Cathedral Tour with Organ Tour

The organ is considered the queen of instruments, as it has the ability to sound as a delicate solo voice or to reproduce the powerful sound of an entire orchestra. As in many churches, the organ at Frankfurt’s St. Bartholomew’s Cathedral serves as a gateway to the spiritual world—it accompanies church services and is featured in the cathedral’s concerts. This Neo-Baroque masterpiece by the renowned Bonn-based organ-building firm Klais is the largest organ in Hesse and features four manuals, 116 stops, and nearly 9,000 pipes. This enables the cathedral organ to perform music from virtually every musical era. As part of the cathedral tour, Cathedral Music Director Andreas Boltz plays sample pieces on the cathedral organ, explains how the instrument works and its unique features, and provides an introduction to the history of the organ.