Monday October 12, 9:00–11:30

Tuesday October 13, 9:00–11:30

Örgryte New Church

The North German Baroque organ (Arvidsson, van Eeken & Yokota, 2000)

In this workshop you get the opportunity to explore works by the north German baroque composers with one of the leading concert organists of our time at the unique North German Baroque organ, the largest quarter-comma meantone organ in the world.

(Repertoire TBA)

Monday October 12, 9:00–11:30

Tuesday October 13, 9:00–11:30

(Venue TBA)

(Organ TBA)

In preparing her acclaimed publications on Bach and the Art of Improvisation, Ruiter-Feenstra investigated reports from Bach pupils and biographers and analyzed Bach's keyboard works to sleuth out how Bach learned, taught, and performed improvisation. In this workshop, she demonstrates how that pedagogical improvisation method proves optimal in learning to improvise in pattern languages from Bach to Blues, and you will receive materials that provide tools to build improvisations based on tools found in works of Bach, Zipoli, Lemmens, Franck, Widor, Messiaen, Latin rhythms, Arab modes, and the blues.

(Repertoire TBA)

Monday October 12, 9:00–11:30

Tuesday October 13, 9:00–11:30

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(Organ TBA)

This workshop introduces students to the unique mechanics and expressive potential of the medieval portative organ. Participants will learn the pathways to master the fundamental technique of coordinating hand-pumped air supply with keyboard articulation. Through a curated selection of vocal repertoire from the 12th to 14th centuries, students will explore how to translate the nuances of the human voice—dynamic swells, breath points, and textual emphasis—into instrumental performance. The curriculum emphasizes the intimate connection between physical movement and sound production, enabling players to achieve a singing tone that captures the spirit of medieval monophony and early polyphony.

(Repertoire TBA)

Thursday October 15, 9:00–11:30

Friday October 16, 9:00–11:30

Vasa Church

Lundén (1909)/Grönlunds Orgelbyggeri (2002)/Rieger Orgelbau (2020) organ

Discover a wealth of appealing repertoire in this morning workshop devoted to shorter organ works by Elfrida Andrée, Florence Price, Margaret Sandresky, and Jeanne Demessieux. Drawing on a newly published edition of Andrée's organ music and selected works by the other composers, the session highlights pieces that combine musical substance with practical performance value. Whether for worship, teaching, or concert use, these works offer rewarding additions to the organist's repertoire.

REPERTOIRE

Shorter organ works by Elfrida Andrée (from the new edition), Florence Price, Margaret Sandresky, and Jeanne Demessieux (12 Chorales on Gregorian Themes).

Thursday October 15, 8:30–11:00

Friday October 16, 8:30–11:00

Backa Church

Söderling Brothers (1868)/Hammarbergs Orgelbyggeri (1943)/Åkerman & Lund Orgelbyggeri (1994) organ

In this workshop you get the opportunity to explore works by Johann Sebastian Bach with one of the leading concert organists of our time at the largest reconstructed Söderling organ in Gothenburg and West Sweden with its roots in the central German 18th-century organ building culture.

(Repertoire TBA) & your own choice of repertoire.

Thursday October 15, 9:00–11:30

Friday October 16, 9:00–11:30

Örgryte New Church

The North German Baroque organ (Arvidsson, van Eeken & Yokota, 2000)

In this workshop, one of the leading pedagogues of improvisation in historical styles presents some of the most significant principles that generated composition and improvisation in early organ and keyboard music, and contrapuntal music in the Western Hemisphere. A rare opportunity to explore music making at the unique quarter-comma meantone organ at Örgryte New Church.

(Repertoire TBA)

Thursday October 15, 9:00–11:30

Friday October 16, 9:00–11:30

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(Organ TBA)

In this workshop, the dean of the harmonium offers a closer look on roots of French 19th century organ performance and how the orgue expressif brought about a revolution in the world of sound and organ playing. An introduction to the Harmonium and the fascination with expression, timbre and dynamics. The repertoire focuses on the first half of the 19th century: methods and works by Boëly, Neukomm, Lefébure-Wely at an original period instrument.

(Repertoire TBA)

Thursday October 15, 9:00–11:30

Friday October 16, 9:00–11:30

Haga Church

John Brombaugh organ (1992)

This morning workshop offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the rich world of tientos composed exactly 400 years ago by the Spanish master Francisco Correa de Arauxo, focusing on his monumental 1626 collection, Libro de tientos y discursos de música práctica y theórica de órgano intitulado Facultad orgánica. Visiting Göteborg for the first time, renowned organist Juan de la Rubia will lead the instruction at Hagakyrkan at its iconic quarter-comma meantone organ, built in 1992 by the pioneering American organ builder John Brombaugh, providing an inspirational and ideal laboratory for the performance of this magnificent repertoire.

REPERTOIRE

Free choice of tientos from the collection from 1626.