18:00–19:00 MORLANDA CHURCH

(Admission free)

REGION CONCERT
Secular and Sacred Encounters in the Baroque Kimberly Marshall, organ

Schola Gothia directed by Ulrike Heider

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK (1562–1621)

Toccata secundi toni (g1) SwWV 292 Fantasia mit Bindungen (F3) SwWV 265

A WORCESTER LADYMASS (13TH CENTURY)

Kyrie: Lux celis – Lux et gloria Sanctus
Pavana lachrimae

HEINRICH SCHEIDEMANN (c1595–1663)

Gagliarda

GOTTLIEB MUFFAT (1690–1770)

Kyrie and Gloria from Missa in F (1725) With Schola Gothia

GEORG MUFFAT (1653–1704)

Toccata settima

19:00–20:30 MARSTRAND CHURCH

(Admission free)

REGION CONCERT
Michael Praetorius 400 years
Mediator for European traditions
Manfred Cordes, conductor, Andreas Edlund, continuo

MICHAEL PRAETORIUS (1571–1621)
Veni Sancte Spiritus à 12
Kyrie à 2
Christe à 3
Kyrie à 5
Gloria à 8
Qui tollis
Quoniam tu solus
Ach Gott vom Himmel à 12
Canzona à 8 (aus tiefer Not)
Credo à 8
Crucifixus à 4
Et iterum à 8
Peccavi à 6
Nun lob mein Seel à 3
Mit Fried und Freud à 14
Sanctus à 8
Agnus Dei à 8
Benedicamus
Verleih uns Frieden à 13

OCTOBER 15-17, 2021 GÖTEBORG YOUTH ORGAN CAMP

ÄLVSBORG CHURCH

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12:00–12:30 GOTHENBURG CATHEDRAL

(Admission free)

ORGAN CONCERT
Kimberly Marshall

MICHAEL PRAETORIUS (1571–1621)
Dances from Terpsichore, 1612

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK (1562–1621)
Fantasia mit Bindungen (F3) SwWV 265

DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE (1637–1707)
Ciacona in E minor, BuxWV 160

MARGARET SANDRESKY (b. 1921)
Agnus Dei from L’homme armé Organ Mass

GYÖRGY LIGETI (1923–2006)
Harmonies from Two Études

17:00–17:40 GOTHENBURG CONCERT HALL
PRE-CONCERT TALK
Erik Risberg, Hans Davidsson and others
In collaboration with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (GSO)

18:00–19:15 GOTHENBURG CONCERT HALL

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INAUGURAL ORGAN CONCERT I
Inauguration: An Evening with Six Organists
Hans-Ola Ericsson, Hans Davidsson, Magnus Kjellson, Nathan Laube,
Karin Nelson, Joris Verdin
In collaboration with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (GSO)

OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1908–1992)
Apparition de l’église éternelle
Hans-Ola Ericsson

ÉDOUARD BATISTE (1820–1876)
Grand Offertoire de Sainte Cécile, op. 10 – 4
Joris Verdin

ALEXANDRE GUILMANT (1837–1911)
Lamentation op. 45
Magnus Kjellson

MOLLY KIEN
Arcticidae (commissioned by GSO)
Hans Davidsson

CESAR FRANCK (1822–1890)
From Trois Chorals (1890), Choral No. 1 E major
Hans Davidsson
 
IMPROVISATION
Karin Nelson

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897)
Academic Festival Overture op. 80 (arr. Nathan Laube)
Nathan Laube

21:00–22:00 VASA CHURCH

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ORGAN CONCERT
Cathedral Music – music by Indra Rise and others
Ligita Sneibe

PĒTERIS VASKS
Te Deum

HÅKAN SUNDIN
Solkraft (Liv, Värme, Ljus)

INDRA RIŠE
Spectrum (Ritual, Signs, The Word, The Realise)

JEANNE DEMESSIEUX
Rorate Caeli and Te Deum

22:00 VASA CHURCH

(Admission free)

