Photo: Jan-Olav Wedin
Cancelled: Organ Matinée with Alma Faxén
This concert is cancelled.
Music by Bach, Reger and Idenstam.
Through Konserthuset’s popular organ matinée subscription, audiences get to hear Sweden’s leading organists play the building’s organ – one of the largest in Europe, with 6,100 pipes.
Alma Faxén first heard the organ at just two years of age, and at the age of six, she finally had her first organ lesson at Mellansel Folk High School. Now Alma is a student at Nordiska Musikgymnasiet (Nordic Music High School) in Stockholm, where her teachers include Ulf Norberg and Gunnar Idenstam.
Alma’s first major appearance as a soloist was at the age of ten, in the presence of the Archbishop, H.M. Queen Silvia and H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria. She has already won many distinctions, including a scholarship for excellent grades, growth and fellowship from Roslagens Sparbank Foundation, and the youth scholarship from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
At today’s organ matinée, Alma Faxén will perform music by one Swedish and two German organ masters: Gunnar Idenstam, Max Reger and J.S. Bach. And it is the master improvisor Idenstam (born in 1961), and teacher of Alma Faxén, who frames the programme with three arrangements and a concluding toccata.
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The music
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The Concert is Cancelled Due to Pandemic
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Trad Balladen om fröken Adelin, version for organ arr Gunnar Idenstam3 min
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Trad Grind-Hans jässbodspolska, version for organ arr Gunnar Idenstam3 min
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Trad Brudmarsch efter Lejsme Per, version for organ arr Gunnar Idenstam3 min
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Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in a minor for organ BWV 54310 min
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Max Reger Toccata in d minor from 12 Pieces for organ op 593 min
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Max Reger Fugue from 12 Pieces for organ op 592 min
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Gunnar Idenstam Toccata V from Metal Angel Suite No. 1 for organ3 min
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Participants
- Alma Faxén organ