Göteborg Youth Organ Camp (9–15 years old)

(Admission fee 800 SEK)

(See separate programme and registration form in Swedish)

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

In collaboration with the Church of Sweden in Lidköping

Göteborg Youth Organ Camp (9–15 years old)

(Admission fee 800 SEK)

(See separate programme and registration form in Swedish)

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

In collaboration with the Church of Sweden in Lidköping

Göteborg Youth Organ Camp (9–15 years old)

(Admission fee 800 SEK)

(See separate programme and registration form in Swedish)

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

In collaboration with the Church of Sweden in Lidköping

12:00–12:50

Mariestad Cathedral

(Admission free)

Tomaž Sevšek Šramel, organ

Le vent de l'Esprit

Regional Opening Concert of the Göteborg International Organ Festival 2024

Matthias Weckman (?1616–1674)

Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott

• I. Versus
• II. Versus auff 2 Clavir
• III. Versus

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Pièce d’orgue in G, BWV 572, after J. G. Walther’s manuscript (ca. 1714)

Primož Ramovš (1921–1999)

Prelude and fugue (1951)

Nicolas de Grigny (1672–1703)

From Veni Creator Spiritus (in Premier livre d’orgue)

• Fugue à 5

César Franck (1822–1890)

Choral II in B minor, op. 39 (1890)

Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)

Messe de la pentecôte (1949–50)

• IV. Communion (Les oiseaux et les sources)
• V. Sortie (Le vent de l'Esprit)

17:00-18:00

Kristinedal Church, Stenungsund

(Admission free, no pre-booking required)

(In Swedish)

Samuel Johansson, organ

Anna Ahnstedt, actor

Kersten Cottyn, harpsichord and portative organ

The Troubadour on an Adventure!

In a musical fairy tale, we follow the troubadour on a quest to rescue the prince from the dragon. During the journey, we are accompanied by organ, harpsichord, and other exciting instruments, and the children also get to make music.

Info: kersten.cottyn@svenskakyrkan.se

19:00–20:00

Morlanda Church

(Admission free)

A Journey from Baroque to Folk Music

Lukas Arvidsson, organ

Torbjörn Näsbom, nyckelharpa

The Morlanda organ

(Brebus 1604; Wittig 1715; GOArt 2001)

Sweden's oldest playable organ

18:00–19:00

Gustav Adolf Church, Borås

(Admission free)

A Musical Journey through Time

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

In collaboration with Borås Organ Festival

19:30–20:30

Caroli Church, Borås

(Admission free)

A Journey of Musical Thoughts

Daniel Beilschmidt, organ

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809–1847)

Präludium und Fuge, D minor, op. 37 no. 3

Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)

Präludium, C major (Perger Präludium, 1884)

Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, Variations on the Basso Continuo from J.S. Bach’s Cantata no. 12 and the Crucifixus from the B minor Mass

Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951)

Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, op. 19 (1911) (Arr: Pier Damiano Peretti)

• I. Leichte zarte Achtel
• II. Langsame Viertel
• III. Sehr langsame Viertel
• IV. Rasche, aber leichte Viertel
• V. Etwas rasche Viertel
• VI. Sehr langsame Viertel

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Ciaccona in D minor from Sonata in D minor for violin solo (arr: Pieter–Jan Belder)

Georg Trexler (1903–1979)

Toccata over a Theme from the Gloria of the Mass in E minor by Anton Bruckner (1949)

In collaboration with Borås Organ Festival

Friday October 11–Sunday October 13

(Separate programme for registered participants)

Göteborg Concert Hall, Academy of Music and Drama, Vasa Church

(Programme & registration)

Göteborg Youth Organ Weekend (15–22 years old)

In collaboration with the Academy of Music and Drama, Hjo Folkhögskola, Sensus, OrganSpace and others.

9:00–10:00

All Saints Church

(Admission free, registration required: svetla.tsvetkova@svenskakyrkan.se)

(In Swedish)

For school classes (grades F–3)

Samuel Johansson, organ

Anna Ahnstedt, actor

Kersten Cottyn, harpsichord and portative organ

The Troubadour on an Adventure!

In a musical fairy tale, we follow the troubadour on a quest to rescue the prince from the dragon. During the journey, we are accompanied by organ, harpsichord, and other exciting instruments, and the children also get to make music.

10:00–11:00

All Saints Church

(Admission free, registration required: svetla.tsvetkova@svenskakyrkan.se)

(In Swedish)

For school classes (grades F–3)

Samuel Johansson, organ

Anna Ahnstedt, actor

Kersten Cottyn, harpsichord and portative organ

The Troubadour on an Adventure!

In a musical fairy tale, we follow the troubadour on a quest to rescue the prince from the dragon. During the journey, we are accompanied by organ, harpsichord, and other exciting instruments, and the children also get to make music.

12:00–12:30

Göteborg Cathedral

(Admission free)

A Musical Journey through Time

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

16:00–16.40

Göteborg Cathedral

(Admission free)

OPENING CONCERT

Göteborg International Organ Festival 2024

Welcome notes by representatives of the City of Göteborg, Region Västra Götaland, the University of Gothenburg, the ECHO Association (European Cities of Historical Cities), and the organ festival

Vocal ensemble from the Academy of Music and Drama under the direction of Per Högberg

Paula af Malmborg Ward (b. 1962)In Time (Fanfare for organ – commissioned by OrganSpace 2023)

Ligita Sneibe, organ

Composing a signature fanfare for the Queen of Instruments - who would say no to such a task?

The organ is an instrument in time; it has a long history and is constantly evolving. Each organist has an almost-infinite freedom to create their own worlds, their own expressions.

It goes without saying that a four-minute fanfare cannot contain all that the organ has to offer, but I hope that the themes and structures provided will encourage artistic imagination.

The title In Time has two meanings:The organ sounds in our time, with the music of our time.

The tempo, rhythm and timing lead the music.

I would like to quote my piano professor Gunnar Hallhagen, who used to wave me off after every piano lesson with the words: Have fun with the piece!

Thank you OrganSpace (Stockholm Organ Festival) for the commission, thank you organist Ligita Sneibe for fruitful collaboration and valuable technical support, and thank you Göteborg International Organ Festival 2024 for including it in the opening concert.

– Paula af Malmborg Ward

Indra Riše (b. 1961)Kalnā kāpējs/ Mountain Climber from Natura siderum (2023)

Ligita Sneibe, organ

The cycle NATURA SIDERUM or THE NATURE OF STARS, is a large-format work for organ and solo instruments, inspired by human psychological characteristics of the twelve zodiac signs. The solo instruments (violin, trumpet, and saxophone) have been selected to accompany the organ for the various signs, enhancing the characteristics of the respective zodiac sign.

The selected movement performed this evening is composed for organ solo. Capricorn (22/12 – 19/1): People born under the sign of Capricorn stand out with an incredible power of purpose and resistance to various types of life difficulties. There is no task with which this person would not cope.