FRINGE WALK
Thematic Walk ending in a Gothenburg pub, hosted by EdSpeerLii

OCTOBER 15-17, 2021 GÖTEBORG YOUTH ORGAN CAMP

ÄLVSBORG CHURCH

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10:00–12:00 ARTISTEN, Ling Hall

(Admission free)

The new organ for Gothenburg Concert Hall
Presentation and Panel Discussion
Rieger Orgelbau and members of the international reference group

12:00–13:00 GOTHENBURG CATHEDRAL

(Admission free)
ORGAN CONCERT
Democracy and Organ

Svetla Tsvetkova, organ

Mia Eriksson, actor

CLARA SCHUMANN (1819-1896)
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, op. 16 no. 3
Text from Nya Dagligt Allehanda, 1913

JENNIFER BATE (1944-2020)
Moto perpetuo (Homage to 1685)
Text from Svenska Dagbladet 12/4 1912

MIRIAM CARPINETTI (b. 1954)

Fantasia Breve
Text by Joanna Castro Echeverri

DOBRINKA TABAKOVA (b. 1980)
Chorale from Diptych for solo organ
Text by Lina Ekdahl

MÉLANIE BONIS (1858-1937)
Toccata

JEANNE DEMESSIEUX (1921-1968)
Fugue from Triptyque op. 7
Text by Sigbritt Ernald

ELFRIDA ANDRÉE (1841-1929)
Finale from Organ Symphony no 1 in B minor

13:30–14:30 VASA CHURCH

(Admission free. Book your tickets here)

ORGAN MUSIC For babies (ca. 3-12 months)

Helene Stensgård Larsson, Per Högberg, Tore Bennshagen

Experience organ music with your baby!
We sing, dance, move and rest to the music.
Organ tour included.

14:00–15:00 HAGA CHURCH

(Admission free)
ORGAN FAIRY TALE (in Swedish)
David and Goliath – an organ fairy tale for young people and families
Pia Brinkmann Stenhede, Ulrika Davidsson and Tore Sunesson

14:00–15:00 ÖRGRYTE NEW CHURCH

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CONCERT
Michael Praetorius 400 Years
Mediator for European Traditions
European vocal and instrumental ensemble (20 musicians)
Manfred Cordes, conductor, Edoardo Bellotti, organ, Andreas Edlund, continuo

MICHAEL PRAETORIUS (c1571–1621)
Veni Sancte Spiritus à 12
Kyrie à 2
Christe à 3
Kyrie à 5
Gloria à 8
Qui tollis
Quoniam tu solus
Ach Gott vom Himmel à 12

Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, organ

Credo à 8
Crucifixus à 4
Et iterum à 8
Peccavi à 6
Nun lob mein Seel à 3
Mit Fried und Freud à 14
Sanctus à 8
Agnus Dei à 8
Benedicamus
Verleih uns Frieden à 13

15:00–16:00 VASA CHURCH

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ORGAN MUSIC For babies (ca. 3-12 months)

Helene Stensgård Larsson, Per Högberg, Tore Bennshagen

Experience organ music with your baby!
We sing, dance, move and rest to the music.
Organ tour included.

17:00–17:40 GOTHENBURG CONCERT HALL
PRE-CONCERT TALK
Erik Risberg, Hans Davidsson and others
In collaboration with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (GSO)

INAUGURAL ORGAN CONCERT II
Music from Four Countries
Hans-Ola Ericsson, Nathan Laube and Joris Verdin
In collaboration with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (GSO)

ALPHONSE MAILLY (1833–1918)
Toccata (d-minor/major)
Joris Verdin
                                
LOUIS JAMES ALFRED LEFÉBURE-WÉLY (1817–1869)
Scène pastorale, pour une inauguration d’orgue
Joris Verdin

THÉODORE DUBOIS (1837—1924)
Marche des Rois Mages
Joris Verdin

TEBOGO MONNAKGOTLA (b. 1972)
Illusionist
Hans-Ola Ericsson

FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
Variations sérieuses
Nathan Laube

