October 24, 1983

1982 Haarlem Organ Festival and Competition, Part 3 #8304

…more performances by entrants in the improvisation contest, recorded at the De Doelen Concert Hall, Rotterdam (organ by Flentrop).

This program contains more performances by entrants in the improvisation contest, recorded at the De Doelen Concert Hall, Rotterdam (organ by Flentrop). Each is heard in his competing improvisation upon a given theme, a modernist graphic (below) provided by avant-garde composer Enrique Raxach, as well as the following repertoire:

EGIL HOVLAND: Toccata on the Introit Exsultate Deo. OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Choral de la Sainte Montagne. TORSTEN NILSSON: Linguae tamquam ignis --Lars Aberg (Sweden)

J.S. BACH: Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor, S. 582 --Johannes Mayr (West Germany)