Improvisation on ECHO

Edoardo Bellotti

Carl Unander-Scharin (b. 1964)Inventio Processionis (Myrstack som i dröm) from Suite Processionis (2021)

Johannes Skoog, organ

Toccata Processionis II (Staccato-fåglar) from Suite Processionis (2021)

Johannes Skoog and Ligita Sneibe, organ

17:30–18:45

Göteborg City Hall

(Admission free)

Festival reception at the City Hall for invited participants

Hosted by the city of Gothenburg

19:30–20.40

Örgryte New Church

(Tickets 180/100 SEK)

LIVE STREAM

Gala festival concert

Journeys in Time and Space

Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)

Allegro from Symphony No. 6, Opus 42, No. 2

Hans Davidsson, Willis organ

Davidsson Organ and Dance Collaborative

Gusten Aldenklint (b. 1988)

The Casimir Force on Journeys of Ghosts

Pentatonic, electroacoustic, microtonal orchestration for the Ljudhavet acousmonium

Genelec Sounds system from EMS (Musikverket)

Low frequency delivered by Neotera Audio

Hymn Improvisation Journey

Sietze de Vries, Baroque organ

Isagel Suite from Aniara

Text: Harry Martinson, 1956

Music: Carl Unander-Scharin (1, 3, 5, 6, 8) 2019/2024

Music: Carl and Åsa Unander-Scharin: (4, 7) 2019

Music: Åsa Unander-Scharin (2) 2019

Åsa Unander-Scharin, choreography, music, dance, observer

Carl Unander-Scharin, music, tenor, throat

Amanda Flodin, alto

Karl-Peter Eriksson, baritone

Hans Davidsson, baroque organ

Gusten Aldenklint, Ljudhavet

Magnus Lorentzson, light design

The Observer system and The Throat system are developed by Åsa Unander-Scharin, Carl Unander-Scharin and Ludvig Elblaus. In the systems, recordings by Åsa Unander-Scharin (viola da gamba), Carl Unander-Scharin (harpsichord), Dorota Siuda (violin) and Hans Davidsson (organ), are heard.

• I. Människan, askans konung, tenor and organ
• II. Doris landi, dancer, observer
• III. Själv har jag inget namn, Passacaglia, tenor and organ
• IV. Den livligt sprattlande ingivelsen, tenor, throat, dancer, observer
• V. Jag ska berätta vad jag hört om glas, tenor and organ
• VI. Spjutet, Toccata, dancer and organ
• VII. Osynlig för vårt öga gled hon undan, tenor, throat, organ, dancer, observer
• VIII. Det finns skydd för nästan allt, alto, tenor, baryton, organ

Matthias Weckman (?1616–1674)

Weine nicht, es hat überwunden der Löwe von Stamm Juda

Sacred concerto from the year 1663 when the plague descended on Hamburg

Amanda Flodin, alto

Carl Unander-Scharin, tenor

Karl-Peter Eriksson, bass

Hans Davidsson, organ

Gabriel Davidsson, dance

Davidsson Organ and Dance Collaborative

PROGRAMME NOTES FOR THE ISAGEL SUITE

During the spring of 2019, we began to create a new work based on Harry Martinson’s long suite of poems, “Aniara”. In 1956, Swedish poet Harry Martinson (1904–1978) wrote and published his epic poetry suite depicting a spaceship that has lost its course after leaving an earth devastated by war and environmental disaster. His audience was surprised to read this new kind of poetry by their beloved and quite rurally oriented poet. The poems formed the basis for the opera Aniara (1959), with a libretto by Erik Lindegren and music by Karl-Birger Blomdahl. The opera was a huge success and toured internationally.

In our adaptation of Aniara, we chose the poems that depict the female pilot Isagel. We wanted to find a way of picturing her relation to the work’s narrator Mimaroben: a relation that is full of mutual respect and fascination for deep scientific thought, as well as shared abhorrence for the cold, dark and lonely space outside of the ship. They also share concerns for the remaining few humans and their hopeless future in the vessel.

The music is composed for tenor and organ, as well as the combination of Observer-system and dance that we have developed for our artistic work. In our version of Aniara, the church organ is a metaphor for the Mima (the artificially intelligent ship’s computer), whereas the Observer system is a metaphor for the “Gopta-table” where Isagel carries out her work with the “Jender curves”. Today we would probably equate those things with touchscreens and machine code. We also make use of another of our own systems, “The Throat”, in order to dynamically change and extend the voice of the singer.

Furthermore, the music material is based on an “astronomic tone series”: a series of tones that are derived from the astronomic numbers that can be discerned in Martinson’s poem. Martinson tells us that Aniara is headed for the Lyrae, far away. In 2015 – many years after Martinson´s death – it was confirmed by Nasa that the planet Kepler 438 b in the Lyrae has an ESI (Earth similarity index) that is -0.88. This means that this planet, in fact, is the one with the closest similarity to Earth of all known planets yet. The Lyrae is 25.05 light years away from the Earth – and this number, together with other astronomic numbers, forms the basis for the tonal series used in the work.

In collaboration with GAS (Gothenburg Art Sounds) and the Parish of Örgryte

Friday October 11–Sunday October 13

(Separate programme for registered participants)

Göteborg Concert Hall, Academy of Music and Drama, Vasa Church

(Programme & registration)

Göteborg Youth Organ Weekend (15–22 years old)

In collaboration with the Academy of Music and Drama, Hjo Folkhögskola, Sensus, OrganSpace and others.

9:15–22:00

German Church, Haga Church, Vasa Church

(Admission free)

ECHO Marathon Concert

European Organ Journey

FULL MARATHON PROGRAMME

Marathon Concert with 32 organists from 17 European organ cities, members of the association European Cities of Historical Organs (ECHO), including:

• Alkmaar, The Netherlands
• Altenburg, Germany
• Brussels, Belgium
• Freiberg, Germany
• Fribourg, Switzerland
• Gothenburg, Sweden
• Granada, Spain
• Innsbruck, Austria
• Leufstabruk, Sweden
• Leuven, Belgium
• Mafra, Portugal
• Olkusz, Poland
• Roskilde, Denmark
• Tangermünde, Germany
• Toulouse, France
• Treviso, Italy
• Trondheim, Norway

10.15–12.45

Gothenburg City Library, Auditorium

(Admission free)

Organ-building workshops (all ages, drop in)

11:30–12:00

Göteborg Cathedral

(Admission free)

Young Organist Organ Journey

Göteborg Youth Organ Festival

12:00–12:50

Göteborg Cathedral

(Admission free)

The Journey between Heaven and Earth

Indra Riše (b. 1961)

Procession with Bells (2019)

Ligita Sneibe, organ

Judith Bingham (b. 1962)

Heaven and Earth (2019)

Johannes Skoog and Ligita Sneibe, organ

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 662

Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 664

Johannes Skoog, organ

Carl Unander-Scharin (b. 1964)

Suite Processionis (2021)

• I. Toccata processionis I (Vita segel över fjärden/Möja Västerfjärd)
• II. Decima processionis (A la Mathématique/Reaktorhallen)
• III. Aria processionis I (Havsörn lyfter från kummel/Smörasken, Älgharskobbarna)
• IV. Air tout de Suite (Luftdans/Östermalmstorg)
• V. Aria processionis II (Vårnattens mystik/Horsäng)
• VI. Inventio processionis (...myrstack enligt dröm...)
• VII. Barcarole processionis (Över stilla vatten i kajaken/Estkobbarna)
• VIII. Decima processionis (A la Mathématique) Reprise
• IX. Toccata processionis II (Staccatofåglar i viken/Röder)

Åsa Unander-Scharin, choreography and dance

Arina Trostyanetskaya, dance

Johannes Skoog, organ

Ligita Sneibe, organ

This suite for two organs and two dancers was commissioned by Johan Hammarström for Västerås Cathedral in 2020 and given its first performance in 2023 in Storkyrkan, the Cathedral in Stockholm. An overarching idea of “movement in the room” guided the compositional work, as did the idea that the work should and could be performed with dance.

