30 NOVEMBER 2019
Presentation recital of the new hybrid church organ of the German Church of Athens, on Saturday 30 November 2019 at 20:00
Christos Paraskevopoulos and the church organ of the German Church overcome old boundaries and open new musical horizons. The combination of the pipes together with the new digital part, create an innovation in sound and are a revolution in the field of church organ manufacturing by greatly increasing their sound capabilities.
1) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621):
Ballo del Granduca
2) Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643):
Toccata per l'Elevazione (Cunctipotens Genitor Deus) from Fiori Musicali
3) Matthias Weckmann (1616-1674):
Fantasia in d minor
4) Georg Muffat (1653-1704):
Toccata No. 1 in D minor from Apparatus Musico-organisticus
5) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Choral Prelude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659, from Leipziger Chorälen (Leipzig Chorals)
6) Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707):
Prelude and Fugue in F sharp minor BuxWV 146
7) Louis Vierne (1870-1937):
First movement Allegro from the Second Symphony for organ, opus 20
8) Théodore Dubois (1837-1924):
Fiat Lux from the 12 Pièces nouvelles pour orgue (12 new pieces for organ)
9) Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897):
Prière & Toccata from the Gothic Suite, work 25
10) Sigfrid Karg Elert (1877-1933):
Mit Ernst, O Menschenkinder, from “Choral-Improvisationen für Orgel”, op. 65 No. 9
11) Sigfrid Karg Elert:
Nun danket alle Gott, from “Choral-Improvisationen für Orgel”, op. 65 No. 59
12) Pavlos Ventouras (1951):
Die Glocken der Deutschen Kirche in Athen (The Bells of the German Church in Athens)
German Church of Athens
Christos Paraskevopoulos and the church organ of the German Church overcome old boundaries and open new musical horizons. The combination of the pipes together with the new digital part, create an innovation in sound and are a revolution in the field of church organ manufacturing by greatly increasing their sound capabilities.
1) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621):
Ballo del Granduca
2) Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643):
Toccata per l'Elevazione (Cunctipotens Genitor Deus) from Fiori Musicali
3) Matthias Weckmann (1616-1674):
Fantasia in d minor
4) Georg Muffat (1653-1704):
Toccata No. 1 in D minor from Apparatus Musico-organisticus
5) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Choral Prelude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659, from Leipziger Chorälen (Leipzig Chorals)
6) Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707):
Prelude and Fugue in F sharp minor BuxWV 146
7) Louis Vierne (1870-1937):
First movement Allegro from the Second Symphony for organ, opus 20
8) Théodore Dubois (1837-1924):
Fiat Lux from the 12 Pièces nouvelles pour orgue (12 new pieces for organ)
9) Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897):
Prière & Toccata from the Gothic Suite, work 25
10) Sigfrid Karg Elert (1877-1933):
Mit Ernst, O Menschenkinder, from “Choral-Improvisationen für Orgel”, op. 65 No. 9
11) Sigfrid Karg Elert:
Nun danket alle Gott, from “Choral-Improvisationen für Orgel”, op. 65 No. 59
12) Pavlos Ventouras (1951):
Die Glocken der Deutschen Kirche in Athen (The Bells of the German Church in Athens)