Härlanda Church 9:00–9:30 & 10:15–10.45      

(Admission free)      

Kvitter (for pre-school and school classes ages 6–9)      

Anke Laerenbergh, concept, choregraphy, costume

Ida Hellsten, dance

Kersten Cottyn, organ

Within the rich sound world of the organ, we explore the tonal scale, variation and movement patterns of the birds together with a dancer. We learn about the power and adaptability of birds, meet endangered birds and share the exciting story of how they have evolved to rule the skies.

Info & registration: sara.hjort@svenskakyrkan.se               

Härlanda Church 9:00–9:30 & 10:15–10.45      

(Admission free)      

Kvitter (for pre-school and school classes ages 6–9)      

(For more info, see Monday, October 9, 9:00–9:30 & 10:15–10.45)         

Härlanda Church 9:00–9:30 & 10:15–10.45

(Admission free)

Kvitter (for pre-school and school children ages 6–9)

(For more info, see Monday, October 9, 9:00–9:30 & 10:15–10.45)

Mariestad Cathedral 12:05–13:00

(Admission free)

GIOA Video Documentation www.organacademy.se

Opening Concert of the Regional Festival: Opening and Welcome Note

Conny Brännström, Vice-President of Region Västra Götaland

Anna Steppler, organ

Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)

Church bells beyond the stars

Judith Bingham (b. 1952)

Ancient Sunlight

I. Infancy

II. Betrothal

III. Annunciation

William Grant Still (1895–1978)

Elegy

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912)

Three Impromptus, Op. 78

I. F major

II. C major

III. A minor

Florence Price (1887–1953)

Variations on a Folksong, Peter, Go Ring Them Bells

Morlanda Church 18:00–19:00

(Admission free)

GIOA Video Documentation www.organacademy.se
Echoes of Byrd and Birds

Edoardo Bellotti, organ

William Byrd (1543–1623)
The Bells (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)
Capriccio III sopra il Cucho (Primo Libro di Capricci, Rom 1624)

William Byrd

The Battell

Alessandro Poglietti (early 17th century–1683)

Aria Bizzarra del Rossignolo

William Byrd

Fantasia in a

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Concerto The Cuckoo and the Nightingale

William Byrd
The Nightingale (adapted to the organ by Edoardo Bellotti)

Ulricehamn Church 19:00–20:10

(Admission free)

Echoes from Half a Millenium of Silence: An Old Hall Ladymass

Trio Mediæval: Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Jorunn Lovise Husan, voice

Catalina Vicens, organetto

The exquisitely decorated 15th-century choir book known as the Old Hall manuscriptwas lost to history for the best part of 400 years until its reappearance in a Catholic seminary at the end of the 19th century. The largest surviving collection of medieval motets and mass movements, it immediately became the most celebrated source of English music of the period. It was written in the first instance by a single scribe to ensure thatthe music of his fellow singers was not forgotten. Many of them are known only fromthis manuscript, and in this program they find their voices again after more than half a millennium of silence, transformed by the singing of Trio Mediæval in the company of Catalina Vicens, alongside new music by Marianne Reidarsdatter Eriksen and David Lang.

Catalina Vicens (b. 1983)

Preludium

Sarum Chant

Kyrie

Aleyn (fl. ca. 1400)

Gloria

John Cooke (ca. 1385–1442)

Stella celi

Catalina Vicens

Interludium I

Marianne R. Eriksen (b. 1971)

Sol lucet (2022)

Leonel Power (ca. 1370–1445)

Ave Regina Caelorum

Fonteyns (early 15th century)

Regali ex progenie

Chant & Anonymous (15th century)

Regina Celi

Catalina Vicens

Interludium II

Thomas Dammett (ca. 1389–1437)

Beata Dei genitrix

Chant & John Cooke

Ave Regina

Thomas Bittering (15th century)

Nesciens Mater

Catalina Vicens

Interludium III

Leonel Power

Beata progenies

David Lang (b. 1957)

Alleluia Amen (2022)

Göteborg Cathedral 12:00–12:30

(Admission free)

Organ Recital: Echoes from Past and Present

Organ students from the Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg

Göteborg Concert Hall, Stenkyrka Church, Valla Church

October 13, 15:45–October 15, 17:00

(Admission 800 SEK)

Göteborg Youth Organ Camp (ages 8–15)

Camille Bloche, Kersten Cottyn, Lina Lindkvist, Stephen Craig, teachers

The organ camp starts in the Göteborg Concert Hall with a visit to the new concert hall organ, continues with the workshop World Organ Game with Lydia Vroegindeweij, founder of Orgelkids, and ends with a participants’ concert in Valla Church on the isle of Tjörn. Registration: no later than October 2, 2023 at www.organacademy.se/orgellager-pa-tjorn

German Church 16:00–16:50

(Admission free)

GIOA Video Documentation www.organacademy.se

Festival Opening: Opening and Welcome Notes

Hans Davidsson, Artistic Director of the Göteborg International Organ Festival

Grith Fjeldmose, Vice-Chair of the Cultural Council of Gothenburg

Jesper Lundgren, Dean of the Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg

Vocal ensemble from the Academy of Music and Drama led by Per Högberg

A Tribute to Gothenburg 400 Years: Echoes of Celebrations from Five European Cities

Edoardo Bellotti, claviorganum

From Amsterdam:

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621)

Echo Fantasia in a

From London:

William Byrd (1543–1623)

The Bells

From Hamburg:

Heinrich Scheidemann (ca. 1595–1663)

Fantasia ex G

From Vienna:

Johann Caspar Kerll (1627–1693)

