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Hill Festival<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

for the 15th Uckermark Organ Spring Festival<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Festival Pass<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Programme<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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\n Saturday,16 May 2026<\/span>\n<\/h1><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

10:30 a.m.<\/strong>, St. Mary’s‑Church<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Festive Service for the Organ Dedication<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Works by Marcel Dupr\u00e9, Percy Fletcher and Sir William Walton

Organist<\/strong>
District Cantor Hannes Ludwig (Prenzlau)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

13:00 p.m.<\/strong>, Market Square<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Highland-Games<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

19:30 p.m.<\/strong>, St. Mary’s‑Church<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Concert: God Save the King!<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Works by Edward Elgar, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Johann Sebastian Bach, Max Reger, Marcel Dupr\u00e9, and two world premieres

Organists<\/strong>
City Organist Thomas Trotter (Birmingham)
State Church Music Director Prof. Dr. Kennel (Berlin)
Martin Rost (St. Mary\u2019s Church, Stralsund)
District Cantor Hannes Ludwig (Prenzlau)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n Friday,15 May 2026<\/span>\n<\/h1><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

10:00 a.m., <\/strong>St. Mary’s‑Church<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Baroque Treasures \u2013 An Organ Journey through the Uckermark<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:00 Uhr – Abfahrt St. Marien Prenzlau<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:15 Uhr – Ankunft in Sternhagen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:00 Uhr – Abfahrt nach Gerswalde<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:30 Uhr – Ankunft in Gerswalde<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:30 Uhr – Mittagessen in Gerswalde<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13:15 Uhr – Abfahrt nach Angerm\u00fcnde<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14:00 Uhr – Ankunft in Angerm\u00fcnde<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15:00 Uhr – Abfahrt nach Gramzow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15:30 Uhr – Ankunft in Gramzow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16:30 Uhr – Abfahrt nach Prenzlau<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17:00 Uhr – Ankunft St. Marien Prenzlau
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12:00 p.m., <\/strong>St. Mary’s‑Church<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Pipe Watch<\/strong>
Tom Ferguson, Glasgow <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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19:30 p.m., <\/strong>St. Mary’s‑Church<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Concert: \u201cVirtuoso Transcriptions\u201d <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Classical masterpieces arranged for the organ by one of the world\u2019s finest organists. Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, George Frideric Handel, Gustav Holst, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

Organists<\/strong>
Jonathan Scott, Manchester<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n Saturday,16 May 2026<\/span>\n<\/h1><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

13:00 p.m., <\/strong>St.\u00a0James\u2011Church<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Hill Organ Documentary<\/strong>
Regisseur Ricardo Wittig<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14:00 p.m., <\/strong>St.\u00a0James\u2011Church<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lecture: Organs in Scotland and the Hill Organ Builders<\/strong>
Chris Bragg (University of St Andrews, Scotland)
John Maidment (Melbourne<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15:00 p.m., <\/strong><\/strong>St.\u00a0James\u2011Church<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Coffee Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15:30 p.m., <\/strong>St.\u00a0James\u2011Church<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Book Presentation: \u201cHill & Son \u2013 Organ Builders to the British Royal Family\u201d<\/strong>
District Cantor Hannes Ludwig (Prenzlau)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19:30 p.m., <\/strong>St. Mary’s‑Church<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Concert: \u201cLast Night of the Proms\u201d<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Works for two organs, choir, and orchestra by Franz Liszt, Louis Vierne, John Rutter, and Edward Elgar

Organists<\/strong>
Prof. Henry Fairs (Berlin, Birmingham)
District Cantor Hannes Ludwig (Prenzlau)

Performers<\/strong>
Prenzlau Cantorei<\/strong>
Rehearsal Direction: Hannes Ludwig
Uckermark Concert Choir<\/strong>
Rehearsal Direction: J\u00fcrgen Bischof, Jakub Rabizo
Academic Choir of the West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin<\/strong>
Rehearsal Direction: Prof. Szymon Wyrzykowski
Prussian Chamber Orchestra<\/strong> in sinfonischer Besetzung
Conductor: J\u00fcrgen Bischof<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n Sunday,17 May 2026<\/span>\n<\/h1><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

11:00 a.m.<\/strong>, St.\u00a0Mary\u2019s\u2011Church<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Concert: Organ Matinee<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Chris Bragg (St. Andrews University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:00 p.m.<\/strong>, St.\u00a0Mary\u2019s\u2011Church<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Open Stage \u2013 Play the Hill Organ Yourself<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15:30 p.m.,<\/strong>, St.\u00a0Mary\u2019s\u2011Church<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Service: Choral Evensong <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Organists<\/strong>
District Cantor Hannes Ludwig (Prenzlau)

The English Choir Berlin<\/strong>
Direction: William Peart
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