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    CELEBRATING

    ELFRIDA ANDRÉE, WILLIAM BYRD, MAX REGER & GÖTEBORG 400 YEARS

     

     

    RECITALS AND PRESENTATIONS BY

    Edoardo Bellotti, Robin Blanton, Ivan Božičević, Jan H Börjesson, Daniel Berg, Kersten Cottyn, Ulrika Davidsson, Isabelle Demers, Johan Hammarström, Bengt Forsberg, Maria Forsström, Louise Hjorth Hansen, Sverker Jullander, Katrine Immerkjær Kristiansen, Johannes Landgren, Anne Laver, Maija Lehtonen, Ludger Lohmann, Jonas Lundblad, Kimberly Marshall, Eva Öhrström, William Porter, Christa Rakich, Annette Richards, Amanda Sedgwick, Johannes Skoog, Anna Steppler, Joel Speerstra, Hermann Stefánsson, Joris Verdin, Lydia Vroegindeweij, Catalina Vicens, Erik Wahlgren

     

    Concerto Copenhagen, Fredrik From, violin and Lars-Ulrik Mortensen; The European Hansa Ensemble and Manfred Cordes; Gageego!; Trio Mediæval: Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Anna Maria Friman and Jorunn Lovise Husan; Göteborg Baroque and Magnus Kjellson; Göteborgs Symfoniker, Olivier Latry, organ, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor

     

    SIX MORNING WORKHOPS

     

    FIVE AFTERNOON SEMINARS

     

    FESTIVAL SYMPOSIUM

    Featuring Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929) and pioneering female organists and organ composers

  • It is my distinct pleasure to launch the program of the Göteborg International Organ Festival (GIOF) 2023 with its theme: Echoes. In a rich twelve-day program, we illustrate how history is still present today, and investigate where the line can be drawn between originality and imitation. A complete Genelec loudspeaker orchestra in dialogue with the monumental four-manual meantone organ in Örgryte New Church will explore echoes in acoustical sounds, sound processing, and live electronics, including a performance of “The Bell and the Blackbird.”

     

    The programme also includes original compositions echoed through organ transcriptions, for example Prokofiev´s “Romeo and Juliet,” or the violin concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach, inspiring string-idiomatic music in concerto style by many 18th-century composers. Medieval vocal music will be interleaved with improvisations on the organetto; music for voices instruments and monumental organs from the first half of the 17th century when our city was founded; and vocal and instrumental music by Italian composer Vesi with Göteborg Baroque and its unique Claviorganum.

     

    These musical experiences will be juxtaposed with new chamber music for organ, and the dramatic organ concerto “Earth´s Shadows” by Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023) for organ and symphony orchestra. We also offer particular echoes of the past, such as musical homages to William Byrd (1543-1623) on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of his death, and we will celebrate Max Reger’s 150th birthday, as well as the legacy of the trailblazing Göteborg cathedral organist and composer Elfrida André (1841-1929), among other pioneering women composers who will also be celebrated at this year’s festival.

     

    Enjoy the soundscapes of the North German Baroque Organ in Örgryte New Church, the new world-class Concert Hall Organ, and the broad collection of organs in Göteborg that echo the sound, technology, culture and societal development of 400 years of Göteborg’s history. Let a multitude of voices and soundscapes in organ, vocal, and instrumental music from the Renaissance to experimental music of our own time inspire you.

     

    We warmly welcome you to Göteborg and the Göteborg International Organ Festival 2023, to a world of passion and tactile sounds – for all!

     

    For a future of peace, and for the right of all human beings to raise their voices.