JEHAN ALAIN (1911–1940)
Deuxième Fantaisie
Nathan Laube

WILHELM RICHARD WAGNER (1813–1883)
Overture to ”Tannhäuser”
Nathan Laube

21:00–22:00 ÖRGRYTE NEW CHURCH

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CREATIVE COLLISIONS I
Kali Malone

Stephen O'Malley, accompanying organist

Amanda Flodin, Mikael Englund, Daniel Ralphsson, Karl Peter Eriksson, vocal ensemble

The compositions of Kali Malone implement specific tuning systems in minimalist structure for pipe organ, choir, chamber music ensembles, and electroacoustic formats. Kali’s music is rich with harmonic texture through synthetic and acoustic instrumentation in repetitive motions and extended durations. The music emits distinct emotive and affective hues which bring forth a stunning depth of focus.

KALI MALONE (b. 1994)
In this concert, Kali Malone presents her new compositions for meantone organ and choir with additional organ accompaniment by Stephen O’Malley.

1. In Praise of Profanation (choir)
2. All Life Long (organ)
3. All Life Long (choir)
4. Slow of Faith (choir)
5. Prison’d On Watery Shore (organ)
6. Fastened Maze (organ)
7. Canon in A minor (organ)

The Creative Collision part of the festival is funded by Musikverket

OCTOBER 15-17, 2021 GÖTEBORG YOUTH ORGAN CAMP

ÄLVSBORG CHURCH

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11:00–12:00 VASA CHURCH

(Admission free)
HIGH MASS / ORGAN AND LITURGY

Per Högberg, organ

14:00–15:00 ÖRGRYTE NEW CHURCH

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ORGAN CONCERT

Celebrating Sweelinck, his Students and Grand Students
Kimberly Marshall and Schola Gothia, Ulrike Heider

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK (1562–1621)
Toccata secundi toni (g1) SwWV 292

SAMUEL SCHEIDT? (1587–1654)
Ballo del Granduca

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK
Pavana lachrimae

HEINRICH SCHEIDEMANN (c1595–1663)
Gagliarda

MICHAEL PRAETORIUS (1571–1621)
Dances from Terpsichore, 1612
    
JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK
Echo fantasia (d4) SwWV 261
Fantasia mit Bindungen (F3) SwWV 265

GOTTLIEB MUFFAT (1690–1770)
Kyrie and Gloria from Missa in F (1725)

With Schola Gothia

MATTHIAS WECKMANN (1616–1674)
Magnificat II Toni (4 verses)

The Magnificat will be performed alternatim with the schola.

17:00–17:40 GOTHENBURG CONCERT HALL
PRE-CONCERT TALK
Erik Risberg, Hans Davidsson and others
In collaboration with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (GSO)

18:00–19:15 GOTHENBURG CONCERT HALL

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INAUGURAL ORGAN CONCERT III
Romantic and Experimental Music
Hans-Ola Ericsson, Hans Davidsson, Magnus Kjellson and Karin Nelson
In collaboration with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (GSO)

ALEXANDRE GUILMANT (1837–1911)
Première Sonate (Symphonie)
1. Introduction et Allegro
Magnus Kjellson

MARTIN HERCHENRÖDER (b. 1961)
Northern Lights (commissioned by GIOF)
Hans Davidsson

BENGT HAMBRAEUS (1928–2000)
Introitus – Meditatio
(ur Missa pro Organo, in memoriam Olivier Messiaen, 1992)
Karin Nelson

ELFRIDA ANDRÉE (1841–1929)
Cantilena
Karin Nelson
                
MADELEINE ISAKSSON (b. 1956)
(Commisioned by GSO)
Karin Nelson

GYÖRGY LIGETI (1923–2006)
Volumina
Hans-Ola Ericsson

MAURICE DURUFLÉ (1902–1986)
Ur Suite Op. 5: Sicilienne och Toccata
Hans Davidsson

18:00–19:00 KÖLINGARED CHURCH

(Admission free)