In collaboration with the choreographer Åsa Unander-Scharin, I sketched the grounds for the suite, also using a numerological series suggested by Åsa, as fundamental material for one of the movements Á la Mathématique. The suite has nine movements, one of which is repeated.

The subtitles show what the movement idea was, often the memory of a place, from which I started composing. The sixth movement, ...anthill according to a dream… is, as the title suggests, based on a piece of music that I heard in a dream and then notated when I woke up.

– Carl Unander–Scharin

14:30–15:30

Örgryte New Church

(Admission free)

The Seal and the Sea Turtle & The Video Installation A Fragile Hope

(Family performance)

Erland Hildén, organ and narrator

How would you feel swimming underwater completely entangled in plastic bags and other debris that snare your body, constantly blocking your path, and affecting you for the rest of your life?

This is unfortunately the daily reality for Mr. Bubble the Sea Turtle and his dear friend Speckled Maja the Seal, who are desperately trying to sound the alarm so that humans can do something about what they have caused.

They participate in an ocean meeting with all the sea creatures to find a solution to the dreadful problem, when suddenly the tuna offer to sacrifice themselves to make humans wake up. How they do this is revealed in the fairy tale.

The organ fairy tale is written by Erland Hildén (music) and Despina Moysidou (text), commissioned by Orgelkids Taiwan, and the work premiered in the summer of 2020 at their summer camp for children and youth in Taiwan.

15:00–16:00

Caroli Church, Borås

(Admission free)

Youth Matinee

Árpád Solti, Do-organ

In collaboration with Borås Organ Festival

17:00–18:00

Gustav Adolf Church, Borås

(Admission free)

An Improvisation Journey

Sietze de Vries, organ

In collaboration with Borås Organ Festival

19:30–20:30

Sjöbo Church, Borås

(Admission free)

The Bach Family at Home

Joel Speerstra, clavichord

The instrument used in the concert this evening is a copy of the 1766

C. G. Friederici clavichord in the Leipzig Musical Instrument Museum built by Speerstra and Per-Anders Terning in 2012. Friederici was a favorite instrument-builder of the Bach family.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Chromatic Fantasy, BWV 903

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)

Abschied von meinem Silbermannischen Claviere in einem Rondo, Wq 66 (1781)

Fantasia in F sharp minor, Wq 67 (1787)

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784)

from 12 Polonaises, F. 12

• Polonaise no. 2 in C minor
• Polonaise no. 5 in E flat major
• Polonaise no. 8 in E minor
• Polonaise no. 9 in F major

J. S. Bach

Chaconne from the Violin partita in D minor, BWV 1004 in an arrangement for clavichord by Edoardo Bellotti

In collaboration with Borås Organ Festival

Friday October 11–Sunday October 13

(Separate programme for registered participants)

Göteborg Concert Hall, Academy of Music and Drama, Vasa Church

(Programme & registration)

Göteborg Youth Organ Weekend (15–22 years old)

In collaboration with the Academy of Music and Drama, Hjo Folkhögskola, Sensus, OrganSpace and others.

9:00–11.45

Göteborg Concert Hall, Stenhammarsalen

(For registered participants only)

ECHO Symposium

Representatives of ECHO and the GIOA corrosion research team, including Jan-Erik Svensson (Chalmers University of Technology), Carl Johan Bergsten, Koos van de Linde, Paul Peeters, and Alf Åslund (all GIOA).

Paul Peeters, moderator

CLIMATE CHANGE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

Case study corrosion in organ pipes:

What are the noticeable and foreseeable climate consequences in your city and region?

The status of research in the field of corrosion in organ pipes:

What is the situation in your city and region pertaining to corrosion in organ pipes?

11:00–12:00

Örgryte New Church

(Admission free)

Solemn High Mass, organ and liturgy

Erland Hildén, organ

Jonathan Andersson, celebrant

A Mass for Organ, dedicated to Jonathan Andersson, and another work, Sparkling Intensity, both works composed by Erland Hildén for the baroque organ in Örgryte New Church, will be performed integrated in the liturgy of the Solemn High Mass.

13:00–14:45

Gothenburg City Library, Auditorium

(Admission free)

Chercheurs d’orgues, a movie by Bernard Foccroulle

Bernard Foccroulle, introduction

Travel through time in this fascinating musical saga. Tracing the history of the organ, this documentary goes in search of Europe’s most extraordinary instruments, from Baroque jewels with electronic keyboards, to the twins in the Spanish church of Lerma, to the wooden masterpiece in Frederiksborg Castle in Denmark, to the venerable models in the French Cavaillé-Coll factory. With musical interludes, organists and organ builders provide fascinating insights into the construction, evolution, and diversity of these powerful and complex instruments.

14:00–14:30

Göteborg Concert Hall

(Tickets GSO)

(Family performance)

More info: Dancing Through History: A Swedish Folktale – NÄCKEN

Lukas Arvidsson, reed organ

Greger Siljebo, violin

Natalie Ogonek and Gabriel Davidsson, dance

15:00–17:00

Göteborg Concert Hall

(Tickets GSO)

Olivier Messiaen

Livre du Saint Sacrement (Book of the Holy Communion), 1984

Hans–Ola Ericsson, organ

• I. Adoro te (I adore Thee, O hidden Deity!/Jag tillber dig)
• II. La Source de Vie (The Source of Life/Livets källa)
• III. Le Dieu caché (The hidden God/Den fördolde Guden)
• IV. Acte de Foi (Act of Faith/En akt av tro)
• V. Puer natus est nobis (A child is born/Ett barn är oss fött)
• VI. La manne et le Pain de Vie (The Manna and the Bread of Life/Mannat och livets bröd)
• VII. Les ressuscités et la lumière de Vie (The Resurrected and the Light of Life/De uppståndna och livets ljus)
• VIII. Institution de l’Eucharistie (The Institution of the Eucharist/Eukaristins instiftande)
• IX. Les ténèbres (The Darkness/Mörkret)
• X. La Résurrection du Christ (The Resurrection of Christ/Kristi uppståndelse)
• XI. L’apparition du Christ ressuscité à Marie-Madeleine (The Appearance of the Risen Christ to Mary Magdalene/Den uppståndne Kristus uppenbarar sig för Maria Magdalena)
• XII. La Transsubstantiation (The Transubstantiation/Förvandlingen)
• XIII. Les deux murailles d'eau (The Two Walls of Water/De två vattenmurarna)
• XIV. Prière avant la communion (Prayer before Communion/Bön före kommunionen)
• XV. La joie de la grâce (The Joy of Grace/Den glädje som nåden skänker)
• XVI. Prière après la communion (Prayer after Communion/Bön efter kommunionen)
• XVII. La Présence multipliée (The Presence multiplied/Den mångfaldiga Närvaron)
• XVIII. Offrande et Alleluia final (Offering and Final Alleluia/Frambärande och avslutande Halleluja)

