Organ and Violin Edmonton Symphony Orchestra This richly romantic afternoon features Brahms’ Third Symphony, Alexandre Guilmant’s rich and powerful Symphonie No. 1 for Organ and Orchestra, and the tender Romance for Violin by Antonín Dvořák. Triune (Grief/Peace/Liberation) was one of the works commissioned by the ESO from Principal Trombone and former Composer in Residence John McPherson. Conductor Sara Jobin, who previously led the ESO with the Edmonton Opera, makes her Winspear Centre debut. Sunday, November 24, 2019, 2:00pm Winspear Center, Edmonton, Canada
Bright Bottles, First Tableau A new of opera Premiere of the first tableau of Bright Bottles, set in the modern era in Houston, Texas. The event will also feature incidental music from the second tableau, Messiaen's Ascension suite for organ, and an improvisation on the Edyth Bates Old Grand Organ. April 14, 2019, 7:30pm Edyth Bates Old Organ and Recital Hall, Houston, USA
King of Instruments Solo Organ Recital An organ recital featuring orchestral repertoire for the organ by Mendelssohn, Ravel, Elgar and Wagner, French organ virtuosos Demessieux, Vierne and Messiaen, as well as excerpts from Allwood's, Elevator Music Suite. April 4, 2019, 7:30pm Edyth Bates Old Organ and Recital Hall
UK Spring Recital Tour Solo Organ Recitals The programs will premiere the scherzo from Allwood's organ suite, Elevator Music, and include repertoire such as the Tannhäuser Overture by Richard Wagner, Schoenberg's Organ Variations, op. 40, Bach's Passacaglia, BWV 582 and more.
University of St. Andrews, St. Salvator's Chapel, Fife, Scotland March 5, 2019, 1:00pm
King's College Chapel, Cambridge, UK March 9, 2019, 6:40pm
Great St. Mary's, Cambridge, UK March 12, 2019, 12:00pm
St. Stephen Walbrook, London, UK March 15, 2019, 12:30pm
St. George's Hanover Square, London, UK March 19, 2019, 1:10pm
St. Mary's Church, Fetchmam, UK March 24, 6:30pm
St. Michael's Cornhill, London, UK March 25, 2019, 1:00pm
Austin Chapter Recital Solo Organ A recital featuring orchestral transcriptions and solo organ repertoire. February 18, 2019, 7:00pm University Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas Houston Civic Symphony at St. Martin's Organ with orchestra A concert with the Houston Civic Symphony orchestra, featuring Stanford's Concert piece for organ and orchestra, op. 181. January 18, 2019, 7:30pm St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Houston, Texas
2018
Alors maintenant, je dors All Bach Recital on Historical Instruments An all Bach concert featuring Mikayla Jensen-Large, a baroque-period orchestra and several other musicians from the Montreal area. Highlights include a new orchestration of Bach's canonic variations on Vom himmel hoch, BWV 769 by Rashaan Allwood and Vergnügte ruh, beliebte seelenlust BWV 170. December 4, 2018, 7:30pm Redpath Hall, Montreal, Canada
Death and Eternity Organ Recital A program featuring meditations on death, including Bach's Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582, Schoenberg's Variations on a Recitative for Organ, op. 40 and works by Brahms and Schumann. November 24 2018, 5:00pm St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig, Germany
And now I sleep All Bach Recital Repertoire includes organ works BWV 540 and 526, and cantata BWV 170, Vernügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust. Featuring performers from Rice University and the Houston area. November 18, 2018, 8:00pm Palmer Memorial Episcopalian Church, Houston, Texas
Unconditional A wedding recital for Rachel Mahon An organ recital dedicated to my first organ teacher and good friend. Featuring works by Elgar, Wagner, Mendelssohn, Vierne, Faure and Demessieux. October 16, 2018, 7:30pm Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Toronto, ON
Scherzo - Puck's tale Organ Recital A recital featuring the personality of Puck from A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare, a character who always tries to do the right thing but often ends up confusing others. Repertoire by Mendelssohn, Vierne, Faure and Elgar. October 14, 2018, 12:00pm Christ Church Woodbridge, Woodbridge, Ontario
Rashaan Allwood at St. Paul's Bloor Canadian International Organ Competition Concerts Come visit Toronto's largest church and winner of the Heritage Toronto Award! Rashaan Allwood, Toronto child prodigy turned virtuosic organist, is back in Toronto for a free concert. He will be honouring the church's English organ with a program of lush and exciting English and German music. Elgar, Brahms and Wagner works will thrill both organ lovers and those looking for a fun, free concert! July 15, 2018; 3:00pm St. Paul's Bloor, Toronto, ON
Orchestra to Organ Yorkminster Park Baptist Church Noonhour Recital Series A recital showcasing the organ as an orchestra, featuring orchestral transcriptions of Wagner by English composer, Edwin Lemarre. May 23, 2018; 12:30pm Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Toronto, ON'
Die Profundis McGill Graduating Recital The works being performed follow the German Romantic tradition, and reflect on darkness, depression and death as a necessary part of growth and enlightenment. The contrast-unity in these concepts is portrayed musically with composers like Brahms vs. Wagner, opposing styles which were later seen as developments towards a single goal - as parts of the same whole. May 2, 2018, 4:00pm L'Oratoire St. Joseph, Montreal, Quebec