     

    – Hans Davidsson

     

    PARTNERS
    The Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg, Arbetarnas Bildningsförbund (ABF), Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble, Gageego!, Gothenburg 400 Years, Göteborg Baroque, Göteborg Chamber Music Society, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Jonsered Manor, University of Gothenburg, Rieger Orgelbau, Sensus, the Church of Sweden: the Göteborg diocese, the parishes of Gothenburg Cathedral, Haga, Härlanda, Vasa, Västra Frölunda, Örgryte (in Gothenburg), and the parishes in Alingsås, Mariestad, Marstrand, Morlanda, Skövde, Ulricehamn and Valla (in Västra Götaland), and St. Jakob’s Church and Bethlehem’s Church (the Equmenia Church in Gothenburg), Ljudteknikerna Sverige AB, MLd – Magnus Lorentzson design, The Sounding Ocean – Ljudhavet

     

    MAIN SPONSORS
    Gothenburg City Cultural Council, HIGAB, James Collier Orgelbyggeri AB, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Karl Nelson Orgelbyggeri, The Swedish Arts Council, The Cultural Committee of Region Västra Götaland, the Church of Sweden, the parishes of Örgryte and Gothenburg Cathedral, Kungl. Patriotiska Sällskapet and Wilhelm och Martina Lundgrens stiftelser.
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  • GÖTEBORG INTERNATIONAL ORGAN FESTIVAL

    October 12-23, 2022

    Voices

     

    It is my distinct pleasure to launch the program of the Göteborg International Organ Festival (GIOF) 2022 with its theme: Voices. We encounter a variety of VOICES with different character, color, and quality in organs of all times. Each organ comprises a unique web of individual voices, stops, that form a sonorous ensemble. Göteborg has a unique ensemble of diverse high-quality organs evoking centuries of our music culture, a distinct and recognized voice among leading international organ cities. Please do join us to celebrate the power of all kinds of voices in music. We present a twelve-day organ feast full of concerts, workshops, presentations, panel discussions, encounters with music from the Renaissance to the present day, improvisation, meditative, experimental, and new music. Enjoy the voices of the world-unique north German baroque organ in Örgryte New Church, the new world-class concert hall organ, and the rich variety of organs in our city. Let a multitude of voices and soundscapes in organ, vocal, and instrumental music from the Renaissance to experimental music of our time inspire you.

     

    We warmly welcome you to Göteborg and the Göteborg International Organ Festival 2022, to a world of passion and tactile sounds for people of all ages, for a future of peace, and for the right of all human beings to raise their Voices.

     

    – Hans Davidsson

    ORGAN, VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE PRESENT DAY
    FEATURING THE ANNIVERSARIES OF CÉSAR FRANCK, JOHANN KUHNAU AND JOHANN ADAM REINCKEN
    THE REPRESSED VOICES OF MUSIC AND THE MUSIC OF MINORITIES
    REGIONAL CHOIR AND ORGAN FESTIVAL AT THE CONCERT HALL
    CONFERENCE ON 17TH- AND 18TH-CENTURY ORGAN ART
    GÖTEBORG YOUTH ORGAN FESTIVAL
    MORNING WORKSHOPS, AFTERNOON SEMINARS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS

     

    RECITALISTS AND PRESENTERS
    Edoardo Bellotti, Lisa Benderius, Stephen Craig, Ulrika Davidsson, Sietze de Vries, My Eklund, Samuel Eriksson, Bengt Forsberg, Anna Maria Friman, Erik Groenestein-Hendriks, Ulrike Heider, Hans Hellsten, Aude Heurtematte, Erland Hildén, Gunnar Idenstam, Anne Johansson, Tommy Jonsson, Erwan Keravec, Magnus Kjellson, Julia-Maria Kretz, Nathan Laube, Anne Laver, Hanna Lindahl, Hampus Lindwall, Mattias Lundberg, Jonas Lundblad, Lisa Oscarsson, Kati Raitinen, Annette Richards, Maria Schildt, Christian Schmitt, Joel Speerstra, Ola Stinnerbom, Marit Torkelson, Joris Verdin, Catalina Vicens, Cecilia Zilliacus, Ylvali Zilliacus, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Servir Antico, Sonneurs, Gageego, Gothenburg Youth Choir, Gothenburg Girls Choir, Gothenburg Symphony Vocal Ensemble, Cantastoria, Choirs from Falköping and Lidköping, Swedish National Ballet School, and others.