In collaboration with Göteborg Symphony Orchestra and GAS – Göteborg Art Sounds

17:00–18:30

Marstrand Church

(Admission free)

NORTHBOUND – From Saxony to the Hanseatic Cities

The European Hansa Ensemble and Manfred Cordes

(For detailed programme see Monday, October 14, 19:30 in Örgryte New Church)

17:30

Örgryte Parish Hall

Dinner buffet for invited ECHO participants

19:30–21:00

Örgryte New Church

(Tickets 180/100 SEK)

Recorded by Sveriges Radio P2 (Swedish Radio)

Mathias Weckman 350–year Anniversary I

European Journey from north to south: Matthias Weckman and the best things from Hamburg, Lübeck, Wittenberg, Vienna, and Ljubljana

Ensemble Musica Cubicularis

Domen Marinčič, viola da gamba

Sam Chapman, theorbo

Tomaž Sevšek Šramel, organ

Matthias Weckman (?1616–1674)

Praeambulum Primi toni à 5   

Anonymous

Sonata in D minor (originally from Lübeck) from ms. D.249 in the Bodleian Library in Oxford for bass viol and basso continuo

Matthias Weckman

Canzon dall istesso Tuono [in C]

Ignazio Albertini (c. 1644–1685)

Sonata X in E minor for bass viol and basso continuo (transcription of the original for violin)

• Adagio
• Allegro/Più presto/Adagio
• Adagio/Allegro
• Adagio/Presto

Matthias Weckman

Toccata [in a]

Johann Christoph Ziegler (1680)

Suite in A minor for bass viol (unaccompanied)

• Entrata
• Allemanda
• Corrente
• Sarabanda
• Capriccio

Matthias Weckman

Canzon [in c]

Anonymous

Allemanda, Couranta and Variatio in A major from a ms. in Ljubljana, dated 1692 for bass viol and basso continuo (transcription of the original for scordatura violin)

Matthias Weckman

Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott

• I. Versus
• II. Versus auff 2 Clavir
• III. Versus

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707)

Sonata in D major, BuxWV 268, for bass viol and basso continuo

9:00–11:30

Morning workshops 

(See detailed schedule and registration)

9:00–9:45

Göteborg Concert Hall

(Fully booked)

Monstret andas inte (The Monster does not Breathe)

Organ and orchestra concert for school classes

Tommy Jonsson, organ

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

In collaboration with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

9:30–11.30 & 14:00–15:30

Bethlehem Church

Church musicians’ continuing education day

Improvisation Workshop and Hymn Singing in Today's Society

(See detailed schedule & registration)

Sietze de Vries, special guest

In collaboration with the Diocese of Gothenburg, Church of Sweden

11:15–12:00

Göteborg Concert Hall

(Fully booked)

Monstret andas inte (The Monster does not Breathee)

Organ and orchestra concert for school classes

Tommy Jonsson, organ

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

In collaboration with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

12:00–12.45

Haga Church

(Admission free)

Lunch concert

(Afterwards organ soup for registered participants in the parish hall)

Dr Burney’s Continental Organ Crawl

Annette Richards, organ

London

John Stanley (1712–1786)

Overture: The Power of Music

Rome (and beyond)

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)

Toccata Prima (Il Secondo Libro di Toccate, 1627)

Capriccio di Durezze (Il Primo Libro di Capricci, 1624)

J. S. Bach (1685–1750)

Canzona in D minor, BWV 588

Berlin and Dresden

C. P. E. Bach (1714–1788)

Adagio in D minor, H. 352

Fugue in F major, WQ. 119/3

G. A. Homilius (1714–1785)

Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, O Herr, HoWV VIII.12

Home again

John Stanley (1712-1786)

Voluntary in D minor, Op. 5 no. 8

• Allegro
• Adagio
• Allegro

14:30–17:00

Saint Jacob Church

(Tickets 100/50 SEK)

Afternoon seminar

Charles Burney and 18th-century Musical Journeys

Annette Richards, presenter

Between 1770 and 1772 Charles Burney, the English music historian and musician, conducted two lengthy tours of Europe to gather materials for his great project to write a History of Music. His journeys took him to all the major, and many minor, musical centres on the Continent, where he inspected organs, explored libraries, attended the opera, and heard as much music as he possibly could. Burney met everyone on the contemporary musical scene, and recorded his observations in diaries that were quickly published as The Present State of Music in France and Italy (and, in a second volume, in the Netherlands and Germany).

This seminar explores the European musical landscape of the 18th century as it emerges from Burney’s travels, introducing this extraordinary resource for the musician and music scholar today. As we reflect on the idea of the musical journey, we will hear Burney’s words, as well as some of the music he listened to, touching, too, on the remarkable travel diaries of the organ builder Johann Andreas Silbermann, and ending with Burney’s famous encounter in Hamburg with C. P. E. Bach.

Annette Richards and Ulrika Davidsson

Road Trips: 18th-century musical travel

Edoardo Bellotti

Music on the slopes of Vesuvius: Burney in Naples

Paul Peeters

443 ¼ hours on the road: Johann Andreas Silbermann’s journey to Saxony in 1741

Joel Speerstra

Jan Ling, in the footsteps of Charles Burney

Joel Speerstra, Annette Richards, Ulrika Davidsson

Portraits, conversation, and the Silbermann clavichord: Burney in Hamburg

17.30–19.00

Örgryte Parish Hall

(For registrered participants only)

Festival reception and buffet

Örgryte Parish Hall

Folk Music and Dance

Torbjörn Näsbom, nyckelharpa

Lukas Arvidsson, violin and reed organ

19:30–21.00

Örgryte New Church

(Tickets 180/100 SEK)

LIVE STREAM

NORTHBOUND – From Saxony to the Hanseatic Cities

Mathias Weckman 350-year Anniversary II

The European Hansa Ensemble and Manfred Cordes

Franziska Blömer, soprano

Sojeong Im, soprano

Kateřina Blížkovská, alto

Emanuele Petracco, tenor

Christian Beutel, bass

Nicola Benetti, organ continuo

Giulio Falzone, lute/chitarrone

Jennie-Marie Faderl, baroque violin

Agata Front, baroque violin

Magdalena Kasprzyk-Dobija, viola da gamba

Stephen Moran, viola da gamba

Johanna Randvere, viola da gamba

Bethany Chidgey, cornetto

Tamsin Cowell, cornetto

BJ Hernandez, sackbut

Emily Saville, sackbut

Christian Traute, sackbut

Music by students of Heinrich Schütz who worked as musicians in Hanseatic cities, including Matthias Weckman (Hamburg), Christoph Bernhard (Hamburg), Johann Vierdanck (Stralsund), Heinrich Albert (Königsberg), and the duchess Elisabeth (Braunschweig)

Johann Jacob Löwe (1629–1703)

Sinfonia No. 1 (1658)

Strings, wind instrument and basso continuo

Christoph Bernhard (1628–1692)

Tribularer, si nescirem (mss. Dresden and Berlin, undated)

Solo voices, strings, wind instrument, basso continuo

Johann Vierdanck (1605–1646)

Lobe den Herren, meine Seele (Geistliche Konzerte I, Greifswald 1641)

