Openingsconcert Festival The Roaring Twenties: Orgelsolo In De Jaren '20

 

At the opening concert of the Festival The Roaring Twenties, master organist Leo van Doeselaar plays a selection of compositions from the 1920s, primarily by German and French composers. You'll hear works by Poulenc, Satie, Milhaud, Jarnach, Janacek, and Hindemith.

 

Executive

Leo van Doeselaar, organ and grand piano

 

Programme

At the Sauer organ:

Charles Ives (1874-1954) - Variations on “America” (1891)

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) - Praeludium (1918)

 

At the Erard grand piano:

Paul Hindemith - Boston from Suite 1922 

Erik Satie (1866-1925) - Le Piège de Méduse (1921)

   Quadrille

   Valse

   Pas vite

   Mazurka

   Un peu vif

   Polka

   Quadrille

Erik Satie - Ragtime from Parade (1917)

(arr. for piano by Hans Ourdine, 1919)

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) - Mouvements Perpétuels (1918)

   Assez modéré

   Très modéré

   Alerte

 

At the Sauer-organ:

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) - 5 Préludes, op.231b (1942)

   Animé

   Paisible et Pastoral

   Animé

   Modéré

   Vif

William Walton (1902-1983) - Popular Song from Façade (1926)

 

Philipp Jarnach (1892-1982) - Konzertstück (Romancero III), op.21(1928)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) - 3 Easy Pieces (1915)

(for piano duet, left hand easy)

   March

   Waltz (à Erik Satie)

   Polka (à Serge Diaghilev)

Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) - from Sinfonietta JW 6/18 (1926)

   Andante con moto

   Fanfare

   (Rathaus, Brno)

(arr for organ by Bert van Stam and Leo van Doeselaar)

 

Under the banner of The Roaring Twenties, the Orgelpark presents a weekend of five concerts reminiscent of the turbulent period in the arts a century ago, a time of relative political stability when anything seemed possible. A time when jazz and swing influences from America blended with European styles. Bertolt Brecht developed new forms of (musical) theater, Darius Milhaud wrote "La Creation du Monde," which fused jazz with traditional chamber music. Film and film music flourished, and American George Gershwin's star soared. Under the banner of The Roaring Twenties, we present you with a carefully curated selection of concerts that still echo those turbulent years in the arts.

 

 

Foto: Daria Vinogradova