XAVER VARNUS (ORGAN) PLAYS BACH’S “ICH RUF ZU DIR, HERR JESU CHRIST“

The Varnus Organ Hall needs your help. We are asking the community’s support to restoring and operating Varnus Hall, Canada’s only private organ concert venue owned by Xaver Varnus, to provide a worthy home for organists, famous artists and young talent alike, from around the world to perform, and broadcast their concerts online. We are grateful to you if you can help our work with any donations. Xaver Varnus plays Choral Prelude “Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ“ (BWV 639) by Johann Sebastian Bach. Recorded live on the great Rieger Organ (1899) in the Church of St. Ladislaus in Budapest. The centre of Kőbánya has a beautiful Catholic church built in late 19th century eclectic-Art Nouveau style, dedicated to knight-king St. Ladislaus. It has a 100 meter tall bell-tower and the church’s roof is covered in patented colorful Zsolnay “eozenic“ porcelain tiles which were designed by Ignatz Oppenheimer.