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Five Thursdays at 12.15
The 45-minute mini lunchtime concerts, featuring Sweden’s leading organists, are performed on Konserthuset’s massive organ – an orchestra in and of itself with 6,100 pipes. Johann Sebastian Bach and Max Reger – but the organ matinées always include surprises. Bohemian Rhapsody? Maybe a blues fugue?
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Concerts included in the subscription
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Genre: OrganJohann Sebastian Bach’s arrangement of a prince’s music and Max Reger pays tribute to Bach.
Thursday 12 October 2023 12.15
Genre: OrganOrgan matinée with Ulf Norberg
Johann Sebastian Bach’s arrangement of a prince’s music and Max Reger pays tribute to Bach.
Thursday 12 October 2023 12.15
Ends approximately 13.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
100 SEKThe Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planThe link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2023/organ-matinee-with-ulf-norberg/20231012-1215/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.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 first organ matinée of the season features Konserthuset’s house organist Ulf Norberg. He is also in charge of programming the entire subscription, and he is passionate about introducing the large organ repertoire to a broader audience. Ulf Norberg is also the organist of Hedvig Eleonora Church in Östermalm, Stockholm.
Norberg plays an arrangement by Johann Sebastian Bach and a tribute to Bach by Max Reger. Duke Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar died at just 18 years old. He was a music collector and a gifted composer. Bach, the court organist of Weimar at that time, arranged some of the duke’s works for organ.
Reger is generally considered the foremost German organ composer after Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach and Reger are separated by about a century, but there is no doubt that Reger was strongly influenced by the great Baroque master. This is explicit in some of his works – for example, Fantasy and Fugue on B-A-C-H.
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The music
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Johann Ernst Prinz von Sachsen-Weimar Concerto in G major, version for organ arr Johann Sebastian Bach arr BWV 5928 min
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Max Reger Fantasia and Fugue on B-A-C-H for organ20 min
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Participants
- Ulf Norberg organ
Thursday 12 October 2023 12.15
Ends approximately 13.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
100 SEKThe Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating plan
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Genre: OrganFrench and German organ classics and British pop music.
Thursday 23 November 2023 12.15
Ann-Kristin Färnström. Photo: Rebecka Lindberg
Genre: OrganOrgan matinée with Ann-Kristin Färnström
French and German organ classics and British pop music.
Thursday 23 November 2023 12.15
Ends approximately 13.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
100 SEKThe Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planThe link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2023/organ-matinee-with-ann-kristin-farnstrom/20231123-1215/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Through Konserthuset’s popular organ matinée subscription, audiences get to hear prominent organists play the building’s organ – one of the largest in Europe, with 6,100 pipes.
For 30 years, Ann-Kristin Färnström has been organist of Skön parish in Medelpad, where she has done fantastic work for classical music and the music scene. She studied organ and improvisation at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm with professors Torvald Torén and Anders Bondeman.
We hear music by Bach, the French Romantic organist Alexandre Guilmant and French Jeanne Demessieux – but also a few surprising pieces. How about an arrangement of rock band Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody? Or Irish Enya’s emotional, global hit Athair Ar Neamh – which was played at the wedding of Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist?
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The music
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Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in a minor for organ BWV 54310 min
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Enya Athair ar Neamh, version for organ arr Per Gunnar Petersson4 min
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Freddie Mercury Bohemian Rhapsody, version for organ6 min
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Alexandre Guilmant From Organ Sonata No. 5 in c minor7 min
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Jeanne Demessieux Rorate caeli from 12 Chorale Preludes on Gregorian Themes for organ3 min
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Jeanne Demessieux Te Deum for organ8 min
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Participants
- Ann-Kristin Färnström organ
Thursday 23 November 2023 12.15
Ends approximately 13.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
100 SEKThe Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating plan
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Genre: OrganMusic by Saint-Saëns, Clara Schumann and more with Sebastian Heindl.
Thursday 1 February 2024 12.15
Photo: Kilian Homburg
Genre: OrganRising Stars – Organ matinée
Music by Saint-Saëns, Clara Schumann and more with Sebastian Heindl.
Thursday 1 February 2024 12.15
Ends approximately 13.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
100 SEKThe Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planThe link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2024/rising-stars-organ-matinee/20240201-1215/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Don’t miss the opportunity to hear tomorrow’s classical music stars today. Rising Stars is a unique and forward-looking collaboration between 24 of Europe’s leading concert halls, all members of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO). A handful of young musicians and ensembles from various countries are selected each year and given the opportunity to tour the concert halls and perform before international audiences. Experience shows that those who are selected as Rising Stars also have internationally successful careers.
