time. Attitudes towards music and the Church had changed, and external circumstances (the occupation by Napoleon's troops and the resulting financial straits) made such expensive concerts impossible. In the early 20th century it was the organist Walter Kraft (1905–1977) who tried to revive the tradition of the evening concerts, starting with an evening of Bach's organ music, followed by an annual programme of combined choral and organ works. In 1954 Kraft created the (Lübeck Danse Macabre) as a new type of evening concert. The tradition of evening concerts continues today under the current organist (since 2009), Johannes Unger. List of organists 1516–1518 (?) Barthold Hering –1572: David Ebel 1597–1611: Heinrich Marcus 1612–1616: 1616–1640: Peter Hasse 1642–1667: Franz Tunder 1668–1707: Dietrich Buxtehude 1707–1732: Johann Christian Schieferdecker 1733–1757: 1757–1781: 1781–1833: 1834–1844: 1845–1886: 1887–1929: 1929–1973: Walter Kraft 1973–2009: since 2009: The Lübeck Boys Choir at St. Mary’s The Lübeck Boys Choir at St. Mary’s () has been at St. Mary’s since 1970. It was founded as the in 1948. The choir sings regularly at services on Sundays and religious festivals. The performance of the St John Passion on Good Friday has become a Lübeck tradition as well as the concerts Nachtklänge, taking place twice each summer, and the Weihnachtssingen, happening four times each December. St. Mary’s Church, Lübeck, today Congregation Since the establishment of Johannes Bugenhagen's Lutheran Church Order by the town council in 1531 St. Mary has been Protestant. Today it is the main church of the Lübeck district of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Northern Germany. Services are held on Sundays and Church festivals from 10 o'clock. From Mondays to Saturdays in the summer season and in Advent there is a short prayer service with organ music at noon (after the parade of the figures of the Astronomical Clock), which tourists and locals are invited to attend. Since 15 March 2010 there has been an admission charge of two euros for visitors. Astronomical clock The astronomical clock was built in 1561–1566. It used to stand in the ambulatory behind the high altar, but was completely destroyed in 1942. Only a clock dial that was replaced during a previous restoration remains, in St. Anne's Museum. The new Astronomical Clock was installed on the East side of the Northern transept, in the Danse Macabre Chapel. It is the work of Paul Behrens, a Lübeck clockmaker, who planned it as his lifetime achievement from