Introducing Johannes Skoog #2607
. . . performances by Sweden’s Royal Court Organist First Prize and Bach Prize Winner of the 2024 Canadian International Organ Competition and Royal Swedish Organist.
Hour 1
NICOLAUS BRUHNS: Praeludium in e*
BENGT HAMBRAEUS: Caprice sur les timbres de quinte et tierce, fr Livre d’orgue Vol. IV
FRANZ LISZT (trans. Laube): Les Préludes
Filler - BRUHNS (see above)
Hour 2
J. S. BACH: Allein Gott in der Höh (Trio), BWV 664*
MAURICE RAVEL: Ondine, fr Gaspard de la nuit**
JEAN-LOUIS FLORENTZ: L’enfant noir
GASTON LITAIZE: Scherzo (vi.), fr Douze Pieces
BACH: Prelude & Fugue in e, BWV 548*
MARCEL DUPRÉ: The world awaiting the Savior, fr Symphonie Passion
Filler - LISZT (see above)
Johannes Skoog took First Prize in the 2024 Canadian International Organ Competition. He is heard in performances from the semi-final and final round of the CIOC, playing the 1961 Rudolf von Beckerath organ at Immaculate Conception Church (*), the 1915-1996 Casavant organ at the Church of Saint John the Baptist (**), and the 2014 Casavant at the Maison Symphonique, all in Montreal.
Mr. Skoog will appear in concerts at the Museum Center in Cincinnati, OH (February 25), at Augustana Lutheran Church in West Saint Paul, MN (February 27), and 1st Presbyterian Church, Dallas, TX (March 1) and in a master class at the University of North Texas, Denton, TX (March 2).
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