Organ matinee with Ulf Norberg
The season's organ concerts begin with, among other things, virtuoso music by Sergei Prokofiev.
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.
The season's first organ matinee features Konserthuset's own organist, Ulf Norberg. He is also responsible for curating the entire series and is passionate about presenting the vast organ repertoire to a wide audience. Ulf Norberg is also the organist at Hedvig Eleonora Church in Östermalm in Stocholm.
We hear his own arrangement of Clara Schumann's Bach-influenced Prelude and fugue from opus 16, originally for piano, and two well-known Gershwin songs. Organist and composer Anders Börjesson's Fantasy Variations on the Ukrainian National Anthem is a tribute to Ukraine. (Börjesson himself will participate in the organ matinee on February 20). To conclude, Norberg performs music by Prokofiev: the hyper-virtuosic Toccata and the famous march from the opera The Love for Three Oranges.
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The bar is open before and after the concert.
You are welcome to eat or drink something before or after the organ concert. The bar in the Main Foyer is open at 11.45–12.15 and 13.15–14.15, offering a variety of delicious food and drinks in our beautiful surroundings.
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The music
Approximate times -
Clara Schumann Prelude and Fugue in d minor op 16:3, version for organ arr Ulf Norberg5 min
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Anders S Börjesson Fantasy Variations on the Ukrainian National Anthem for organ10 min
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Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue in a Theme by Legrenzi for organ BWV 5745 min
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George Gershwin Someone to Watch Over Me, version for organ arr Ulf Norberg4 min
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George Gershwin I Got Rhythm, version for organ arr Ulf Norberg3 min
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Sergej Prokofjev March from The Love for Three Oranges, version for organ arr Jean Guillou3 min
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Sergej Prokofjev Toccata op 11, version for organ arr Jean Guillou4 min
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Participants
- Ulf Norberg organ