Passacaglia in d

From Venice:

Adriano Banchieri (1568–1634)

Canzon XI La organistina bella in Echo

Örgryte New Church 19:30–20:40

(Tickets 180/100 SEK)

GIOA Live-stream www.organacademy.se

Gala Opening Concert: Echoes of Past and Present in Sound, Light, and Dance

Kimberly Marshall, Henry Willis organ (1871)

Trio Mediæval: Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Jorunn

Lovise Husan, voice

Ulrike Heider, voice

Catalina Vicens, organetto

Hans Davidsson, North German Baroque organ (2000)

Davidsson Organ and Dance Collaborative:

Nathalie Nordquist, Natalie Ogonek, Gabriel Davidsson and Jonathan Davidsson

Magnus Lorentzson (Magnus Lorentzson Design), lighting and production designer

Gusten Aldenklint (Ljudhavet), sound designer

Dennis Åhman (Ljudteknikerna Sverige AB), lighting technician

Sarum chant

Kyrie

Trio Mediæval & Catalina Vicens

Sungji Hong (b. 1973)

Kyrie from “Missa Lumen de lumine” written for Trio Mediæval

Trio Mediæval

Catalina Vicens (b. 1983)

Interlude

Catalina Vicens

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue, BWV 564

Hans Davidsson, organ

Echoes of Sound and Light: The Bell and the Blackbird (premier performance)

Kimberly Marshall, creative concept and organ
Ulrike Heider, voice

Magnus Lorentzson, lighting design

Program note by Kimberly Marshall:

The Anglo-Irish poet Whyte evokes bell and bird sounds to call us into an experience of“this life” and “the one that waits.” In this aural/visual collaboration, organist Kimberly Marshall, singer Ulrike Heider, lighting designer Magnus Lorentzon and sound designer Gusten Aldenklint, explore Whyte’s text. The reverberating bell invites us into mindful contemplation, while the call of the blackbird awakens us into the life of the natural world into which we are born, reminding us that we are part of the natural cycle of birth and death. A key aspect of the sonic visualization is creating different moods and textures that draw upon Whyte’s images to create a full sensory experience for the audience.

Echoes of Sound and Dance (Improvisation)

Ljudhavet: Gusten Aldenklint

Hans Davidsson, organ

Nathalie Nordquist, Natalie Ogonek, Gabriel Davidsson and Jonathan Davidsson, dance

Ivan Božičević (b. 1961)

Disentanglement (Scandinavian premier performance)

Kimberly Marshall, organ

Program note by Ivan Božičević:      

Disentanglement for live and midi pipe organ was composed for and dedicated toKimberly Marshall, who premiered it in Amsterdam’s Oude Kerk in June 2023. The score is prefaced with a verse from Dhammapada 1:1 (sayings of Buddha): With our thoughts we make the world. The form of the piece builds upon the contrast between the mostly mechanical-sounding midi part (in this concert realized on tape) and the live organ part. At first, the live organ is allowed to sing freely; as time goes by, it gradually beco-mes ever more entangled – just as we become entangled by the circumstances of life or by our own thoughts. When the pressure becomes indurable, we rebel and try with all our force to “break the chains” and disentangle. Do we ever really succeed?

Örgryte New Church 9:30–11:00

(Admission free)

Breakfast Seminar: The Organic Creations of Ivan Božičević

(Coffee, tea and sandwiches are served)

Kimberly Marshall and Ivan Božičević, presenters

The Croatian composer Ivan Božičević has created a distinctive style of writing for the organ, often exploiting its timbres and textures alongside MIDI and/or electronics. Inthis seminar Božičević will describe the evolution of his oeuvre for organ, introducinghis latest piece, Disentanglement, composed for Kimberly Marshall and premiered atAmsterdam’s Oude Kerk in June 2023.

Göteborg Cathedral 12:00–12:50

(Admission free)

Organ Recital: Echoes from the 20th Century

Johannes Skoog, the Magnusson/Troje Organ (1962)

Jehan Alain (1911–1940)

Litanies

Carl Unander-Scharin (b. 1964)

From Suite Processionis:

– Air

– Inventio Processionis

Sir Stephen Hough (b. 1961)

From The Orgelbüchlein Project:

– Von Gott will ich nicht lassen

Jean-Louis Florentz (1947–2004)

L’Enfant noir

Gaston Litaize (1909–1991)

Prélude et Danse Fuguée

Vasa Church 14:00–16:00

(Admission free)

Echoes from Göteborg ́s 400-year Jubilee: An afternoon with mini-concerts

Edoardo Bellotti, Ulrika Davidsson, Per Högberg, Sverker Jullander, Joel Speerstra, Anna Steppler, Catalina Vicens, a. o.

Alessandro Poglietti (early 17th century–1683)

Echoes and Birds – Improvisation around Aria Bizzarra del Rossignolo

Edoardo Bellotti, organ

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Musikalisches Opfer

Ulrika Davidsson and Joel Speerstra, duo-clavichord

(Complete program to be announced)

Örgryte New Church 16:30–17:30

(Tickets 120/70 SEK)

Echoes from the 400-year Jubilee of the City of Göteborg: Hear the Sounds from 1621! – a magic encounter of organ, dance and poetry. How did it sound and what was played when Göteborg was founded?

