Pipeworks From the Organ Loft 2.0 - Alan Smale & David Leigh
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About this event
Alan Smale: Violin | David Leigh: Organ
Filmed at Dublin Unitarian Church
PROGRAMME:
Giordani. Sonata No 3 in B flat Major “For Harpsichord or Organ with an accompaniment for the Violin”
Telemann Partita No 3 in C minor
Leighton Fantasia on the Chorale Es ist genug
Karg-Elert Pastorale for Violin and Organ Op 48b
Rheinberger Suite in C minor Op 166
Alan Smale, one of the country’s leading instrumentalists and former leader of the National Symphony Orchestra, teams up with Artistic Director David Leigh in a varied and virtuosic programme of music for violin and organ, including Kenneth Leighton’s masterful, and rarely heard, Fantasia on a Chorale.
Tickets: €10 | Streamed on You Tube and available for subsequent on-demand viewing for 7 days.
Organiser Pipeworks
Organiser of Pipeworks From the Organ Loft 2.0 - Alan Smale & David Leigh
From its beginnings in 1980 as the Dublin International Organ Festival, Pipeworks has brought to Irish audiences a diverse programme of music-making with the organ at its centre, fully exploiting not only the wonderful range of instruments to be found in Ireland, but the splendid cathedrals, churches and concert halls which house them.
Since 1980 Pipeworks has mounted fifteen major ten-day festivals, centred on the International Organ Competition which attracts young virtuosi from every corner of the world. These festivals have secured Ireland a respected position in the international organ-playing scene and enhanced the appreciation of Irish audiences for the King of Instruments, its unique and thrilling repertoire and the extraordinary talent of its players.
With the new artistic director David Leigh at the helm, Pipeworks continues to explore Ireland’s organ heritage, and develop an education and outreach programme designed to introduce people to the organ, nurturing young talent and helping local communities showcase their own instruments. Pipeworks continues to present ground-breaking series of complete works, including those of J.S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Dieterich Buxtehude and Olivier Messiaen, as well as the complete organ symphonies of Louis Vierne; all given by organists resident in Ireland.