Through Konserthuset’s popular organ matinée subscription, audiences get to hear prominent organists play the building’s organ – one of the largest in Europe, with 6,100 pipes. German organist Sebastian Heindl studied at the renowned conservatory in Leipzig and has enjoyed numerous successes in recent years. Through social media activity on YouTube, Heindl has generated interest in organ music among a large and young audience. He was nominated for Rising Stars by Konzerthaus Dortmund and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.
Sebastian Heindl also creates his own transcriptions and we hear his organ version of the Liszt/Horowitz arrangement of Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre, and music from Pièces caractéristiques by Clara Schumann. We also hear his Rock-Toccata and Blues-Fugue, as well as a new composition by fellow countryman Moritz Eggert, commissioned by the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO).
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The music
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Sebastian Heindl Rock-Toccata and Blues-Fugue in c minor for organ12 min
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Clara Schumann Scène fantastique - Le ballet des revenants from Quatre pièces caractéristiques, version for organ arr Sebastian Heindl4 min
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Clara Schumann Caprice à la boléro from Quatre pièces caractéristiques, version for organ arr Sebastian Heindl4 min
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Moritz Eggert New Piece10 min
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Camille Saint-Saëns Danse macabre arr Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz, version for organ Sebastian Heindl10 min
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Participants
- Sebastian Heindl organ
Thursday 1 February 2024 12.15
Ends approximately 13.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
100 SEKThe Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating plan
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Genre: OrganImprovisations and a celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Thursday 14 March 2024 12.15
Genre: OrganOrgan matinée with Stefan Therstam
Improvisations and a celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Thursday 14 March 2024 12.15
Ends approximately 13.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
100 SEKThe Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planThe link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2024/organ-matinee-with-stefan-therstam/20240314-1215/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Through Konserthuset’s popular organ matinée subscription, audiences get to hear prominent organists play the building’s organ – one of the largest in Europe, with 6,100 pipes.
Stefan Therstam has been the organist at Engelbrekt Church in Stockholm since 1999. He is also an award-winning improvisor and professor at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, where he teaches liturgical organ playing and improvisation.
In Sigfrid Karg-Elert’s (1877–1933) Passacaglia and Fugue on BACH, at this organ matinée he demonstrates the incredible power of the mighty organ at Konserthuset. We also get a taste of Stefan Therstam’s unparalleled ability to improvise on a given theme.
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The music
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Sigfrid Karg-Elert Passacaglia and Fugue on B-A-C-H for organ19 min
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Stefan Therstam Improvisation on Given Themes for organ10 min
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Participants
- Stefan Therstam organ
Thursday 14 March 2024 12.15
Ends approximately 13.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
100 SEKThe Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating plan
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Genre: OrganMusic by Johann Sebastian Bach and new discoveries.
Thursday 23 May 2024 12.15
Photo: Svante Ekberg/Sveriges Radio
Genre: OrganOrgan matinée with Mila Thoors
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach and new discoveries.
Thursday 23 May 2024 12.15
Ends approximately 13.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
100 SEKThe Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planThe link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2024/organ-matinee-with-mila-thoors/20240523-1215/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Through Konserthuset’s popular organ matinée subscription, audiences get to hear prominent organists play the building’s organ – one of the largest in Europe, with 6,100 pipes.
Russian-born Mila Thoors studied piano, chamber music and accompaniment at the conservatory in Rostov. Her studies continued in Sweden at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg, followed by the master’s programme for organ at the Piteå School of Music. Mila Thoors has been the organist at Kloster Church in Eskilstuna since 2018. She is also active as a conductor.
The programme features several less well-known names in addition to greats like Johann Sebastian Bach and Sofia Gubaidulina. Gueorgui Mouchel was a twentieth-century Russian composer who became an important name in music in Uzbekistan. His oeuvre is dominated by orchestral works, but also includes a handful of pieces for organ. Ukrainian-born Youri Boutsko was a professor at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory until his death in 2015. He wrote 13 symphonies and four operas, among other works.
Finally, we hear music by Canadian Rachel Laurin (born 1961), a composer and a prominent organist – leading to an award for her essential contributions to the organ repertoire.
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The music
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Johann Sebastian Bach Fantasia ”Pièce d’orgue” in G major BWV 5728 min
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Georgi Muschel Aria from Uzbekistan Suite for organ6 min
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Yuri Butsko Ruskí tuláci pre Krista ”Vagrant Russia for the Sake of Christ” for organ3 min
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Sofia Gubaidulina Hell und Dunkel for organ8 min
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Rachel Laurin Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 17 min
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Participants
- Mila Thoors organ
Thursday 23 May 2024 12.15
Ends approximately 13.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
100 SEKThe Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating plan
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