Natalie Ogonek, dance

Gabriel Davidsson, dance

Hans Davidsson, introduction & organ

Ulrika Davidsson, recitation

(The introduction and the recitation of poems will be in Swedish)

Georg Böhm (1661–1733)

Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her
”Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten”, partita with 7 variations

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707)

Prelude D major, BuxWV 139

Karin Boye (1900–1941)

Ja visst gör det ont när knoppar brister (1935)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Fantasia G minor, BWV 542

Karl Asplund (1890–1978)

Japanskt klockspel (1915)

Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)

Pari Intervallo (to the memory of a lost friend)

Erik Blomberg (1894–1965)

Lärkan (1943)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue, BWV 564

Vasa Church 19:30–20:45

(Tickets 180/100 SEK)

GIOA Video Documentation www.organacademy.se

Echoes from Half a Millenium of Silence: An Old Hall Ladymass

Trio Mediæval: Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Jorunn Lovise Husan, voiceCatalina Vicens, organetto

The exquisitely decorated 15th-century choir book known as the Old Hall manuscriptwas lost to history for the best part of 400 years until its reappearance in a Catholic seminary at the end of the 19th century. The largest surviving collection of medieval motets and mass movements, it immediately became the most celebrated source of English music of the period. It was written in the first instance by a single scribe to ensure thatthe music of his fellow singers was not forgotten. Many of them are known only fromthis manuscript, and in this program they find their voices again after more than half a millennium of silence, transformed by the singing of Trio Mediæval in the company of Catalina Vicens, alongside new music by Marianne Reidarsdatter Eriksen and David Lang.

Catalina Vicens (b. 1983)

Preludium

Sarum Chant

Kyrie

Aleyn (fl. ca. 1400)

Gloria

John Cooke (ca. 1385–1442)

Stella celi

Catalina Vicens

Interludium I

Marianne R. Eriksen (b. 1971)

Sol lucet (2022)

Leonel Power (ca. 1370–1445)

Ave Regina Caelorum

Fonteyns (early 15th century)

Regali ex progenie

Chant & Anonymous (15th century)

Regina Celi

Catalina Vicens

Interludium II

Thomas Dammett (ca. 1389–1437)

Beata Dei genitrix

Chant & John Cooke

Ave Regina

Thomas Bittering (15th century)

Nesciens Mater

Catalina Vicens

Interludium III

Leonel Power

Beata progenies

David Lang (b. 1957)

Alleluia Amen (2022)

Recorded by the Swedish National Radio.

Göteborg Concert Hall 11:00–12:00 & 13:00–14:00

(Tickets GSO)

Yoga concert: Space. A lovely yoga session with Yoga Lene to music played live on thenew concert hall organ.

Lene Aadalen Skomedal, yoga instructor

Tommy Jonsson, organ

In collaboration with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.

Vasa Church 14:00–17:00

(Admission free)

Echoes from Göteborg's 400-year jubilee

An afternoon with short recitals in the church and in the parish hall
Edoardo Bellotti, Christa Rakich, Catalina Vicens, Schola Gothia, Anna Maria Friman, Ulrika Davidsson, Per Högberg, Sverker Jullander, Joel Speerstra, and others

Christa Rakich, organ

Max Reger (1873–1916)

6 Trios, Op. 47:

– Canon

– Gigue

– Canzonetta

– Scherzo

– Siciliano

– Fugue

Johanna Senfter (1869–1971)

From “Ten Chorale Preludes,” Opus 70

– Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten

– Herr, nun laß in Friede

– Lobet den Herren

Anton Heiller (1923–1979)

Partita on “Freu dich sehr, o, meine Seele”

Meditation on ”Ecce lignum crucis”

Florence Price (1887–1953)

Suite #1

– Fantasy

– Fughetta

– Air

– Toccato

Alessandro Poglietti (early 17th century–1683)

Echoes and Birds – Improvisation around Aria Bizzarra del Rossignolo

Edoardo Bellotti, organ

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Musikalisches Opfer

Ulrika Davidsson and Joel Speerstra, duo-clavichord

(Complete program to be announced)

St. Helena Church, Skövde 18:00–19:00

(Admission free)

Echoes from the past – 20th century composers taking inspiration from past centuries

Ludger Lohmann, organ

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707)

Praeludium, Fuge und Ciacona C-Dur (BuxWV 137)

Praeludium in g BuxWV 148

Petr Eben (1929–2007)

Hommage à Dietrich Buxtehude (1987)

William Byrd (1543–1623)

Fantasia in a

Franz Danksagmüller (b. 1969)

A Fancy – after a Fantasia in a by William Byrd (2017)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Toccata und Fuge in d (“Dorian”), BWV 538

Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BWV 658 (from the Leipzig Chorales)

Max Reger (1873–1916)

Von Gott will ich nicht lassen op. 67/42

Toccata d-Moll und Fuge D-Dur op. 59/5+6

Örgryte New Church 19:30–21:00

(Tickets 180/100 SEK)

GIOA Live-stream www.organacademy.se

Echoes of Celebrations around 1630

The European Hansa-Ensemble

Manfred Cordes, director

Johann Julius Weiland (ca. 1605–1663)

Laudate Dominum

Duke August von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, January 1, 1662

Augustin Pfleger (1635–1685)

Magne Magni Nati Patris

Duke Christian Albrecht to the Inauguration of the Kieler Universität, February, 3, 1666

Johann Stobäus (1580–1646)

Gleichwie eins reichen Kaufmanns Schiff

Wedding composition, Königsberg, March 1, 1621

Thomas Selle (1599–1663)

Surrexit Christus

For Easter in April in Hamburg

Johann Stobäus (1580–1646)

Fratres, quaecunque sunt vera

To the Graduation Ceremony, May 16, 1632, in Königsberg

Thomas Boltzius (17th century)

Deficit gaudium cordis nostri

To the Funeral of King Gustav Adolf, June 22, 1634, in Stockholm

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621)