REGION CONCERT, ”LA NOTTE”
Edoardo Bellotti, organ

The Evening:
IMPROVISATION
Toccata primi toni

HIERONYMUS PRAETORIUS (1560–1629)
Deus Creator omnium, Vesper-Hymn, 2 Versus
Visby Orgeltabulatur, 1611

JOHANN ERASMUS KINDERMAN (1580–1629)
Magnificat Octavi toni
Harmonia Organica, Nürnberg 1645

The Night:
ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678–1741)
Concerto “La Notte” Op. 10 No. 2, Amsterdam 1728
Transcription: E. Bellotti
– Largo
– Fantasmi
– Il Sonno
– Allegro

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
Als Jesus Christus in der Nacht BWV 1108
Neumeister Collection

ALESSANDRO POGLIETTI (16?–1683)
Aria Bizzarra del Rossignolo
Il Rossignolo, Wien 1677

The Morning:
JOHN BLITHEMAN (1525–1591)
Aeterne rerum conditor, Morgen-Hymn, 4 Versus
Mulliner Book, Oxford ca.1563

DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE (1637–1707)
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BuxWV 223
                       
IMPROVISATION
Fantasia upon Pedalexercitium
(J. S. Bach, BWV 598)

ORGAN CONCERT
19th Century Organ Music in Catholic France and Belgium
From Overture to Gregorian Chant
The generations born before 1840
Joris Verdin

GERVAIS-FRANÇOIS COUPERIN (1759–1826)
Offertoire (ca. 1820)

FRANÇOIS BENOIST (1794–1878)
Solo de Hautbois, en ré majeur 3 30
Andante en la mineur, ”Stradella”, from Recueil de quatre morceaux

ÉDOUARD BATISTE (1820–1876)
Élévation op.5, No. 2

JACQUES-NICOLAS LEMMENS (1823–1881)

Prélude à Cinq Parties

CÉSAR FRANCK (1822–1890)
Offertoire en mi bémol (1858), from Pièces posthumes

LEFÉBURE-WELY (1817–1869)
Marche Funèbre, from Meditaciones Religiosas

THÉODORE SALOMÉ (1834–1896)
Offertoire from Dix pièces, à mon cher maître F. Benoist

THÉODORE DUBOIS (1837–1924)
Marche des Rois Mages
                                
ALEXIS CHAUVET (1837–1871)
Andante con moto en si mineur
Allegretto en sol, from 20 Morceaux pour Orgue

ALPHONSE MAILLY (1833 – 1918)
Toccata, on the Easter Alleluia

09:30–16:00 VASA PARISH HALL

CONFERENCE / CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR ORGANISTS AND CHURCH MUSICIANS

(Info & Registration here SEK 500)

In collaboration with the Diocese of Göteborg
Special guest: Lydia Vroegindeweij, founder of Orgelkids NL, "The Do Organ and Orgelkids, and How It All Started" (held in English)

Jon Liinason, "DO-orgel - att leda workshop" (held in Swedish)

Ulrika Davidsson, "Ergonomi vid klaveret" (held in Swedish)

9:00–11:30 MORNING WORKSHOPS

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North German Baroque/Karin Nelson ÖRGRYTE NEW CHURCH
French Romanticism/Joris Verdin VASA CHURCH
Bach´s Orgelbüchlein/Hans-Ola Ericsson BACKA CHURCH
Partimento/Edoardo Bellotti ÖRGRYTE PARISH HALL
Ensemble Skills for organists/Joel Speerstra & Ulrika Davidsson ARTISTEN

12:00–12:30 HAGA CHURCH

(Admission free)
ORGAN CONCERT
Nathan Laube

Brombaugh Organ:
               
ANTONI VAN NOORDT (1619–1675)
From Tabulatuur-Boeck van Psalmen en Fantasyen:
Psalm 24

JOHN BULL (1562–1628)
In Nomine
                                            
ARTHUR PHILLIPS (1605–1697)
Upon a Ground
                                            
WILLIAM BYRD (1543–1623)
Fantasia in a, BK 13
                              
Marcussen Organ:

HERBERT HOWELLS (1892–1983)
Master Tallis’ Testament

12:30–14:00 HAGA PARISH HALL

(SEK 40)