     

     

    ORGANS

    Featuring the organs in the Concert Hall, Örgryte New Church, Vasa Church, Haga Church and others.

     

     

    PARTNERS

    ABF, Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble, Gageego!, Gothenburg Art Sounds Festival, Gothenburg 400 Years, Göteborg Baroque, Göteborg Chamber Music Society, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg, Rieger Orgelbau, Sensus, the Church of Sweden, the parishes of Backa, Gothenburg Cathedral, Västra Frölunda, Örgryte, Johanneberg and Masthugget.

     

     

    MAIN SPONSORS

    Gothenburg City Cultural Council, Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, HIGAB, James Collier Orgelbyggeri AB, Karl Nelson Orgelbyggeri, The Swedish Arts Council, The Cultural Committee of Region Västra Götaland, the Church of Sweden, the parishes of Backa, Gothenburg Cathedral, Västra Frölunda, Örgryte, Johanneberg and Masthugget, Lundgrens stiftelser.

     

     

     

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    Programme may be subject to change.

     

     

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    2021 Programme Book

    Your Companion to the Göteborg International Organ Festival
    October 13-24, 2021

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    Encounters

     

    INAUGURATION OF THE NEW CONCERT HALL ORGAN
    WE CELEBRATE MICHAEL PRAETORIUS, JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK AND JEANNE DEMESSIEUX
    CREATIVE COLLISIONS: MUSICAL ENCOUNTERS WITH THE MEAN TONE ORGAN IN ÖRGRYTE NEW CHURCH
     
     
    CONCERTS | LIVE STREAMS | YOUTH ORGAN FESTIVAL | WORKSHOPS | SEMINARS | PANEL DISCUSSIONS
     
    Marathon concerts October 23–24, 2021, in the Göteborg concert hall with 49 organists from all municipalities in Västra Götaland
    New music by B. Tommy Andersson, Henrik Denerin, Martin Herchenröder,
    Madeleine Isaksson, Molly Kien, Tebogo Monnakgotla, Kali Malone, Katt Hernandez among others
     
     
    PARTICIPANTS
     
    Edoardo Bellotti, Lisa Benderius, Manfred Cordes, Kali Malone, Kimberly Marshall, Palle Dahlstedt, Ami Skånberg-Dahlstedt, Ulrika Davidsson, Andreas Edlund, Mikael Fridén, Hans-Ola Ericsson, GSO, Hans Hellsten, Erland Hildén, Per Högberg, Louise Jansson, Sverker Jullander, Magnus Kjellson, Johannes Landgren, Nathan Laube, Jon Liinason, Koos van de Linde, Lina Lindkvist, Hampus Lindwall, Karin Nelson, Paul Peeters, Suzanne Rangstedt, Erik Risberg, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Pia Brinkmann Stenhede, Helene Stensgård Larsson, Tore Sunesson, Ligita Sneibe, Joel Speerstra, Lars Storm, Fredrik Tobin, Atsuko Takano, Stefan Therstam, Åsa och Carl Unander-Scharin, Joris Verdin, Catalina Vicens, Lydia Vroegindeweij, Mattias Wager, Gageego!, GGR Betong, 40f, Schola Gothia and Ulrike Heider
    and many more...
     
     

    During the pandemic, almost all concerts, cultural events, and festivals had to be cancelled. Thanks to live-streaming technology, alternative spaces to meet were created for us. These digital encounters helped our society to function and stay connected. However, our desire for physical meetings, and our need for art and music in times of crisis generated a strong impetus for us to create the theme for this year’s festival: Göteborg International Organ Festival (GIOF) 2021 – ENCOUNTERS. The festival will be performed for live audiences as well as live-streamed around the world.