Beyond Bach - German Romanticism and the Organ Concours d'Orque de Québec Prize A recital featuring works inspired by the revival of German organ music, with works by Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms and Schoenberg. A trio sonata for solo organ by Bach that helped inspire this renewed interest in the organ will also be featured on this program. March 18, 2018, 2:00pm Eglise St-Martyrs-Canadiene de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec
Le Bal des Enfants Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal The OSM’s Bal des enfants, the great Montréal celebration of orchestral music for 5 to 12 year olds, returns to the Maison Symphonique de Montreal. The OSM and its spokesperson, Patrice Bélanger, invite families to join them for another concert-event dedicated entirely to children. Under the theme of Little Red Riding Hood, this fifth edition of the Bal des enfants will be under the honorary presidency of Marie-Pier Germain, Operations Director, Group Germain Hotels, Louis-Simon Ménard, President, CEO & Executive producer, Digital Dimension and Eve Miron, Merchandising Director, Bouclair. The concert will feature excerpts from Olivier Messiaen's L'Ascension for solo organ. March 17, 2018, 1:oopm Maison Symphonique, Montreal, Quebec
Concert in the Dark: A Sound Experience Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal With the orchestra hidden behind a curtain and the hall plunged into darkness, you’ll be left with only music to whisk you back to the 1960s, with, among others, the premiere of a work for electric guitar and orchestra by John Anthony Lennon. Featuring Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra and Bach's Toccata in D minor, BWV 565 February16, 2018, 9:oopm Maison Symphonique, Montreal, Quebec
Nouvelle Generation - Orgue Sunday Concert Series A recital featuring Canadian organ works, written in the past thirty years, by Jacques Hetu and Raymond Daveluy, as well as works by Bach, Schumann and Vierne. January 28, 2018; 3:30pm Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal, Montreal, QC
2017
Noonhour Recital Yorkminster Park Baptist Church Noonhour Recital Series A recital showcasing the French and German romantic style of organ music, featuring works by Schumann and Vierne. December 13, 2017; 7:00pm Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Toronto, ON The Magnificence of Bach and Mozart Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Pre-Concert Recital Series As part of the Bach Festival, this pre-concert recital will feature works by Bach including the Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 and the Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel Hoch da komm' ich her, BWV 769, as well as canonic works and B-A-C-H fugues by Robert Schumann, and neo-baroque works written for originally for fortepiano, by W.A. Mozart. November 21 and 23, 2017; 7:00pm Maison Symphonique, Montreal, Quebec For the Birds Classical Context A multi-media recital that will feature works by Messiaen based in bird song, with tributes to Canadian landscapes - artwork by Avery Kua. Featuring a newly commissioned work by Alondra Vega-Zaldivar. October 27, 2017; 8:00pm/October 28, 2017; 7:oopm Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, ON/Heron Park Baptist Church RCCO Opening Concert Royal Canadian College of Organists - Calgary Concert Series September 23, 2017, 7:00pm Knox United Church, Calgary, Alberta
New Directions Festival Internationales, les Heures d'Orgue de Saint-Pierre A recital featuring organ pieces by composers, that took the repertoire in new directions. Works by Alain, Reger and Hétu. August 5, 2017, 6:00pm Cathédrale de St. Pierre, Geneva, Switzerland
Des Oiseaux Westben Arts Festival A multi-media recital that will feature works by Messiaen based in bird song, with tributes to Canadian landscapes - artwork by Avery Kua. July 21, 2017; 7:00pm Westben Arts Festival Theatre, Campbellford, ON
L'Ascension and Trois Danses Montreal Organ Festival A recital featuring two monumental suites by Jehan Alain and Olivier Messiaen. July 4, 2017; 12:00pm St. James United, Montreal, Quebec
Concours d'Orgue de Quebec Final Round - First Prize and Best Interpretation of a Canadian Piece June 15, 2017; 1:30pm Eglise St-Martyrs-Canadiene de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec
L'Ascension Yorkminster Park Baptist Church Noonhour Recital Series A recital featuring Messiaen's suite transcribed for organ. May 24, 2017; 12:30pm Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Toronto, ON
Der Virtuose Isabelle McGaughey Prize Recital The virtuoso German organ style has its roots in the technique of the Renaisaance North German composers and arguably culminates in the twentieth century organ reform movement. This recital demonstrates an exciting sample of this tradition. May 28, 2017; 3:00pm St. Joseph's Presbyterian Church, Cornwall, Ontario. Wach Auf! First Year Master Recital Reger's chorale fantasy on Wachet Auf is arguably one of the masterworks of his entire oeuvre. This recital features this epic work, alongside organ works inspired by the themes in Nicolai's chorale, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme. May 19, 2017; 5:00pm Eglise St-Jean Baptiste, Montreal, Quebec
