1669-1696), and built by an unknown organ builder. by an organ builder whose name is not known. The baroque organ loft is dated 1691. The installation of the chest positive cannot be dated, based on the construction characteristics, the Graz organ builder Ferdinand Schwarz (+ around 1773) as the author. A further rebuilding is by an inscription on a wooden pipe with 1817 by the "organ maker" Simonaire from Vienna. In 1951 a motorized blower was installed. In 1976 an extensive restoration by organ builder Anton Hocker from Graz, with the today visible marbling of the case. During the restoration completed in 2020 by the organ building workshop Kögler from St. Florian/Upper Austria, the restoration followed the expert opinion of Gottfried Allmer, who suggested an appropriate wind supply and the restoration of the disposition of 1817. was suggested. The organ was cleaned and renewed by the company Schaunigg from Vorau. renewed. 18 stops - 2 manuals - pedal
ORGAN SOUNDS Where churches resound A cherished tradition in Eastern Styria, guests and locals alike appreciate the high-caliber concert series held every Sunday at 6 p.m. in one of the churches from Anger in Apfelland-Stubenbergsee to Pöllauberg in the Pöllauer Tal Nature Park. The "Sakralkunst Oststeiermark" association invites organists from Austria and abroad to play the excellently restored instruments in the individual churches.
ABOUT US ¨ Association Sacral Art Eastern Styria Eastern Styria is rich in sacral art. For centuries, people built, carpentered and painted with great skill, but also with enormous sacrifice and effort, to build the churches and chapels that we admire today. They were decorated by locals and by artists from far away, adorned with paintings and sculptures and made to resound with high-quality organs. The association Sakralkunst Oststeiermark would like to bring these works of art and artists, who come from our area, closer to the guests and locals. Experts from architecture, journalism, music and church history are working on documentations that convey our sacral art in words, pictures and sound.
Ticket prices:
Box office: € 18,- (members € 15,-), young people € 7,-
Advance booking: € 15,- (members € 12,-), young people € 6,-
ABO for all 10 concerts-transferable € 75,- (members € 60,-, young people € 30,-)
Advance tickets and concert subscriptions available from the treasurer, Christian Schleicher Tel.: +43 650 2112045