ORGAN SOUP

14:00–16:30 ÖRGRYTE NEW CHURCH

(Admission free)
AFTERNOON SEMINAR
Partimento – Past and Present
Edoardo Bellotti, Peter van Tour, Karin Nelson, Joel Speerstra

17:00–18:30 ARTISTEN, A503

(SEK 40)

ORGAN SANDWICH

Organ Encounter Student Presentations / Social Gathering

18:00–19:00 ULRICEHAMN CHURCH

(Admission free)
REGION CONCERT
Hampus Lindwall, organ

19:00–21:00 ARTISTEN, Ohlin Hall

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ORGAN AND HARPSICHORD CONCERT
Sweelinck and Virginalists
Manderscheidt-organ (1640), Muselaar/Virginal,
Edoardo Bellotti, Catalina Vicens, Joel Speerstra, Ulrika Davidsson

Catalina Vicens:

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK (1562–1621)
Praeludium Toccata (a2), SwWV 297
    
MELCHIOR SCHILDT (1592–1667)
Lachrymae Pavan

ORLANDO GIBBONS (1583–1625)
The Lord of Salisbury, his Pavin

ORLANDO GIBBONS
Fantasia of Foure Parts

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK
Toccata 2di Toni (g1), SwWV 292

Edoardo Bellotti:

PETER PHILIPS (1560–1628)
Pavana dolorosa, Gaillarda dolorosa, FVB 80, 81

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK    
Hexachord Fantasia Ut re mi fa sol la (F1), SwWV 263

Intermission

Joel Speerstra and Ulrika Davidsson:

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK     
Ricercar del nono tono (a1), SwWV 280

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK    
Pavana lachrimae (a1), SwWV 328

WILLIAM BYRD (1543–1623)
Passamezzo Pavan, Passamezzo Galliard, FVB 56, 57

WILLIAM BYRD
The Bells, FVB 69

OCTOBER 19-22, 2021 GÖTEBORG YOUTH ORGAN FESTIVAL

See programme here

9:00–11:30 MORNING WORKSHOPS

(Info & Registration here)
North German Baroque/Karin Nelson ÖRGRYTE NEW CHURCH
French Romanticism/Joris Verdin VASA CHURCH
Bach´s Orgelbüchlein/Hans-Ola Ericsson BACKA CHURCH
Partimento/Edoardo Bellotti ÖRGRYTE PARISH HALL
Ensemble Skills for organists/Joel Speerstra & Ulrika Davidsson ARTISTEN

9:00–9:30 GOTHENBURG CONCERT HALL

(Admission free. FULLY BOOKED)

"TRANAN" ORGAN FAIRY TALE

Linus Landgren, organ

9:50–10:20 GOTHENBURG CONCERT HALL

(Admission free. FULLY BOOKED)

"TRANAN" ORGAN FAIRY TALE

Linus Landgren, organ

10:40–11:10 GOTHENBURG CONCERT HALL

(Admission free. FULLY BOOKED)

"TRANAN" ORGAN FAIRY TALE

Linus Landgren, organ

12:00–12:30 HAGA CHURCH

(Admission free)

ORGAN CONCERT German Encounters with Sweelinck
Kimberly Marshall

MATTHIAS WECKMANN (1616–1674)
Magnificat II Toni (4 verses)

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK (1562–1621)
Fantasia mit Bindungen (F3) SwWV 292
Toccata secundi toni (g1) SwWV 292
Echo fantasia (d4) SwWV 261

DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE (1637–1707)
Magnificat primi toni BuxWV 203

12:30–14:00 HAGA PARISH HALL

(SEK 40)
ORGAN SOUP

14:00–16:30 ARTISTEN, Ohlin Hall

(Admission free)
AFTERNOON SEMINAR
Sweelinck – Music and Instruments
Kimberly Marshall, Joel Speerstra, Koos van de Linde, Ulrika Davidsson

17:00–18:00 GOTHENBURG CONCERT HALL

(SEK 40)