Diligam te Domine

To the Wedding of Johann Stobäus, July 21, 1617, in Königsberg

Diedrich Becker (c:a 1623–1679)

Es ist ein großer Gewinn

To the Burial of the Chancellor of Schleswig-Holstein, August 15, 1678, in Glückstadt

Heinrich Albert (1604–1651)

Lobet Gott in seinem Heiligtum, O ihr Götter dieser Erden

To the Celebration of the 26-year Peace Treaty between Poland and Sweden, September 12, 1635

Christian Flor (1626–1697)

So hast du nun geendiget

To the Burial of the Composer Michael Jacobi, October 19, 1663, in Lüneburg

Franz Tunder (1614–1667)

Iubilate et exultate

To the Birthday of King Charles XI of Sweden, November 24, 1664

Malachias Siebenhaar (1616–1685)

Ihr Kinder Israel

To the Inauguration after the Destruction of Magdeburg 1631 of the Temporary S:t Johannes Church, December 15, 1644

Vasa Parish Hall 9:30–16.00

(Admission 700 SEK)

Church Musicians’ Day: Continuing education and inspirational day for organists

Meet Lydia Vroegindeweij, the creator and founder of Orgelkids, an internationalnetwork organization in 23 countries with 160 organs, that invites children to build DO-organs and learn about the Queen of instruments.

Registration: no later than September 25, 2023 at www.svenskakyrkan.se/goteborgsstift/orgelfestivalens-utbildningsdag

In collaboration with the Diocese of Göteborg.      

St. James’s Church (Sankt Jakobs kyrka) 12:00–12:45

(Admission free)

Lunch Concert: Echoes of Dance in Music for Two Keyboard Instruments

Edoardo Bellotti and William Porter

Afterwards organ soup for registered festival participants in the church’s parish hall.
      

Follia – Improvisation

Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656–1746)

Passacaglia from Urania

Bernardo Pasquini (1637–1707)

Sonata in d for two keyboards

Partite diverse di Follia

Bergamasca – Improvisation

Edoardo Bellotti and William Porter, clavier

St. James’s Church (Sankt Jakobs kyrka) 14:30–17:00      

(Tickets 100/50 SEK)

Afternoon seminar: Strings and Pipes, Bows and Keyboards – Exploring the echoes ofviolin music in keyboard repertoire

Edoardo Bellotti, moderator
Annette Richards, Joel Speerstra and William Porter, presenters

The development of stringed instruments and in particular the role played by the violin– considered in the Baroque period Orpheus’ instrument – strongly influenced keyboardmusic both from a stylistic and technical-executive point of view.

The seminar will focus on some aspects of this relationship: the influence of violin idiomson musical figures, the transcription of the instrumental repertoire (for example Bach/Vivaldi), the stylistic changes deriving from the development of the “ritornello” inkeyboard music and aspects of performance praxis and articulation.

Presentations by Joel Speerstra (“Bach ́s solo violin works at the clavichord”); AnnetteRichards (“‘The Power of Music’: Babell, Stanley, Handel and ritornelli at the English keyboard”); and Edoardo Bellotti (“Bach, Vivaldi and Fugue: research of order and consistency?”) will be accompanied by practical demonstrations that will engage the participants in the discussion.

Örgryte Parish Hall 17:30–19:00

(Admission free)

Festival Reception and Buffet for registered participants and presenters of the festival

St. Mary’s Church (Mariakyrkan), Marstrand 18:00–19:30

(Admission free)

GIOA Video Documentation www.organacademy.se

Echoes of Celebrations around 1630

The European Hansa-Ensemble

Manfred Cordes, conductor

(For more info, see Sunday, October 15, Örgryte New Church 19:30–21.00)

Örgryte New Church 19:30–21:10

(Tickets 180/100 SEK)

Johann Sebastian Bach ́s Violin Concertos

Concerto Copenhagen

Lars-Ulrik Mortensen, harpsichord and director

Fredrik From, soloist and violin

Violin I: Alison Luthmers, Kanerva Juutilainen, Stefanie Barner-Madsen

Violin II: Hannah Tibell, Gabriel Bania, Hanna Ydmark, Jens Solgaard

Viola: Antina Hugosson, Mikkel Schreiber

Cello: Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Hanna Loftsdóttir

Violone: Megan Adie

Oboe: Antoine Torunczyk

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

From Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068

1. Ouverture

Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042

1. Allegro

2. Adagio

3. Allegro assai

From Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068

2. Air

Concerto for violin and oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R

1. Allegro

2. Adagio

3. Allegro

(Intermission)

Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041

1. (Allegro)

2. Andante

3. Allegro assai

From Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068

3. Gavotte I and II

4. Bourrée

5. Gigue

Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043

1. Vivace

2. Largo, ma non tanto

3. Allegro

Concerto Copenhagen receives financial support from the Danish Cultural Foundation,the Augustinus foundation, the William Demant foundation, and Aage and JohanneLouis-Hansen’s foundation.

In collaboration with Gothenburg Chamber Music Society and Örgryte parish.

Haga Church 12:00–12:45

(Admission free)

Lunch Concert: Echoes of Music for Recorder and Organ from the 16th and 17th Centuries

Duo 1702: Louise Hjorth Hansen; recorders, Katrine Immerkjær Kristiansen, organ

Afterwards organ soup for registered festival participants in the Haga Parish Hall.