Two sopranos, alto, basso continuo

Capriccio 18

Two violins, basso continuo

Sonata 27 (Capricci, Canzonen …, Rostock 1641)

Zink, three sackbuts, basso continuo

Freue dich des Weibes deiner Jugend (Geistliche Konzerte II, Rostock 1643)

Four voices, strings and wind instruments, basso continuo

Toccata primi toni (Tablature Uppsala, reconstructed by M. Schneider) for organ

Sophie Elisabeth zu Mecklenburg (1613–1676), from 1635 Duchess of Braunschweig and Lüneburg as well as Princess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

Ich, der hässlich bleiche Tod

Auf, Echo, und sprich mir nach

Lobet, ihr Schwestern, Freuden-Liedlein (Neu-erfundenes Freuden-Spiel, Braunschweig 1642, printed in Wolfenbüttel 1648)

Heinrich Albert (1604–1651)

Ich bin ja, Herr, in deiner Macht (Arien und Melodeyen, Teil 7, Königsberg 1647)

Voices, strings, basso continuo

Auff und springet (polnischer Tantz, from Arien und Melodeyen, Teil 5, Königsberg 1642)

Voices and wind instruments

(Intermission)

Christoph Bernhard

Wohl dem, der den Herren fürchtet (ms. Berlin, undated)

Soprano, bass, strings, basso continuo

Habe deine Lust an dem Herren (Geistliche Harmonien, Dresden 1665)

Soprano, alto, tenor, bass, basso continuo

Matthias Weckman (?1616–1674)

Toccata vel Praeludium primi toni

Organ solo

Der Tod ist verschlungen in den Sieg (mss. Berlin and Dresden, undated)

Soprano, tenor, bass, strings, basso continuo

Johann Theile (1646–1724)

Die Seele Christi heilige mich (ms. Uppsala, undated)

Soprano, strings, basso continuo

Christoph Bernhard (mss. Berlin and Dresden, undated)

Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener

Voices, strings, wind instruments, basso continuo

In collaboration with the Gothenburg Chamber Music Society

8:45–9:45

Gothenburg City Library, Auditorium

Organ-building workshops for school classes aged 6–12

Info & reservation: kersten.cottyn@svenskakyrkan.se

9:00–11:30

Morning workshops

(See detailed schedule and registration)

9:00–9:45

Göteborg Concert Hall

(Fully booked)

Monstret andas inte (The Monster does not Breathe)

Organ and orchestra concert for school classes

Tommy Jonsson, organ

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

In collaboration with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

10:00–11:00

Gothenburg City Library, Auditorium

Organ-building workshops for school classes aged 6–12

Info & reservation: kersten.cottyn@svenskakyrkan.se

11:15–12:00

Göteborg Concert Hall

(Fully booked)

Monstret andas inte (The Monster does not Breathe)

Organ and orchestra concert for school classes

Tommy Jonsson, organ

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

In collaboration with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

12:00–12:50

Saint Jacob Church

(Admission free)

Lunch concert

(Afterwards organ soup for registered participants in the parish hall)

Improvising Journey Narratives

Sietze de Vries, Edoardo Bellotti, Leonard Schick and others

14:30–17:00

Saint Jacob Church

(Tickets 100/50 SEK)

Afternoon seminar

Organ Journeys through World Exhibits and Archives

Anne Laver, presenter

This seminar explores the fascinating world’s fairs of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and their role in reflecting and defining organ culture in Europe and North America. From the organ exhibits by Willis, Hill, and Schulze at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London in 1851, through the important concert series at the Trocadéro at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1878, to Guilmant’s performances at the Chicago and St. Louis expositions in 1893 and 1904, the organ was a significant component of these global events. Annette Richards, Nathan Laube, and Anne Laver will discuss how these events shaped organ building trends, virtuoso culture, and concert programming in this period.

In the second part of this seminar, Eleanor Smith-Guido, Fredrik Tobin-Dodd, and Paul Peeters will introduce the SONORA project, an initiative to digitise significant archival collections related to historical organs in Sweden. The team will share some of the wonderful stories these archives illuminate and possibilities for future research.

19:30–21:00

Göteborg Cathedral

(Tickets 180/100 SEK)

Refugee Journeys

Mikael Carlsson Requiem (2016)

Vocal Ensemble Lux

Musicians from the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and GöteborgsOperan

Anne Laver, organ

Ulrike Heider, conductor

In 2015, Gothenburg composer Mikael Carlsson received a commission from the Church of Sweden to write a new Requiem Mass to be premiered in the Haga Church in Gothenburg the following year. At the time, the devastating refugee crisis in Europe, particularly in the Mediterranean, had a profound impact on the composer, and it was decided that the new choral work would relate in some way to the ongoing catastrophe. While the Requiem is rooted in the Catholic liturgy for the dead, both in terms of text and the Gregorian chant melodies, each movement in the current work was given a subtitle that creates a loose narrative about a family escaping war and terror. Composed for mixed choir, string orchestra, and piano, the work premiered on November 5, 2016, and has subsequently been performed twice.

This program also features organ repertoire composed by two British composers: John Tavener (who would have turned 80 this year) and Judith Weir (who turned 70 in May).

John Tavener (1944–2013)

Angels

Judith Weir (b. 1954)

The Tree of Peace

Mikael Carlsson (b. 1971)

Requiem

• I. Introit (War and Terror)
• II. Requiem aeternam (A Cry for Freedom)
• III. Kyrie (Prayer)
• IV. Dies irae (Torn Apart)
• V. Offertorium (From Us Who Survived)
• VI. Sanctus (Hope)
• VII. Agnus Dei (Sacrifice)
• VIII. Lux aeterna (Reunion)

8:45–9:45

Gothenburg City Library, Auditorium

Organ-building workshops for school classes aged 6–12

Info & reservation: kersten.cottyn@svenskakyrkan.se

9:00–11:30

Morning workshops

(See detailed schedule and registration)

9:00–9:45

Göteborg Concert Hall

(Fully booked)

Monstret andas inte (The Monster does not Breathe)

Organ and orchestra concert for school classes

Tommy Jonsson, organ

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

In collaboration with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

10:00–11:00

Gothenburg City Library, Auditorium

Organ-building workshops for school classes aged 6–12

Info & reservation: kersten.cottyn@svenskakyrkan.se

11:15–12:00

Göteborg Concert Hall

(Fully booked)

Monstret andas inte (The Monster does not Breathe)

Organ and orchestra concert for school classes

Tommy Jonsson, organ

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

In collaboration with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

12:00–12:50

Mariestad Cathedral 

The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour On the Cross

Edoardo Bellotti, organ

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) 

Organ version by Edoardo Bellotti, based on the pianoforte version (ca 1800) and the original orchestral version (1783)

• Introduzione in D minor – Maestoso ed Adagio
• Sonata I (Pater, dimitte illis, quia nesciunt quid faciunt) in B-flat major – Largo
• Sonata II (Hodie mecum eris in paradiso) in C minor, ending in C major – Grave e cantabile
• Sonata III (Mulier, ecce filius tuus) in E major – Grave
• Sonata IV (Deus meus, Deus meus, utquid dereliquisti me) in F minor – Largo
• Sonata V (Sitio) in A major – Adagio
• Sonata VI (Consummatum est) in G minor, ending in G major – Lento
• Sonata VII (In manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum) in E-flat major – Largo
• Il terremoto (Earthquake) in C minor – Presto e con tutta la forza
  

