BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//EVENY//SV// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bach-goes-to-canada-stockholm-20260821@eveny DTSTAMP:20260727T092400 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260821T210000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260821T230000 SUMMARY:Bach goes to Canada! DESCRIPTION:Nicolas Haigh (Uppsala) Program Rachel Laurin (1961–2023) Poè\;me Symphonique pour le Temps de l'Avent op. 69 (ca 9') Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) Partite diverse sopra "Sei gegrüßet\, Jesu…\n\nNicolas Haigh (Uppsala)\n\nProgram\n\nRachel Laurin (1961–2023)\n\nPoè\;me Symphonique pour le Temps de l'Avent op. 69 (ca 9')\n\nJohann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)\n\nPartite diverse sopra "Sei gegrüßet\, Jesu gütig" BWV 768 (ca 20')\n\nAllein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 662 (ca 7')\n\nHealey Willan (1880–1968)\n\nIntroduction\, Passacaglia\, and Fugue B. 149 (ca 20')\n\nDenna konsert lyfter fram den kanadensiska orgeltraditionen sida vid sida med Johann Sebastian Bach. Här möts nordamerikansk senromantik\, fransk färgprakt och Bachs stränga variationskonst.\n\nHealey Willans mäktiga Introduction\, Passacaglia\, and Fugue står i tacksam skuld till Bachs egen passacaglia och fuga. Verket betraktas som ett av Willans främsta och förenar klassiska former med tidens rika harmonik. Med sin bakgrund i den engelska katedralkulturen blev Willan en centralgestalt i kanadensiskt kyrkomusikliv.\n\nRachel Laurins Poè\;me Symphonique pour le Temps de l'Avent visar en annan sida av kanadensisk orgelmusik\, med rötter i fransk tradition. Utifrån gregoriansk sång skapar Laurin en fri\, rapsodisk tonmålning\, där adventstidens bilder – stjärnor\, kamp\, hopp – väcks till liv.\n\nBachs Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr är den första av tre koralbearbetningar från hans sena år. Stilen knyter an till äldre nordtysk tradition\, men Bach bygger här en stor form av enkel koralstruktur. I Sei gegrüßet\, Jesu gütig hör vi en hel serie variationer över en enkel koral: elva olika bilder som till slut mynnar ut i en praktfull slutvariation – en stark kontrast till Willans sena romantik som avrundar programmet.\n\nHealey Willan's monumental masterpiece Introduction\, Passacaglia\, and Fugue owes much of its musical heritage to Johann Sebastian Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue. Representing the apotheosis of Willan's late Romantic compositional style\, the work blends classical compositional form with the harmonic innovations of the era within which Willan lived. Sometimes referred to as the 'Dean of Canadian Organ Composers'\, Willan had considerable influence over the dual British/French school of organ composition with his background in the English cathedral tradition. Thus\, Rachel Laurin's Poè\;me pour le Temps de l'Avent offers a contrasting – French – vision of Canadian organ composition. Rooted in plainsong and unencumbered by strict form\, Laurin constructs a rhapsodic tone poem that conjures up vivid graphic imagery (World of stars/Satan's snare/Virginal shrine\, pure victim) rather than abstract emotion.\n\nAllein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr is the first of three settings of this chorale prepared in the last decade of Bach's life. Although the style of composition harkens back over the previous century to the work of Scheidemann\, Bach's use of large-scale form transforms the simple structure and texture into a significant masterpiece. Finally\, Sei gegrüßet\, Jesu gütig completes the program. A set of variations on a simple chorale melody\, it offers a foil to the late-Romantic Willan that ends the program. Bach's strict control of form allows for immense colour and variation across the eleven variations ending in an apocalyptic restatement of the opening theme.\n\nMer info: https://www.nortic.se/ticket/show/349008 LOCATION:Storkyrkan\, Stortorget 1\, Stockholm URL:https://www.nortic.se/ticket/show/349008 SOURCE:https://eveny.nu/event/bach-goes-to-canada-stockholm-20260821 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR