International
Organ Festival
2010
Festival
International
d'Orgue
2010
Festival Concerts
- Sunday, July 18, 2010, 20:00
- Christ Church Cathedral
- David Palmer (Windsor ON)
- Professor of Music, University of Windsor
- Alan Matheson (Vancouver BC), flügelhorn
- Cathedral Strings, conducted by Michael Gormley
- Commissioned work for Flügelhorn and Organ
- Tickets: $30/$25
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- Suite for Organ (Based on Taiwanese Folk Songs), Pei-lun Vicky Chang (b. 1966)
- Fantasy for Solo Organ, Wang An-Ming (b. 1929)
- Reflection and Promenade, Chan Ka Nin (b. 1949)
- Gothic Toccata, Graeme Koehne (b. 1956)
- Confluence (world premiere) for Organ and Flügelhorn, Alan Matheson (b. 1959)
- Organ Concerto in G Minor, Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
- Monday, July 19, 2010, 13:30
- Philippe Bélanger (Montréal QC)
- Titular organist, St. Joseph's Oratory of Mount-Royal
- M. Bélanger had suffered an injury and was unable to perform.
- St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
- Dan Miller (Hillsboro OR)
- St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Bethel Congregational Church, Beaverton OR
- Tickets: $25/$20
- Mr. Miller, who played the inaugural concert on St. Andrew's new console in 2001, agreed to play instead of M. Bélanger.
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- Fanfare, John Cook (1918-1984)
- Fantasia and Fugue in g (BWV 542), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- Benedictus, Alec Rowley (1892-1958)
- Sonata No. 3 in a, Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
- The Original Rag, Scott Joplin (1867-1918), tr. Dan Miller
- Adagia for Strings, Samuel Barber (1910-1981), tr. Wm. Strickland
- Pageant, Leo Sowerby (1895-1968)
- Monday, July 19, 2010, 20:00
- Church of St. John the Divine
- Paul Jacobs (New York NY)
- Chairman of the Organ Department, The Juilliard School
- Tickets: $25/$20
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- Sonata in D minor, Op. 60, Max Reger (1873-1916)
- Prelude in F Minor, Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)
- Finale, Op. 21, César Franck (1822-1890)
- Fantasy and Fugue on "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
- Tuesday July 20, 2010, 13:00
- First Metropolitan United Church
- The Linden Singers of Victoria conducted by Dr. Garry Froese
- Commissioned work for choir using poetry of Chief Dan George
- Tickets: $25/$20
- Canadian First Nations Songs
- Salish Song (from Six Canadian Folk Songs), arr. Derek Healey (b. 1936)
- Innoria (from Six Songs of Early Canada), trad. Huron, arr. Donald Patriquin (b. 1938)
- Skidegate Love Song, trad. Haida, arr. Stephen Chatman (b. 1950)
- The Earth Waits for Me (commissioned), Larry Nickel (b. 1952), poetry of Dan George (1899 - 1981)
- Canadian Art Music
- Agneau de Dieu (Lamb of God), Rupert Lang (b. 1948)
- Remember, Stephen Chatman (b. 1950), words by Christina Rossetti
- African Conflicts
- Spirit of the Child, Rupert Lang (b. 1948)
- Freedom Trilogy, Paul Halley (b. 1952)
- Canadian Folk Songs
- All Around the Circle (A Canadian Folk Song Suite), arr. John Greer (b. 1954)
- Tuesday July 20, 2010, 20:00
- Christ Church Cathedral
- Tong-Soon Kwak (Seoul, Korea)
- Chairman of the Church Music Department, Yonsei University
- Tickets: $25/$20
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- Toccata in F, BuxWV 156, Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
- Skizzen für den Pedalflügel, Op.58, Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
- Zen (Oriental Meditation), Young -Jo Lee (b. 1943)
- Toccata, Cheong Mook Kim (b. 1946)
- Scherzo, Spielende Faunen, Dezso d'Antalffy Zsiross (1885-1945)
- Fantasie-Improvisation sur l'Ave maris stella, Charles Tournemire (1870-1939)
- Andante sostenuto (from Symphonie Gothique, Op.70), Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
- Choral III en la mineur, César Franck (1822-1890)
Tickets were available locally from:
- Ivy's Book Shop, 2188 Oak Bay Ave.
- Long & McQuade, 756 Hillside Ave.
- Victoria Conservatory of Music, 900 Johnson St.
and at the door.
Admission to these concerts was included in convention registration.