12:00–12:50

Haga Church

(Admission free)

Lunch concert

(Afterwards organ soup for registered participants in the parish hall)

Linnéa Talp, organ

Theme: JOURNEYS

Arch of motion

to whom

it is the absence

(space is wide)

arch of motion

weaving, sounding

(I am moving)

going nowhere

there is no intention

(I am lifting my head)

mending

is light pressure

(when you lay your hands on me)

conversation

is the shelter

(there is tension)

inhale

the void

(I am expanding)

exhale

to sense light

(I am going nowhere)

the continuation

is no separation

(it is The heart)

Linnéa Talp, text

In collaboration with GAS – Göteborg Art Sounds

14:00–16:30

Göteborg Concert Hall 

(For registrered participants only)

Afternoon seminar

A Journey with the new Göteborg Concert Hall organ

Nathan Laube, presenter

This afternoon presents a unique opportunity to explore the concept and sounds of the new organ built by Rieger for the Göteborg Concert Hall (2021). Hans Davidsson, Paul Peeters, and Nathan Laube will give a brief history of concert hall organs, followed by a presentation on the background and concept of the Rieger organ in the Göteborg Concert Hall. The main focus of the seminar is an organ demonstration and lecture-recital given by Nathan Laube. Finally, the afternoon seminar ends with a panel discussion focusing on experiences with the new instrument and perspectives on future concert hall organs. The panel will include Bine Bryndorf, David Higgs, Paul Peeters, Nathan Laube, and will be moderated by Hans Davidsson.

17:00–18:00

Göteborg Concert Hall

(Tickets GSO)

Improvisation recital

Sietze de Vries, organ

The Dutch organist Sietze de Vries explores the new Göteborg Concert Hall organ in a musical journey through Europe encountering famous songs and themes.

NOTA BENE:

You are welcome to bring small bags to the Göteborg Concert Hall with maximum dimensions of 21 cm x 30 cm x 10 cm. This size limit applies to all types of bags, totes, and carriers. Larger bags are not allowed, and the Göteborg Concert Hall does not offer storage for larger bags in their coatrooms or lockers. Diaper bags are exempt.

19:00–20:30

German Church

(Tickets Göteborg Baroque)

Vesper Music for St. Anthony of Padua by Simone Vesi, Maurizio Cazzati and Giovanni Battista Fasolo

Göteborg Baroque conducted by Magnus Kjellson, claviorgan

Kerala J. Snyder, introduction

Ingrid Berg, soprano

Dohyoa Flodin, mezzo-soprano

Daniel Carlsson, countertenor

Leif Aruhn-Solén, tenor

Jorge Navarro Colorado, tenor

Karl Peter Eriksson, bass

Fredrik From, violin

Per Buhre, violin

Hannah Tibell, violin

Marie-Louise Marming, viola

Susanne Brunström, viola

Christian Berg, cello

Dohyo Sol, lute

The music by Simone Vesi is taken from:

Messe e salmi a 6 [Opus 1] (Venice, 1641)

Motetti e salmi concerti, Opus 2 (Venice, 1648)

Salmi concertati, Opus 4 (Venice, 1656)

Salmi a 8 ariosi, Opus 6 (Venice, 1663)

Simone Vesi (1610-1667)

Domine ad adjuvandum

Maurizio Cazzati (1616-1678)

Balletto detto l’Isolani

Simone Vesi

Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109)

Maurizio Cazzati

Capriccio detto il Guastavilani a 3 from Capricci per camera e per chiesa (Bologna 1669)

Simone Vesi

Beatus vir (Psalm 111)

Laudate pueri (Psalm 112)

Giovanni Battista Fasolo (1598-1664)

Ricercata Prima from Annuale, opus 8 (Venedig, 1645)

Simone Vesi

Laudate Dominum (Psalm 116)

Salve Regina

Maurizio Cazzatti

Ciaccona e Balletto in D 

Simone Vesi

Magnificat

In collaboration with Göteborg Baroque

9:00–11:30

Morning workshops

(See detailed schedule and registration)

9:00–9:45

Göteborg Concert Hall

(Fully booked)

Monstret andas inte (The Monster does not Breathe)

Organ and orchestra concert for school classes

Tommy Jonsson, organ

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

In collaboration with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

10:00–11:00

Gothenburg City Library, Auditorium

Organ-building workshops for school classes aged 6–12

Info & reservation: kersten.cottyn@svenskakyrkan.se

11:15–12:00

Göteborg Concert Hall

(Fully booked)

Monstret andas inte (The Monster does not Breathe)

Organ and orchestra concert for school classes

Tommy Jonsson, organ

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

In collaboration with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

12:00–12:50

German Church

(Admission free)

Lunch concert

(Afterwards organ soup for registered participants in the parish hall)

An Italian Journey with music by Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643) and photography

Edoardo Bellotti

Romina Zanon, photography

Capriccio sopra Ut re mi fa sol la (Capricci, 1624)

Capriccio sopra Or ch’a noi rimena (Capricci, 1624)

Hor ch’a noi rimena l’alma Primavera

con sua bella schiera la stagion serena,

o giovinetti amanti intrecciate gli onori

e con soavi cori reiterate i canti.

Gli amoretti a gara fan volando intorno

partita e ritorno a sua luce cara,

spiran gli Zeffiretti quando vien fuor l’aurora

ed han ripiene ancora l’ali di bei fioretti.

Qual più mai gentile vide occhio mortale

giovinetto eguale al fiorito Aprile?

Al cui sereno viso fassi tranquillo il mare

e verdeggiando appare la terra un Paradiso.

Now that the godly Spring, with her fair company,

has restored to us the happy season,

O youthful lovers, come together in your praises

and continue your singing with sweet choruses.

Vying with one another, the cherubs fly around,

hither and thither in her precious light;

and when the dawn breaks, the sweet Zephyrs blow,

their wings still filled with fair flowers.

What mortal eye did ever see

a fairer youth than flowery April?

At whose serene gaze the sea becomes calm

and the earth in flower seems a paradise.

Bergamasca (Fiori Musicali, 1635)

Chi questa Bergamasca sonara

Non pocho imparera

Whoever plays this Bergamasca

will learn quite a bit

Girolamo Frescobaldi, text

Ave maris stella (Toccate, Libro II, 1627)

Ave maris stella,

Dei Mater alma,

Atque semper Virgo,

Felix cœli porta.

Hail, star of the sea,

bountiful mother of God

and ever Virgin,

happy gate of heaven.

Toccata Quarta (Toccate Libro II, 1627)

Crudel, acerba, inesorabil Morte,

cagion mi dai di mai non esser lieto,

ma di menar tutta mia vita in pianto,

e i giorni oscuri e le dogliose notti.

I mei gravi sospir non vanno in rime,

e 'l mio duro martir vince ogni stile.

Cruel, bitter, inexorable Death,

you give me reason never to be happy,

but to lead all my life in tears,

with days of darkness and sorrowful nights.

My heavy sighs cannot turn into rhymes,

and my harsh torment goes beyond all style.