Lynnwood Farnam Organ Competition Finals - Second prize May 3, 2017; 6:00pm Church of St-Andrew and St-Paul, Montreal, Quebec
Prélude à la Saison 17/18 Donors Concert with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Teasers of the OSM's upcoming season, featuring excerpts of Saint-Saen's Christmas Oratorio for organ, orchestra, choir and soloists. May 1, 2017; 7:00pm Maison Symphonique, Montreal, Quebec
Developing Variation Sunday Concert Series A recital showcasing the development of the variation style in the German organ tradition. Ranging from Sweelinck's short secular variations to Reger's monumental chorale fantasies. March 24, 2017; 3:30pm Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal, Montreal, QC
Bach in Italy L'Oasis Musicale Concert Series A recital featuring compositions by Bach influenced by the Italian baroque style. March 11, 2017; 4:30pm Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, QC
Of The Voice St. Paul's Cathedral Sunday Organ Recital Series A recital of romantic organ music inspired by Catholic and Lutheran hymnody and chant. February 12, 2017; 4:45pm St. Paul's Cathedral, London, UK
The Wadden Sea International Organ Competition Finals - Second Prize January 14-21, 2017 Ribe Domkirke, Ribe, Denmark
2016
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church Noonhour Recital Series Late 19th and early 20th century fantasies on Advent hymn tunes. December 14, 2016; 12:30pm Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Toronto, ON
Awake a voice is calling: A musical introduction to Humanism in Christianity Variations and Fantasies for Organ on Advent hymns by Bruhns, Reger, and Mendelssohn. December 2, 2016; 7:30pm St. Basil's Church, Toronto, ON December 11, 2016; 3:00pm First-St. Andrews United Church, London, ON
OSM Manulife Competition Finals - First Prize, Organ Category November 21, 2016 Maison Symphonique, Montreal QC
La Musique d'Allemande McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series Music by High Baroque German composers, Bach and Bruhns - with a French accent. The program will be performed on the beautiful French Classical Organ of Redpath Hall. November 4, 2016, 12:30pm Redpath Hall, Montreal, QC
Stylus Phantasticus Graduating Recital Series High German baroque organ music, featuring works by Weckmann, Buxtehude and Bach. April 29, 2016; 7:30pm Knox College Chapel, Toronto, ON
French Connection Graduating Recital Series French organ music from the first half of the twentieth century with works by Vierne, Messiaen and Duruflé. April 16, 2016; 7:30pm St. Basil’s Church, Toronto, ON
Birds of Spring Graduating Recital Series Piano music themed on birdsong and nature with works by Beethoven, Liszt, Granados, Ravel and Messiaen. March 26, 2016; 7:30pm Walter Hall, Toronto, ON
Messiaen by Candlelight L'Oasis Musicale Concert Series Works for solo piano, organ and voice by Messiaen, featuring mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo. February 27, 2016; 4:30pm Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, QC
A Woman's Life and Love Heron Park Baptist Church Concert Series Schumann’s Frauenliebe und –leben and other song selections, featuring mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo. February 20, 2016; 7:00pm Heron Park Baptist Church, Toronto, ON
A Valentine’s Day Recital Schumann’s Frauenliebe und –leben and other song selections, featuring mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo. February 14, 2016; 2:30pm First St. Andrew’s Church, London, ON
“A Love Letter from Messiaen” Junction Trio Concert Series Messiaen’s Poémes pour Mi and other song selections, featuring mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo. February 12, 2016; 7:30pm St. Anne’s Anglican Church, Toronto, ON
Songs of Love Canadian Opera Company Free Concert Series Excerps of Messiaen's Poemes pour Mi, Schumann's Frauenliebe -und Leben and other songs inspired by love. Featuring mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo. February 11, 2016; 12:10pm Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Toronto, ON
St. James Cathedral Organ Recital Series Excerpts from Vierne’s Organ Symphony no. 6, op. 59 and Messiaen’s L’ascension pour orgue. February 9, 2016; 1:00pm St. James Cathedral, Toronto, ON
Noon at Met Recital Series Organ music from the early twentieth century, including works by Eben, Messiaen and Vierne. January 28, 2016; 12:15pm Metropolitan United Church, Toronto, ON
2015
La Nativité du Seigneur Lecture-recital on Olivier Messiaen’s first organ suite. December 11, 2015; 7:30pm St. Basil’s Church, Toronto, ON
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church Noonhour Recital Series German Romantic organ music, including works by Liszt and Brahms. November 9, 2015; 12:30pm Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Toronto, ON
The Keyboard Music of France Masterworks of the French keyboard repertoire by Franck, Fauré, Rameau, Messiaen, Poulenc, Rameau and D'anglebert. April 11, 2015; 3:00pm Walter Hall, Toronto, ON
The Works of César Franck Works for piano, violin and organ by Franck featuring mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo, soprano, Clarisse Tonigussi and violinist Christine Yoo February 20, 2015; 12:30pm St. Basil’s Church, Toronto, ON