Celebrate 60 years of the Organ Historical Society and 10 years of the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ. This program contains the premier performance of Kurt Knecht’s Toccata - Adagio – Fugue for Organ and Percussion. Listen to the timpani, toms, snare drum, bongos and marimba infuse this piece with ecstatic celebration and longing. The second half of the program features The Organ as Crystal Ball. Watch images from Shakespeare’s Hamlet come to life with actors, recitation, dance, and organ.
Credits
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue
Christopher Marks, Organ
David Hall, Percussion
Kurt Knecht, Composer
The Organ as Crystal Ball
Henryk Jandorf, Actor
Stacye Camparo, Gabriel Davidsson, Jonathan Davidsson, Dancers
Hans Davidsson, Organ
Christopher Frey, Lighting Design
Thomas Mika, Costumes
Organ works of Bach, Nilsson, Pärt, Böhm, Ligeti, Herschenröder, Messiaen, Franck, Mendelssohn.
Complete program of the Organ Historical Society’s 60th Anniversary Convention: www.organsociety.org
Major support for this production provided by the Wyncote Foundation
Additional funding provided by Michael Timinski.