ORGAN SANDWICH
Encounter with the New Concert Hall Organ
Presentation of the various stops, etc

19:00–21:00 ÖRGRYTE NEW CHURCH

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CONCERT: CHAMBER MUSIC, ORGAN AND HARPSICHORD
Sweelinck and New Music
40f: Ann Elkjär, Anna Svensdotter, Jill Widén and Åsa Karlberg
Edoardo Bellotti, organ, and Catalina Vicens, harpsichord
In collaboration with Gothenburg Chamber Music Society (GKF)

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK (1562–1621)
Toccata in d (d3) SwWV 287 (organ)
O lux beata trinitas (harpsichord)

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK
Toccata (harpsichord)

MULLINER BOOK GB-LBL ADD. MS 30513
A fansye of master Newman’s (harpsichord)

IDA LUNDÉN (b. 1971)
Punka (2020)

LOTTA WENNÄKOSKI (b. 1970)
Glimt, skymt (2019)

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK
Fantasia (f2) SwWV 264

Intermission

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK
Fantasia mit Bindungen (F3) SwWV 287 (organ)

WILLIAM BYRD (c1539–1623)
Miserere (harpsichord)

THOMAS TOMKINS (1572–1656)
Miserere (harpsichord)

MAGNUS BUNNSKOG (b. 1974)
Herztiers Wiegenlied (2020)

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK
Echo fantasia (a3) SwWV 265 (organ)
Puer nobis nascitur SwWV 315 (harpsichord and organ)

MALIN BÅNG (b. 1974)
Pebbles and eternal thirst (2018)

21:00 ÖRGRYTE PARISH HALL

Registration required

Festival buffet for participants

9:00–21:00 GOTHENBURG CONCERT HALL

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MARATHON CONCERT
Organists from 49 Municipalities in West Sweden
In collaboration with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (GSO)
Weekend programmes including DO-organ workshops for all ages, and Organ fairy tales at the GÖTEBORG CITY LIBRARY, VASA CHURCH and ARTISTEN

9:30–11:30 ARTISTEN, Ohlin Hall

(Admission free)
MORNING WORKSHOP
Hymn playing/Mattias Wager

10:00–23:30 GOTHENBURG CONCERT HALL
(Admission free. Book your tickets at
www.gso.se/konserthuset/orgel-i-goteborgs-konserthus)
”Känslan i musik” Online Version
Lisa Benderius, organ

10:30, 11:00, 11:30 GÖTEBORG CITY LIBRARY, Hörsalen
(Admission free. Public event.)
”TRANAN” ORGAN FAIRY TALE
Linus Landgren, organist

12:30, 13.30, 15:00, 16:00 GÖTEBORG CITY LIBRARY, Hörsalen
(Admission free. Public event.)
DO-ORGAN WORKSHOP
Louise Jansson, organ

12:30–14:00 ÖRGRYTE PARISH HALL
(SEK 40)
ORGAN SANDWICH
Organ Encounter / Panel Discussion / Social Gathering
Hans Davidsson, Hans-Ola Ericsso
Karin Brygger, moderator

The Organ Sandwich Panel Discussion in collaboration with ABF

14:00–15:00 ÖRGRYTE NEW CHURCH

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CREATIVE COLLISIONS II
Encounter with New Music in Different Genres

Hans Hellsten, organ:

SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (b. 1931)
Hell und Dunkel (1976)

ESTER MÄGI (1922–2021)
Dialog (Prelude and Chorale)

JAN W. MORTHENSON (b. 1940)
Vogler (1999)

GGR Betong, Tommy Jonsson, organ:

LINA JÄRNEGARD (b. 1979)
”Don’t Say A Word” is composed for voice and three musicians. The piece has both written instructions for specific sounds and actual words, which is unusual since GGR Betong usually don’t work with texts. This short piece can be described as a vocal drama, sort of a lullaby-gone-wrong.

