Organ matinee with Anders S Börjesson
French romanticism and contemporary compositions – along with a touch of Metallica and Queen.
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.
Anders S. Börjesson has been the organist at Mariestad Cathedral since 2011, where he gives organ concerts every week. He was trained in Gothenburg by Mikael Wahlin, but also in Paris by Sophie-Veronique Cauchefer-Choplin, organist at Saint-Sulpice, one of Paris's largest churches.
Börjesson is also a composer, and we will hear his Paraphrase on Alice Tegnér's The Squirrel Sits in the Spruce Tree and Chorale Treatments. Additionally, well-known rock songs by the bands Metallica and Queen arranged for organ. The concert opens with Canadian Rachel Laurin's (born in 1961) both evocative and dramatic Prelude and Fugue, and we also get to hear the captivating March in C major by Frenchman Louis Lefébure-Wély (1817–1870).
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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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Book before the tickets are released!
This concert is included in our series Orgelmatinéer. You can secure your place by purchasing a subscription right now – with 25 percent off the ticket price.
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The music
Approximate times -
Rachel Laurin Fantasy and Fugue in D major for organ op 738 min
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James Hetfield/Lars Ulrich Nothing Else Matters, version for organ5 min
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Anders S Börjesson Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott from Chorale Treatments for organ2 min
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Anders S Börjesson Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan from Chorale Treatments for organ2 min
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Anders S Börjesson Aus tiefer Not schrei’ ich zu dir from Chorale Treatments for organ2 min
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Anders S Börjesson Valet will ich dir geben from Chorale Treatments for organ2 min
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Anders S Börjesson Nun danket alle Gott from Chorale Treatments for organ2 min
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Freddie Mercury We Are the Champions, version for organ3 min
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Louis Lefébure-Wély March in C major from L’Organiste Moderne5 min
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Anders S Börjesson Paraphrase on the Swedish Children’s Song The Squirrel by Alice Tegnér for organ10 min
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Participants
- Anders S Börjesson organ
