Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 2:30 PM
– The Boston Musical Intelligencer
Assistant Professor of Music at the Eastman School of Music, concert organist Nathan Laube has quickly earned a place among the organ world’s elite performers. His brilliant playing and gracious demeanor have thrilled audiences and presenters across the United States and in Europe, and his creative programming of repertoire spanning five centuries, including his own virtuoso transcriptions of orchestral works, have earned high praise from critics and peers alike.
Program:
Toccata in E, BWV 566 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Three Psalm Preludes, Set 1, Op. 32 Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
No. 3: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I shall fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff
they comfort me.” (Psalm 23, verse 4)
Cortège et Litanie, Op. 19, No. 2 Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
Prelude in G-minor (Alla marcia), Op. 23, No. 5 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Transcription by Gottfried H. Federlein
Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses, S. 173, No. 7 Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Funérailles Transcription by Nathan Laube
Suite pour Orgue,Op. 5 Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Prélude
Sicilienne
Toccata
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