KATT HERNANDEZ (b. 1974)
Black Sun (2021)
A black sun is like a circle-square – an exercise in conceiving the unreal, like Henry Flynt’s Necker cube equations. In this work, GGR Betong is a toneless organ, and the Örgryte Organ a wood synthesizer. The absence of fire contours solar flares. The absence of source ascribes specter-like artifacts. The absence of light gives the hyper-materiality of the sounds at hand kinesthetic silhouettes, and blind immediacy. Against the dizzying violence of strong-men, power mongering and new fascism, contemplating the No Way is an important act for re-imaging the world. This re-imagining takes place in gritty anti-chambers; in the uproarious local glory of impossible gatherings in week night halls. The organ, the stalwart Platonian machine in sanctuaries across the world, builds paradise from constituent sonic parts, in star-vault clockwork. Black Sun is the impossible noise of ”another world is possible”, drawn in anti-drones, artifacts and material complexities from layers of the hyper-real.

The Creative Collision part of the festival is funded by Musikverket

15:00–16:30 ÖRGRYTE PARISH HALL

(SEK 40)

ORGAN SANDWICH
Organ Encounter / Panel Discussion / Social Gathering
Hans Hellsten, organist, Tomas Hulenvik, conductor GGR Betong, Dror Feiler, composer, musician

David Karlsson, moderator

The Organ Sandwich Panel Discussion in collaboration with ABF

17:00–18:00 ÖRGRYTE NEW CHURCH

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CREATIVE COLLISIONS III
Encounter with New Music in Different Genres

AMI SKÅNBERG DAHLSTEDT (b. 1967)
PALLE DAHLSTEDT (b. 1971)
HANS-OLA ERICSSON (b. 1958)

An artistic encounter between dancer and choreographer
Ami Skånberg Dahlstedt, composer, researcher and improviser
Palle Dahlstedt, and organist and composer Hans-Ola Ericsson. With the church’s famous meantone organ and the church space as departure points, they together create a series of works and improvisations. These will include electronically modified organs as well as motion sensors for gestural and
embodied playing on novel organ timbres. Bring your curious ears!

The Creative Collisions part of the festival is funded by Musikverket

18:00–19:30 ÖRGRYTE PARISH HALL

(SEK 40)

ORGAN SANDWICH
Organ Encounter / Panel Discussion / Social Gathering
Ami Skånberg-Dahlstedt, Palle Dahlstedt and Hans-Ola Ericsson
Karin Brygger, moderator

The Organ Sandwich Panel Discussion in collaboration with ABF

20:00–22:00 ÖRGRYTE NEW CHURCH

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CREATIVE COLLISIONS IV
Encounter with New Music in Different Genres

GGR Betong:

GYÖRGY LIGETI (1923–2006)
Volumina (1961–62)

It is possible to regard Ligeti’s classical work for organ as an early example of noise music. If so, it connects well with GGR Betong’s early concerts from the start in 2014, when the ensemble played nothing but transcriptions of old and new noise pieces which didn’t had any kind of scores but only existed as recordings. After building up a repertoire with music by Zbigniew
Karkowski, Lasse Marhaug, Pauline Oliveros and Tetsuo Furudate and others, the ensemble started to commission from composers that wrote directly for the orchestra. With Ligeti’s ”Volumina”, GGR Betong returns to their early method, with the difference that this time the transcribing process has considered the many recorded versions and also of course the original written score. Tonight’s version, ”Volumina for instruments”, will be played by GGR Betong only at this occasion. That’s a fact. Once and never more.

Improvisations on György Ligeti’s Volumina

The Creative Collisions part of the festival is funded by Musikverket

10:00–22:00 GOTHENBURG CONCERT HALL

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MARATHON CONCERT
Organists from 49 Municipalities in West Sweden
In collaboration with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (GSO)
Weekend programmes including DO-organ workshops for all ages, and Organ fairy tales at the GÖTEBORG CITY LIBRARY, VASA CHURCH and ARTISTEN

10:30–11:00 GOTHENBURG CONCERT HALL

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"TRANAN" ORGAN FAIRY TALE

Linus Landgren, organ

ERLAND HILDÉN (b. 1963)
Organ Mass for Örgryte (premiere)

The regular mass order has been replaced by short organ sets. The music played is a premiere of Erland Hildén’s ”Organ Mass for Örgryte”.

