"Come, my heart is open to you."

Festival Closing in Hollenegg
The motto of the Organ Spring Styrian 2026 is "One only hears well with the heart." For the closing concert on Pentecost Sunday, Croatian soprano Marija Ticl Sakoman and Russian organist Aleksey Vylegzhanin will present a joint program that combines heartfelt Baroque piety, romantic richness of sound, and radiant operatic moments. The concert title is borrowed from Bach's aria "Come, come, my heart is open to you!" and invites the audience to open their hearts to the music and the emotions expressed within it.
The Gospel reports that Mary "pondered all these things in her heart." Her figure thus runs like a red thread through the program – with various settings of the Salve Regina and Ave Maria, including the well-known works by Schubert and Mascagni. Mendelssohn's fourth organ sonata opens wide sonic spaces at the Erler organ, while his aria from Elijah proclaims comfort and hope. Finally, the perspective expands into the heavenly realm, with Handel's "Angels, ever bright and fair" and the well-known joy aria "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" from his Messiah.