Saturday Concert: Martin Schmeding
Saturday 21 May 2022, 5.30pm
St Albans Cathedral
Felix Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave), op.26 arranged by Martin Schmeding
JS Bach Choral Prelude ‘Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr’, BWV 663, Canto fermo in Tenore from Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes
Modest Mussorgsky Night on bald Mountain (Symphonic Poem) arranged by Zsigmond Szathmáry
Akira Nishimura Vision in flames
Olivier Messiaen IV. Communion ‘Les oiseaux et les sources’, from Messe de la Pentecôte
Marcel Dupré Évocation, op.37: III. Allegro deciso
Vito Žuraj Etude V from ‘Best-of-Five’
Max Reger Choral Fantasia ‘Halleluja! Gott zu loben, bleibe meine Seelenfreud’!’, op.52 no.3
Martin Schmeding is Chair of Artistic Organ Playing at the University of Music and Theatre ‘Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’ in Leipzig, and director of the European Organ Academy.
The St Albans International Organ Festival presents monthly Saturday concerts around the year.
Admission and programme are free.