13:00–15:00 VASA PARISH HALL

(Admission free)

DO-ORGAN WORKSHOP

Louise Jansson, organ

ORGAN SANDWICH

Organ Encounter / Social Gathering

CREATIVE COLLISIONS V
Music by Henrik Denerin, Paul Hindemith, Christer Lindwall, and others
In collaboration with Gageego!

Rei Munakata, conductor
Mårten Landström, piano
Øyvor Volle, Helena Frankmar, violin
Daniel Lee, viola
Johan Stern, cello
Thomas Allin, double bass
Anders Jonhäll, flute
Geoffrey Cox, oboe
Ragnar Arnberg, Kate McDermott, clarinet
Constantin Gerstein, bassoon
Lisa Ford, horn
Bengt Danielsson, trumpet
Endre Vetås, trombone
Kristian Karlstedt, tuba
Ligita Sneibe, organ
Hans Davidsson, organ
Stefan Östersjö, guitar
Jonas Larsson, Johan Bejke, percussion

The Creative Collisions part of the festival is funded by Musikverket

MICHELANGELO ROSSI (1601/02–1656)
Toccata settima

CHRISTER LINDWALL (b. 1950)
”Sometimes standing in the void, sometimes shivering in the open”

The second in a series of pieces based on Samuel Beckett`s development of different language levels.

Gilles Deleuze writes in his essay ”The exhausted” about image-ritornellos that run throughout Samuel Beckett`s books.

In First Love, ”he” watches the sky as it comes and goes, and ”she” sings in a low voice. The image is not defined by the sublimity or its content but by its form, that is, by its ”internal tension”, or by the force it mobilizes to create a void or to bore holes, to loosen the grip of words, to dry upp the oozing of voices, so as to free itself from memory and reason: a small, alogical,
amnesiac, and almost aphasic image, sometimes standing in the void,
sometimes shivering in the open. The image is not an object but a ”process”.

Christer Lindwall (1950) studied composition for, among others, Jan W.
Mortenson. He has been composing both instrumental and electronic music since the early 80s, from the 2000s with a greater focus on the musical
material´s connections to language philosophy and its branches.

GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI (1583–1643)
Toccata quarta per l’organo da sonarsi alla levatione
Il seccondo libro di Toccate (1637)

Intermission

PAUL HINDEMITH (1895–1963)
Kammermusik No. 2 op 36 No. 1 for piano and chamber orchestra

HENRIK DENERIN
Atmen Sie mit mir…
(Commissioned by Sveriges Radio)

Atmen – breath. From the onset my musical thinking has always aimed at composing out the abundance of mediations between a number of extremes, or pairs of opposites (like a single breath can be seen as the opposites of inhaling / exhaling): between sound and noise, extreme depth and highest height, durations of such length that they can hardly still be perceived, and the most fleeting moments, between greatest complexity and simplest static. Between the absolute periodicity and complete aperiodicity of rhythms, between scrupulously notated groups of notes or parts of a work and their free combination for performances, between the most detailed
through-composed sections of works and passages left to the intuition of the interpreter.

But breathing is also rhythm: oscillation or vibration. On the one hand, this is a term from physical acoustics. On the other hand, “vibration” also has a metaphysical connotation. (In the context of a “theology of dance”, as the theologian Hugo Rahner has deciphered it from Greek and early Christian texts in his book Man At Play, it is “the free-soaring motion [ Beschwingung ] which God as creative principle has imparted to the cosmos.)

If music is the interplay of proportionate vibrations which move in time and which can reoccur cyclically but always generate new forms, then it is possible to say that rhythm is the essence of music, since rhythm is the reoccurrence of a movement as time passes, is repetition of something similar, not the same. The temporal arrow intervenes in the cycle of time and stakes its claim on the new, unrepeatable. In rhythm (and breath) the periodic reoccurrence of something identical, as indicated by the beat, is modulated into aperiodicity.