Giovanni Pandolfi Mealli (1630–1669)

La Bernabea

Christopher Simpson (1602–1669)

Passacaglia in D minor

Dario Castello (ca.1590–1658)

Sonata secunda

Vicente Lusitano (c.1520–1561)

Allor che ignuda

Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)

Sonata Duodecima, Opus 16

Giovanni Pandolfi Mealli (1630–1669)

La Biancuccia

Vasa Parish Hall 14:30–17:00

(Tickets 100/50 SEK)

GIOA Sound Documentation www.organacademy.se
Afternoon Seminar: Echoes of Older Composers in the Works of Max Reger

Max Reger’s Organ Music and Principles of Their Performance
Ludger Lohmann, presenter

The seminar will explore the various groups of Reger’s organ works and their typicalcompositional features, including parallels between larger and smaller forms, and also some references to older composers. Concerning performance, the most essential parameters will be addressed: tempo and agogics, phrasing and articulation, and registration.

Göteborg Cathedral 19:30–21:10

(Tickets 180/100 SEK)

GIOA Video Documentation www.organacademy.se

Echoes from the Present and the FutureMaria Forsström, mezzo

Daniel Berg, percussion

Amanda Sedgwick, saxophone

Johannes Landgren, organ

Hans Davidsson, organ (Max Käck)

Part one

Amanda Sedgwick (b. 1970)

Music for Saxophone and Organ (premier performance)

Max Käck (b. 1951)

Erhebe Dich, Du Richter der Welt (Rise, Judge of the World)

Music for two organists (premier performance)

Part two

Daniel Berg (b. 1971)

Averno (Inferno), for mezzo & marimba

Árpád Solti (b. 1986)

Sunrise, for vibraphone and organ

Daniel Berg (b. 1971)

Across Heaven – Beyond the Clouds

Petr Eben (1929–2007)

De Nomine Ceciliae

Version for mezzo, percussion and organ

Mattias Eklund (b. 1975)
Music for Mezzo, Percussion and Organ (premier performance)

Göteborg City Library 8:45–9:45 & 10:00–11:00

(Admission free)

Do-organ Workshops (for school classes ages 6–12)

Ulrike Heider & Elise Edström, workshop leaders

During the workshop we will build a small pipe organ, play on it together and finishwith watching an organ film.

Registration: kersten.cottyn@organacademy.se      

Haga Church 12:00–12:45

(Admission free)

Lunch Concert: Echoes of Organ Music from Hamburg and Lübeck      

Maija Lehtonen, organ

Afterwards organ soup in the Haga Parish Hall.

Heinrich Scheidemann (ca. 1595–1663)Praeambulum d

Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott

Franz Tunder (1614–1667)

In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707)

Fugue C, BuxWV 174

Toccata d, BuxWV 155

Élisabeth J. de La Guerre (1665–1729)Rigaudon, Rigaudon II, from Suite in D minor

Georg Böhm (1661–1733)

Vater unser im Himmelreich (à 2 Claviers et Pédale)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Prelude and Fugue C major, BWV 531

Christinæ Church, Alingsås 12:00–12:30      

(Admission free)      

Soft Opening

Lars Storm, organ
      

Music by Lars Egebjer, Heimer Sjöblom and others, including the premier performanceof Cantilena by Jan H. Börjesson.

Mariestad Cathedral 12:05–12:45

(Admission free)

Organ Recital

Isabelle Demers, organ

J. S. Bach (1685–1750)/Max Reger (1873–1916)

From “Schule des Triospiels”:

Invention 1 in C major, BWV 772

Invention 2 in C minor, BWV 773

Invention 3 in D major, BWV 774

Invention 4 in D minor, BWV 775
Invention 5 in E-flat major, BWV 776

Invention 6 in E major, BWV 777

Invention 7 in E minor, BWV 778
Invention 8 in F major, BWV 779

Rachel Laurin (b. 1961)

Prelude and Fugue in G Major op. 87

Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)

Excerpts from “Romeo and Juliet”, op. 64 (transcription by I. Demers)

– Street Awakens

– Romeo at the Fountain

– Madrigal

– Morning Serenade

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912)Three Impromptus, Op. 78

I. F major

II. C major

III. A minor

Raymond Daveluy (1926–2016)

From Sonata No. 5

– Final

St. James’s Church (Sankt Jakobs kyrka) 14:30–17:00

(Tickets 100/50 SEK)

GIOA Sound Documentation www.organacademy.se

Afternoon Seminar: Echoes of the Ancient World: Come and Meet the Muses! Putting Classical Archetypes to work for us as inspirations for performance

Joel Speerstra, moderator

Ruth Tatlow, and Christa Rakich, joined by Ulrika Davidsson and Andreas Edlund

Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656–1746) wrote suites based on the nine muses ofclassical mythology. How much do we know about these goddesses, and how much of their characters did Fischer realize in the pieces? The 17th-century keyboard composers drew on these archetypes and many others from sources like Ovid’s Metamorphoses to make emblematic keyboard literature that expresses rhetorical stories we can decode today. How can we use our new knowledge of these archetypes in our performances and get deeper enjoyment of this music as listeners? This seminar will focus on starting to own these archetypes again as performers and musical orators.

Presentations will include the following:

– Christa Rakich (joined by Davidsson, Speerstra, and Edlund) will celebrate the anniversary of William Byrd (1543–1623), whose music was published in the first emblematicbook of keyboard music, Parthenia, ca. 1612.

– Edoardo Bellotti will open a window into the art of oratory from the Prima e seconda prattica focusing particularly on the “Possente spirto” from Monteverdi’s Orfeo, as the perfect Model of Rhetoric.

– Joel Speerstra will unpack some of his research into codes and musical puzzles especi-ally drawing the portraits of the Muses present in Fischer and Pachelbel.