     

    The organ art brings us together across all borders and boundaries for a multitude of encounters; in concerts, multi-art performances, in artistic, creative, and social processes and interdisciplinary endeavors. Whether we participate in an organ-building workshop for children assembling four hundred parts of an organ-kit in less than an hour, or we work for five years with Rieger Orgelbau and an international reference group to build a new organ for Göteborg Concert Hall, we forget about time and space and engage in creative, musical and social acts. Now, we invite you to join us in a twelve-day organ feast including more than 30 concerts, a two-day marathon concert, the Göteborg Youth Organ Festival, ten workshops, many lectures, panel discussions, and social gatherings.

     

    – The inauguration of the new concert hall organ by Rieger Orgelbau

    – Creative Collisions with the meantone four-manual and pedal organ in Örgryte new church

    – Church Musician's Day, October 18, a continuing education day for organists and church musicians

    – Celebration of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Michael Praetorius, and Jeanne Demessieux

    – New music by more than ten composers

    – More than 30 concerts, 10 workshops, many lectures, panel discussions and social gatherings

     

    The GIOF 2021 begins with the inauguration of the concert hall organ. Gothenburg was founded on June 4, 1621, and the building of a new concert hall organ was initiated as a celebration of the 400th anniversary of our city by HIGAB (Gothenburg Municipality Real Estate Company) and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. The Göteborg International Organ Academy was given the responsibility to spearhead the project.

     

    The first weekend of the festival presents three inaugural concerts with different programs performed by seven organists from five countries, all members of the international reference group for the prrestoroject, and will include premieres of new works by four composers. Bine Bryndorf, Karin Nelson, Hans-Ola Ericsson, Magnus Kjellson, Nathan Laube, Joris Verdin and Hans Davidsson will perform music from four centuries, including new works by Madeleine Isaksson, Molly Kien, Tebogo Monnakgotla, and Martin Herchenröder. On October 21 and 22, Mattias Wager will join the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in the premiere of an organ concerto composed by B. Tommy Andersson. In the second weekend, forty-nine organists, representing all of the municipalities of West Sweden, will perform a two-day marathon concert, and people from across the whole region will join the celebration.

     

    The globally unique four-manual and pedal meantone organ in Örgryte new church will generate many contrasting encounters during the festival; concerts and workshops devoted to the music by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and Michael Praetorius, both celebrating jubilee years, and encounters with composers from different genres who create new music in a series of concerts labelled Creative Collisions, including Kali Malone, Katt Hernandez, Palle Dahlstedt, Hans-Ola Ericsson, Carl and Åsa Unander-Scharin with the Isagel-Suite for Voice (the Vocal Chorder), organ, and dance (the interactive Observer-system) and vocal ensemble, and Henrik Denerin, Atmen sie mit mir, commissioned by the Swedish Radio.

     

    Several concerts, including dance and other art forms, will be presented in the Vasa Church with the recently restored and renovated Eskil Lundén organ (1909/2020). The Brombaugh (1992) and Marcussen/Åkerman & Lund (1861/2004) organs in the Haga Church will be heard in daily concerts at noon followed by lunches, an important gathering point each day.

    The Göteborg Youth Organ Festival will present organ building workshops, organ fairy tales, concerts, the Youth Organ Camp and other activities. The GIOA Young Organ Scholars 2021 will be announced during the festival.

     

    The regional festival program celebrates the rich organ landscape of West Sweden, including the oldest playable organ in Sweden, the Hans Brebos/Elias Wittig organ (1604/1715) in Morlanda Church on the island of Orust.

     

    Morning workshops, afternoon seminars, lectures and panel discussions address a rich variety of themes for organists, scholars, organ builders, and restorers.

     

    Please enjoy the detailed programme and join us for the Göteborg International Organ Festival 2021, a twelve-day organ feast including more than 30 concerts, ten workshops, many lectures, panel discussions and social gatherings – ENCOUNTERS with a world of tactile passion and new sounds - for all!

     
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    Sverker Jullander

    Chairman

    The Göteborg International Organ Academy Association

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    Hans Davidsson

    Artistic Director

    Göteborg International Organ Festival & Academy