Programme
(subject to change)
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
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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)
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
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)
Thursday, October 12, 2023
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)
Friday, October 13, 2023
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
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?
Saturday, October 14, 2023
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
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
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.
Sunday, October 15, 2023
Göteborg Concert Hall 11:00–12:00 & 13:00–14:00
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
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
Monday, October 16, 2023
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
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
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.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
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
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
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)
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
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
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
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)
Thursday, October 19, 2023
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
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
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
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.
Friday, October 20, 2023
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
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
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
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.
Saturday, October 21, 2023
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
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
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
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
Sunday, October 22, 2023
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
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
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
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!.
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