– Ruth Tatlow will present new research on when and why voices break into unison and octaves in texted music 1680–1760. On a few memorable occasions Handel, Bach and others broke off their complex part writing and asked singers and instrumentalists toplay a phrase or two in unison or at the octave. The effect is electrifying. Why would composers do such a thing? Drawing clues from the ancient understanding of propor-tions, and looking carefully at the words set in these phrases, Ruth will look for echoes of this practice in contemporary keyboard music – and ask what it might mean for the performer.

German Church 19:00–20:40

(Tickets Göteborg Baroque)

A Tribute to Sweden’s 500-year Jubilee (1523–2023)

Echoes of Vocal and Instrumental Music from the 17th and 18th Centuries

Music by Orlando di Lasso (1532–1594), Simone Vesi (1610–1667), Dieterich Buxtehude(1637–1707), George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758), and Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795).

Göteborg Baroque under the direction of Magnus Kjellson

Anna Jobrant, soprano

Ann Kjellson, soprano

Amanda Flodin, alto

Daniel Carlsson, alto

Leif Aruhn Solén, tenor

Jorge Navarro Colorado, tenor

Karl Peter Eriksson, bass

Steffen Bruun, bass

Jesenka Balic, violinMarie-Louise Marming, violin

Marie Stockmarr, Becker, viola

Christian Berg, violoncello

Dohyo Sol, lute

Mattias Frostenson, contrabas

Per Bengtsson, oboe

Kenneth Boman, oboe

Ulrik Höglund, trumpet

Johan Åkervall, trumpet

In collaboration with Göteborg Baroque.

Christinæ Parish Hall, Alingsås 19:15–20:30

(Admission free)

Organ for All

Study group with lectures, music listening and discussions moderated by Lars Storm.

(Fully booked)

Göteborg City Library 8:45–9:45 & 10:00–11:00

(Admission free)

Do-organ Workshops (for school classes ages 6–12)

Anders Kocken Johansson & Felicia Glimmergård, workshop leaders

During the workshop we will build a small pipe organ, play on it together and finishwith watching an organ film.

Registration: kersten.cottyn@organacademy.se      

Vasa Church 12:00–12:45

(Admission free)

Lunch Concert: Echoes from the Land Without Music

Annette Richards, organ

Afterwards organ soup for registered festival participants in the Vasa parish hall.

Judith Weir (b. 1954)

The Trees Unfold

William Byrd (1543–1623)

Prelude and Fantasia in a

Thomas Tallis (ca.1503–1585)

Felix Namque 1

Herbert Howells (1892–1983)

Master Tallis’s Testament

Charles Ives (1874–1954)

Variations on “America”

Örgryte New Church 14:30–17:00

(Tickets 100/50 SEK)

GIOA Sound Documentation www.organacademy.se

(Replacing Joris Verdin, who was unable to come due to illness)

Pioneering Female Organists and Composers – English organ culture in the 19th century, the Bach revival, Elizabeth Stirling and representations of women at the organ.

Pioneering women composers from the 19th and early 20th centuries, focusing on ways in which they embraced the contrapuntal tradition as well as elements of romanticism.

Presenters: Annette Richards, Anne Laver, Kimberly Marshall and Christa Rakich

German Church 19:00–20:40

(Tickets Göteborg Baroque)

A Tribute to Sweden’s 500-year Jubilee (1523–2023): Echoes of Vocal and InstrumentalMusic from the 17th and 18th Centuries

Göteborg Baroque under the direction of Magnus Kjellson

Music by Orlando di Lasso (1532–1594), Simone Vesi (1610–1667), Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707), George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758), and Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795).

In collaboration with Göteborg Baroque.

(For more info, see Wednesday, October 18, German Church 19:00–20:40)

Göteborg Concert Hall 19:30–21:15

(Tickets GSO)

Organ and Orchestral Music: Bolero – Earth ́s Shadow – Pathétique

Olivier Latry, organ

Roger Carlsson and Walter Witick, percussion

Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Cochereau (1924–1984)

Bolero on a theme by Charles Racquet

Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023)

Earth ́s Shadows (2013)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

Symphony no. 6, “Pathétique”

– Adagio

– Allegro non troppo

– Allegro con grazia

– Allegro molto vivace

– Adagio lamentoso

In collaboration with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.

Göteborg Cathedral 12:00–12:30

(Admission free)

Lunch Concert: Echoes from Elfrida Andrée ́s 62 Years as Cathedral Organist

Kimberly Marshall, organ

Afterwards organ soup for registered festival participants in the German Church.

Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)

Symphony in B minor (1890)

I. Moderato

II. Fugato: Andante lento e grazioso

III. Cantabile, attacca

IV. Finale: Allegro giusto e maestoso

Christinæ Church, Alingsås 12:00–12:30

(Admission free)

Lunch Concert: An Organist Four-Leaf Clover, with all of Christinæ Church’s organists

Samuel Ekstener, Lars Storm, Johanna Thür and Emma Undemar, organ

Music by, among others, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jean Langlais and Jan H. Börjesson.

Haga Church 14:30–17:00

(Tickets 100/50 SEK)

GIOA Sound Documentation www.organacademy.se

Afternoon Seminar: Elfrida Andrée’s Organ Music

Annette Richards, moderator
Johan Hammarström and Jonas Lundblad, presenters

A presentation of the new edition of the organ works, an exploration of performanceindications in the manuscripts, and a discussion of the context of Elfrida Andrée’s role as composer for the organ and organist in 19th-century Scandinavia.