Francesco Petrarca, text

Capriccio sopra La sol fa mi re ut (Capricci, 1624)

13:30–16:00

German Church

(Tickets 100/50 SEK)

Afternoon seminar

Musical Crossover of Styles and Genres 1624:

Capricci, Fantasie, Ricercari – Frescobaldi, Scheidt and Steigleder

Edoardo Bellotti, presenter

This seminar will explore journeys of European keyboard and organ music in the first half of the 17th century, with particular focus on the publications of 1624 and the stylistic crossover that they embody.

Visual Art and Organ Music: Ideas for A Journey

Romina Zanon

Curious Imagination: Fantasy and Capriccio in Baroque Music and Art

Annette Richards

The Frescobaldi Collection of Capricci, 1624

Edoardo Bellotti

Samuel Scheidt´s Tabulatura Nova, 1624

Harald Vogel

Observations Concerning Steigleder’s Ricercar Tabulatura of 1624

William Porter

Emblems in Froberger´s and Frescobaldi’s music

Joel Speerstra

William Porter, Annette Richards, Joel Speerstra, Harald Vogel, Romina Zanon, panelists

Edoardo Bellotti, moderator

19:00–20:30

German Church

(Tickets Göteborg Baroque)

Vesper Music for St. Anthony of Padua by Simone Vesi, Maurizio Cazzati and Giovanni Battista Fasolo

Göteborg Baroque conducted by Magnus Kjellson, claviorgan

Ingrid Berg, soprano

Dohyoa Flodin, mezzo-soprano

Daniel Carlsson, countertenor

Leif Aruhn-Solén, tenor

Jorge Navarro Colorado, tenor

Karl Peter Eriksson, bass

Fredrik From, violin

Per Buhre, violin

Hannah Tibell, violin

Marie-Louise Marming, viola

Susanne Brunström, viola

Christian Berg, cello

Dohyo Sol, lute

The music by Simone Vesi is taken from:

Messe e salmi a 6 [Opus 1] (Venice, 1641)

Motetti e salmi concerti, Opus 2 (Venice, 1648)

Salmi concertati, Opus 4 (Venice, 1656)

Salmi a 8 ariosi, Opus 6 (Venice, 1663)

Simone Vesi (1610-1667)

Domine ad adjuvandum

Maurizio Cazzati (1616-1678)

Balletto detto l’Isolani

Simone Vesi

Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109)

Maurizio Cazzati

Capriccio detto il Guastavilani a 3 from Capricci per camera e per chiesa (Bologna 1669)

Simone Vesi

Beatus vir (Psalm 111)

Laudate pueri (Psalm 112)

Giovanni Battista Fasolo (1598-1664)

Ricercata Prima from Annuale, opus 8 (Venedig, 1645)

Simone Vesi

Laudate Dominum (Psalm 116)

Salve Regina

Maurizio Cazzatti

Ciaccona e Balletto in D 

Simone Vesi

Magnificat

In collaboration with Göteborg Baroque

19:30–21:10

Vasa Church

(Tickets 100/70 SEK)

Recorded by Sveriges Radio P2 (Swedish Radio)

Pilgrimage and Spiritual Journeys

Nathan Laube, organ

Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

Orpheus, Poème Symphonique, No. 4, S. 98

Transcription by Nathan Laube

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)

Fantaisie pour Orgue, No. 3 Op. 157

Dávid Magda (b. 1984)

Akheron

This work was chosen as the winning work at Müpa Budapest’s 2020 composition competition and premiered at the Béla Bartók Concert Hall by Nathan Laube.

Franz Liszt

Années de Pèlerinage – Deuxième Année – Italie

Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata

Transcription by Nathan Laube

8:00–10:00

NOTA BENE

Updated time for the morning workshop with Nathan Laube.

(See detailed schedule and registration)

9:00–11:30

Morning workshops

(See detailed schedule and registration)

9:00–16:00

Göteborg Cathedral

(Admission free)

Presentation of winning contributions to the national competition for organ fairy tales

(In Swedish)

(Detailed programme)

In collaboration with the Diocese of Göteborg

9:00–10:30

Göteborg Cathedral

(Admission free)

The organ fairy tale Noah’s Ark (in Swedish)

Pernilla Vikström, organ

Märta Kayser, narrator

10:30–12:00

Göteborg Cathedral

(Admission free)

The organ fairy tale The Lost Organ Pipe (in Swedish)

Maria Grönhaug, organ

Cecilia Tennström, narrator

12:00–12:45

Haga Church

(Admission free)

(Afterwards organ soup in the German Church)

Lunch concert

Steffen Bjerre Jespersen, countertenor

Bine Bryndorf, organ

Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)

Bringt her dem Herren   

Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

Music for a While             

Heinrich Schütz

Eile mich, Gott, zu erretten

Ich will den Herren loben allezeit

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707)

La capricciosa

12:00–12:30

Göteborg Cathedral

(Admission free)

Award ceremony and lunch concert for children and youth with excerpts from the winning contributions of the Organ Fairy Tale Competition

Mikael Fridén, Ulrika Melin Lasson and others, organ

Stefan Hiller, vicar

14:30–16:00

Göteborg Cathedral

(Admission free)

The organ fairy tale Resurrection in the City (in Swedish)

Maria Löfberg, organ

Markus Leandersson, narrator

14:30–17:00

Örgryte New Church

(Tickets 100/50 SEK)

Afternoon seminar

A Journey Through the Sounds of the Unique North German Baroque Organ, and a Celebration of the 30-year Anniversary of the Göteborg International Organ Academy

Harald Vogel, presenter

This afternoon presents an opportunity to explore the concept and sounds of the North German Baroque organ built by GOArt (Arvidsson/van Eeken/Yokota) and inaugurated in 2000. Harald Vogel will guide us through the unique sounds of this instrument with William Porter at the keydesk. The significance of this instrument in relation to the music of the North German organ repertoire will be addressed, and important perspectives on the new edition of Dieterich Buxtehude’s organ music presented.

In the second part of the afternoon seminar, reflections on the journey of the Göteborg International Organ Academy (1994–2024) will be given by a panel including William Porter, Annette Richards, Kerala J. Snyder, Massimiliano Guido, Harald Vogel and Joel Speerstra, followed by a discussion of new important projects and goals for the future.

17:00–18:30

Örgryte Parish Hall 

Reception for registered participants and presenters of the Göteborg International Organ Festival 2024

19:30–20:45

Örgryte New Church

(Tickets 100/70 SEK)

LIVE STREAM

Celebration concert

The Hamburg Tradition

Matthias Weckman 350-years Anniversary III

Harald Vogel, moderator

Edoardo Bellotti, William Porter, Annette Richards, Joel Speerstra, organ

Jacob Praetorius (1586–1651)

Vater unser im Himmelreich

• I. Versus (Im vollen Werk/Full organ)
• II. Versus (Organ Trio)
• III. Versus (Sweelinck style)
• IV. Versus (Consort style with Cantus Firmus in the tenor)
• V. Versus (Solo in the bass with Trompet 16 in Werck)
• VI. Versus (Solo in treble with the “Registrierung des seel. Jacob Schultzen nemblich Trommete 8, Zinke 8, Nassat 3, Hohlfleute 4, Gemshorn 2”)
• VII. Versus (Im vollen Werk/Full organ)

Heinrich Scheidemann (?1595–1663)

Praeambulum ex F (Im vollen Werk/Full organ, four manuals and pedal)

Canzon ex F

Magnificat-Fantasie VIII. Toni

Matthias Weckman (?1616–1674)

Toccata [ex e]

Es ist das Heil uns kommen her

Tertius Versus Consort style with Cantus Firmus in the tenor. Original registration ”Rüg:P: Principael 8. Pedahl Trompet 8...In der Orgel Trompet 16 Fuß”

Canzon [ex d]

Præambulum Primi Toni a 5 (Im vollen Werk/Full organ, four manuals and pedal)

9:30–15:00

Jonsered Manor

Festival symposium

(Admission free. Registration will be by invitation only.)

