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Professor of Organ at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University for Music & Theatre in Leipzig, Martin Schmeding is one of the most sought-after concert organists in Europe. He presents a programme with a symphonic sweep, including the "Great" Fantasia & Fugue in G minor by JS Bach and one of Max Reger's last works - composed on a vast dynamic plane (from pppp to ffff)!
This latest organ prom is a special opportunity to step into the tranquility of the Temple at the weekend and experience the church's 'Rolls-Royce' of an organ in the hands of a celebrated international recitalist.
Mendelssohn: Overture “The Beautiful Melusine” Op. 32 (arr. Schmeding)
Karg-Elert: from “Seven Pastels from the Lake of Constance” Op. 96:
I. The Soul of the Lake
Bach: Fantasy and Fugue in G minor BWV 542
Beethoven: Fantasy Op. 77 (arr. Schmeding)
Janáček: Postlude from “Glagolitic Mass”
Reger: Fantasy and Fugue D minor Op. 135b
The performance lasts approximately 60 minutes (without interval).
"Breathtakingly virtuosic and full of genuine life"
The Organ"Martin Schmeding’s playing is superlatively good – good enough to allow you to forget there is someone working the instrument and providing 100% transparency for the music"
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