Vasa Parish Hall 17:15–18:30

(Admission free)

Reception for registered participants and presenters of the festival.

Göteborg Concert Hall 18:00–19:45

(Tickets GSO)

Organ and Orchestral Music: Bolero – Earth ́s Shadow – Pathétique

Olivier Latry, organ

Roger Carlsson and Walter Witick, percussion

Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

(For more info, see Thursday, October 19, Göteborg Concert Hall, 19:30–21.15)

Christinæ Church, Alingsås 19:00–19:45 and 20:30–21:15

(Admission free)

Organ Schlager Music: A festive and heartfelt program of hits and pop music mixedwith original music for organ

Tommy Jonsson, organ

Vasa Church 19:30–21:10

(Tickets 180/100 SEK)

GIOA Live-stream www.organacademy.se

Organ Concert

Music by Elfrida Andrée, Clara Schumann, Ethel Smyth, Natalie Draper, and Rachel Laurin

Jonas Lundblad, Johan Hammarström, Anne Laver, organ

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)

Chaos: Introduction to the Creation; arr. Elfrida Andrée

Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)

Sonata II for organ

– Chorale with variations

– Fuga con spirito

Jonas Lundblad, organ

Elfrida Andrée

Four compositions for the organ:

I. Prelude: Largo

II. Introduction – Improvisation on a psalm melody: Molto maestoso

III. Cantilena: Andante

IV. Melodi: Larghetto

Elfrida Andrée

Andante cantabile for cello and organ

Johan Hammarström, organ, Elisabeth Nilsson, cello

Elfrida Andrée

Symphonische Dichtung

Jonas Lundblad, organ

(Intermission)      

Clara Schumann (1819–1896)

Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 16 (arr. Anne Laver)

I. Prelude and Fugue in G minor

II. Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major

III. Prelude and Fugue in D minor

Ethel Smyth (1858–1944)

Prelude and Fugue “O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid”

Natalie Draper (b. 1985)

Three Meditations for Organ (2020)

I. Alleluia

II. Prayer

III. Amen

Rachel Laurin (b. 1961)

Étude Héroïque, Op. 38 (2012)

Anne Laver, organ

Recorded by the Swedish National Radio.

Jonsered Church 9:00–9:50

(Admission free)

GIOA Video Documentation www.organacademy.se

Echoes from Pehr Schiörlin 1783 – 240 Years

Christa Rakich, organ

Clara Schumann (1819–1896)

Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, Opus 16, no. 2

Christa Rakich (b. 1952)

Variations on Toulon (2023)

Clara Schumann

Prelude and Fugue in D minor, Opus 16, no. 3

James Woodman (b. 1957)

Sonata in Sea: Cape Cod (2003)

– Barnstable

– Wellfleet

– Provincetown

Jonsered Manor 10:00–16:00

(Admission free)

Symposium: Elfrida Andrée and Pioneering Female Organists and ComposersIn collaboration with Jonsereds Herrgård, University of Gothenburg. The symposium is part of the Jonsered Seminars.

Registration for the Göteborg International Organ Festival Symposium Elfrida Andréeand Pioneering Female Organists and Composers at Jonsered Manor, is done by e-mail to jonseredsherrgard@gu.se (include your name and your university/home institution/place of employment). Please note that the number of participants in the symposium is very limited.

The pipe organ is often said to be the “Queen of instruments”, and the patron saint ofmusic, St. Cecilia, is traditionally depicted playing the organ. But how does this kind of imagery relate to the reality facing women in organ culture, in times past and today? And who were the pioneering female organists and organ composers, and what did they achieve? Departing from the composer Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929), a key figure in themusical life of Gothenburg and the world’s first female cathedral organist, the symposium takes a broad look at the role of women in organ culture. What social andeconomic factors condition the history of women in organ culture? Is there a “hidden history” of marginalized women as performers, composers and instrument builders? Andare attitudes towards women in the organ world still changing or in need of change?

Part one

Elfrida Andrée: A Swedish Pioneering Organist and Organ Composer

Johan Hammarström and Jonas Lundblad: A New Edition of Elfrida Andrée’s Organ Works

Eva Öhrström: Elfrida Andrée: Pioneer, Organist, Composer

Kimberly Marshall: Elfrida Andrée: Liturgical Pioneer

Part two

Women in the World of Organ Music: Historical and International Perspectives

Robin Blanton: Nannette Streicher: A PIoneering Female Keyboard Instrument Builder

Annette Richards: Elizabeth Stirling and 19th-Century British Views on the Female Organist

Anne Laver: Changing Attitudes towards Women Organists in the U.S. at the Dawn of the 20th Century

Anna Steppler: Writing History with Women at the Console: 20th- and 21st-Century Questions

Moderator: Sverker Jullander

The format of the Jonsered Seminars is designed to promote an open exchange ofknowledge between the participants. Presentations are therefore short (normally 10 minutes), leaving plenty of time for open, informal discussions. The number of participants is very limited.

Christinæ Church, Alingsås 10:30–11:15

(Admission free)

Organ Fairy Tale: Peter and the Wolf

Staffan Nattsén, narrator

Lars Storm, organ

The humorous and captivating story of Peter and the Wolf is one of the most lovedmusical fairy tales ever created. The basis of the story is a Russian folk tale that, with the fantastic music of Ukrainian composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953), has entertainedgenerations of children and adults since it was composed in 1936.

Göteborg City Library 10:30–13:00

(Admission free) (Drop-in)

Family Do-organ Workshops

Elise Edström & Sven Eckerdal, workshop leaders

During the workshops we will build a small pipe organ and play on it together.