Ludo ad Alludo: Exploring Emblematic Techniques in 17th- and 18th-Century Keyboard Music

European keyboard music of the 17th and 18th centuries bears traces of games playing with multiple emblematic techniques. These techniques were used in many art forms as sources of inspiration. Is it possible to detect which techniques keyboard composers used? Did the techniques and their allusions inspire new musical solutions as the composers produced their work, and how does their discovery inspire us to change the way we perform this keyboard music today? A one-day symposium exploring the emblematics of the “serious game.”

Renée Barbre, Michael R. Dodds, Tomasz Górny, William Porter, Annette Richards, Joel Speerstra, Ruth Tatlow and Harald Vogel, presenters

Joel Speerstra, moderator

In collaboration with Jonsered Manor (University of Gothenburg) and the Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg

12:00–16:00

Vasa Church and Vasa Parish Hall

Symposium: Egil Hovland 100 Years (in Swedish)

In collaboration with Vasa Parish and Sveriges Kyrkosångsförbund

12:00–12:50

Vasa Church

(Admission free)

Opening of the Egil Hovland 100 Years symposium and lunch concert

Music by Egil Hovland

(Programme to be announced)

13.30–16:00

Vasa Parish Hall

(Admission free)

Afternoon seminar (in Swedish)

Klingande bön – klingande mässa

Presenters:

Ingvild Fallegård, vicar, Västra Frölunda Parish

Carl Sjögren, vicar, Mölndal Parish

Per Högberg, moderator

15:00–15:45

Göteborg Concert Hall

(Tickets GSO)

Monstret andas inte (The Monster does not Breathe)

Family organ and orchestra concert

Tommy Jonsson, organ

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

In collaboration with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

NOTA BENE:

You are welcome to bring small bags to the Göteborg Concert Hall with maximum dimensions of 21 cm x 30 cm x 10 cm. This size limit applies to all types of bags, totes, and carriers. Larger bags are not allowed, and the Göteborg Concert Hall does not offer storage for larger bags in their coatrooms or lockers. Diaper bags are exempt.

15.30-16.30

Jonsered Church

(Admission free)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Selected works from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

Harald Vogel, clavichord

17:00–18:00

Jonsered Church

(Admission free)

Bach and Handel

Steffen Bjerre Jespersen, countertenor

Aureliusz Golinski, baroque violin

Bine Bryndorf, organ (Pehr Schiörlin, 1783)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Sonata in G major for violin and basso continuo, BWV 1021

• Adagio
• Vivace
• Largo
• Presto

Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)

My Heart’s in the Highlands, composed in 2000 for alto and organ

Johann Sebastian Bach

Partita on Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn, Chorale and 7 variations

Johann Sebastian Bach

Alto aria Sei bemüht, Adagio from the Cantata Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe, BWV 185

Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)

Trivium for Organ, composed 1976

• I
• II
• III

Johann Sebastian Bach

Sonata in E minor for violin and basso continuo, BWV 1023

(without tempo marking)

• Adagio ma non tanto
• Allemande
• Gigue

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1755)

O sacred Oracle of Truths from the oratorio Belshazzar, HWV 61

• Largo un poco piano

In collaboration with Gothenburg Chamber Music Society and Jonsered Parish

17:00–18:00

Vasa Church 

Egil Hovland: Diakoni-Messe for choir, congregation, brass quartet, and organs, Op. 145

Tore Bennshagen, celebrant

Wind ensemble from the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Choir with church musicians and students

Rolf-Åke Fält & Rebecka Runeson, organ

Per Högberg, conductor

18:00–19:00

Haga Church

(Admission free)

Journeys to Italy

Music by Andrea & Giovanni Gabrieli, Hans Leo Hassler and others

Haga Motettkör

Amanda Flodin, alto

Ulrike Heider, Kersten Cottyn, conductors

In collaboration with the Swedish Schütz Society

20:00–21:10

Örgryte New Church

(Tickets 100/70 SEK)

The Passion of Joan of Arc

The classic silent movie with improvised music

Introduction by Timothy Scheie, University of Rochester, USA

Stephen Kennedy, baroque organ

Assisted by Edoardo Bellotti, Willis organ

William Porter, harpsichord

Vocal ensemble, Fredrik Tobin-Dodd, conductor

11:00–12.15

Vasa Church

Solemn High Mass: Organ and liturgy

Missa Misericordiae

Egil Hovland

Vasa Vokalensemble, Per Högberg, organ and conductor

Tove Bennshagen, celebrant

11:00–12:15

Haga Church

Solemn High Mass: Organ and liturgy

Music by Heinrich Schütz and others

Amanda Flodin, Magnus Kjellson

Gunnar Held, celebrant

In collaboration with Haga ParishIn collaboration with Haga Parish

15:00–16.45

Göteborg Concert Hall

(Tickets GSO)

Organ recital

A Journey through Three Centuries, including Charles-Marie Widor’s Organ Symphony No. VI

David Higgs, organ

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Sinfonia (Cantata 29) transcribed for organ solo by Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)

William Bolcom (b. 1938)

Gospel Preludes:

What a Friend We Have in Jesus! (1979)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)

Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3, no. 2 transcribed for organ by Louis Vierne (1870–1937)

Leo Sowerby (1895–1968)

Comes Autumn Time (inspired by the poem Autumn by Bliss Carman)

(Intermission)

Elsa Barraine (1910–1999)

2ème Prélude (Psaume de David CXVI)

Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)

Symphonie VI, Opus 42

• Allegro
• Adagio
• Intermezzo
• Cantabile
• Finale   

In collaboration with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

NOTA BENE:

You are welcome to bring small bags to the Göteborg Concert Hall with maximum dimensions of 21 cm x 30 cm x 10 cm. This size limit applies to all types of bags, totes, and carriers. Larger bags are not allowed, and the Göteborg Concert Hall does not offer storage for larger bags in their coatrooms or lockers. Diaper bags are exempt.

19:30–21:00

Haga Church

(Tickets 180/100 SEK)

Music by Klaus Lang and Lisa Streich

Lisa Streich (b. 1985)

Seraph

Johan Stern, cello

Hans Davidsson, organ

Klaus Lang (b. 1971)

Kaihogyo

Gageego!, and others

Klaus Lang, organ

Anders Jonhäll, flute

Ragnar Arnberg, clarinet

Jonas Larsson, percussion

Klara Hellgren, violin

Manon Briau, viola

Johan Stern, cello

Mark Tatlow, conductor

In collaboration with Gageego!