The 2022 Waterford International Organ Festival will kick of with 'Fireworks from Aloft', a concert featuring solo works for organ performed by Laura Schlappa. Laura, who is currently studying church music at the University of Music in Detmold, won first prize at the Northern Ireland International Organ Competition in 2020. She has performed recitals at St Pauls Cathedral London, Westminster Abbey, Liverpool and Belfast cathedrals, St Thomas New York and Trinity College Cambridge. In 2018 she won first place in the intermediate competition of Northern Ireland International Organ Competition and in 2019 she won the London Organ Competition. Laura won first prize at the 2020 Northern Ireland International Organ Competition.

Programme

Charles Tournemire – Choral-Improvisation sur le "Victimae paschali”

Louis Vierne – Pièces de Fantaisie op.53 – Clair de lune, and Pièces en style libre en deux livres op.31 – Scherzetto

César Franck – Cantabile from Trois Pièces

Georges Bizet – Carmen-Phantasie paraphrased by Edwin H. Lemare

Charles-Marie Widor – Symphonie Nr. 6 Op. 42, 2 ‘Allegro’, 4 ‘Cantabile’

Jehan Alain – Deuxième Fantaisie

Jean Guillou – Toccata op.9

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Children under the age of 18 attend for free when accompanied by a ticket holder.

This festival is made possible through the generous support of the Arts Council and Waterford City and County Council.

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