Haga Church 14:00–15:00

(Admission free) (For all ages)

Dancing as a Nobleman

Kersten Cottyn, dance instruction

Ulrike Heider, organ

Come by yourself or bring the whole family and learn to dance a Pavane, Gaillarde orMinuet, to the tunes of the beautiful Brombaugh organ in Haga Church. No requirement to dress up, but a warm encouragement to this for those who want to!

Göteborg Concert Hall 15:00–17:00

(Tickets GSO)

GSOplay Live-stream www.gso.se/gsoplay

Organ and Orchestral Music: Bolero – Earth ́s Shadow – Pathétique

Olivier Latry, organ

Roger Carlsson and Walter Witick, percussion

Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

(For more info, see Thursday, October 19, Göteborg Concert Hall, 19:30–21.15)

Christinæ Church, Alingsås 17:00–18:00

(Admission free)

Organ Recital

Anna Steppler, organ

(For more info, see Wednesday, October 11, Mariestad Cathedral, 12:05-12.50)

Vasa Church 17:00–18:00

(Tickets 120/70 SEK)

GIOA Live-stream www.organacademy.se

Celebration of Max Reger I – 150 Years

Echoes of Johann Sebastian Bach over 300 years

Max Reger (1873–1916) and Ming Tsao (b. 1966)

Max Reger´s version of Bach’s 15 two-part Inventions with an added third part published as a “School for Trio Playing” (1898) and Ming Tsao’s “Dritte Stimme zu Bachs zweistimmige Inventionen” (A Third Part to Bach’s two-part Inventions, 2019).

Bach/Reger: Isabelle Demers, organ
Bach/Ming Tsao: Ulrika Davidsson and Joel Speerstra, two pianos

Invention 1 in C major (BWV 772)

Invention 2 in C minor (BWV 773)
Invention 3 in D major (BWV 774)
Invention 4 in D minor (BWV 775)
Invention 5 in E-flat major (BWV 776)

Invention 6 in E major (BWV 777)

Invention 7 in E minor (BWV 778)
Invention 8 in F major (BWV 779)
Invention 9 in F minor (BWV 780)
Invention 10 in G major (BWV 781)
Invention 11 in G minor (BWV 782)
Invention 12 in A major (BWV 783)
Invention 13 in A minor (BWV 784)
Invention 14 in B-flat major (BWV 785)

Invention 15 in B minor (BWV 786)

Vasa Church 19:30–20:40

(Tickets 180/100 SEK)

GIOA Live-stream www.organacademy.se

Celebration of Max Reger II – 150 Years

Organ Music by Max Reger (1873–1916)

Ludger Lohmann, organ

Fantasy and Fugue on the Hymn “Halleluja! Gott zu loben, bleibe meine Seelenfreud,”Op. 52, no. 3
      

Introduction, Variations and Fugue in F-sharp minor on an original theme, Op. 73

Fantasy and Fugue in D minor, Op. 135b

Vasa Church 11:00–12:15

(Admission free)

Solemn High Mass: Organ and Liturgy

Music by Elfrida Andrée, Fredrik Hjort, Joel O. Eriksson, and others

Vasa Vokalensemble, including students from The Academy of Music and Drama

Per Högberg, choir director and organist

Vasa Church 13:00–14:10

(Tickets 180/100 SEK)

GIOA Video Documentation www.organacademy.se

Celebration of Max Reger III – 150 Years

Chamber Music by Max Reger (1873–1916)

Hermann Stefánsson, clarinet

Erik Wahlgren, cello

Bengt Forsberg, piano

Cello Sonata no. 2 in G minor, Op. 28

I. Agitato

II. Prestissimo assai

III. Intermezzo. Poco sostenuto

IV. Allegretto con grazia

From “Silhouetten”, Op. 53

– No. 2

Aus meinem Tagebuch, Op. 82, part I

– No. 5, Gavotte

– No. 6, Sostenuto

Clarinet Sonata No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 107

I. Moderato

II. Vivace

III. Adagio

IV. Allegretto con grazia

Göteborg Concert Hall 15:00–16:45

(Tickets GSO)

Solo Concert on the New Concert Hall Organ (Rieger 2021): Andrée, Reger and Prokofiev

Isabelle Demers, organ

Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)

Sonata in D

Rachel Laurin (b. 1961)

Prelude and Fugue in G Major op. 87

Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)

Prélude and Improvisation (from “Trois Improvisations”)

Max Reger (1873–1916)

Fantasy and Fugue on B-A-C-H, op. 46

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903 (arr. by Max Reger)

Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)

Excerpts from “Romeo and Juliet”, op. 64 (transcription by I. Demers)

In collaboration with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.      

Haga Church 19:30–20:45

(Tickets 180/100 SEK)

In Memoriam Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023)

Chamber music and music for soprano, cello and organ

Gageego!

Fredrik Burstedt, conductor

Jan Lehtola, organ

Anna Maria Friman-Henriksen, soprano

Charlotta Grahn Wetter, violin 1

Helena Frankmar, violin 2

Laura Groenestein-Hendriks, viola

Johan Stern, cello

Thomas Allin, double bass

Anders Jonhäll, flute

Mårten Landström, piano

Erik Groenestein-Hendriks, harp

Martin Ödlund, percussion

Linus Andersson, electronics

NoaNoa (1992), flute and electronics

Offrande (2014), cello and organ

Changing Light (2005), soprano and flute

Spins and Spells (1997), cello

Kolme preludia (Three preludes) (1981), soprano and organ

Lichtbogen (1986) – for flute, percussion, harp, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass,and electronics

In collaboration with Gageego!.