Saturday 21 March, 12:00
(Doors open at 11:30)
Oslo Cathedral

Adult: 300 NOK
Senior/student: 200 NOK
Child: 100 NOK

Duration: approx. 1 hour

ORGAN CONCERT WITH STEFAN DONNER

Donner in Oslo Cathedral

The Austrian organist Stefan Donner has made a name for himself as a concert organist and garnered international recognition. This is his first time visiting the festival. At the concert in Oslo Cathedral, he will present a beautiful and varied program. Mozart’s Allegro and Andante, KV 608, and Eine kleine Gigue, KV 574 combine a classical form with playful counterpoint, while Bach’s Sonata in D minor, BWV 527 represents the trio sonata’s balance between voice-leading and structure. Franz Schmidt’s four chorale preludes continue the German chorale tradition, and the concert concludes with Max Reger’s Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, Op. 135b, a work combining Bach’s polyphonic heritage with romantic intensity and harmonic complexity.

• PROGRAM

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791):
  Allegro and Andante in F major, KV 608
  Eine kleine Gigue, KV 574
  

  
  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750):
  “Sonata in D minor”, BWV 527
  1. Andante
  2. Adagio e dolce
  3. Vivace
  
  Franz Schmidt (1874–1939):
  “Vier kleinen Choralvorspiele” (1926)
  1. O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort
  2. Was mein Gott will
  3. O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen
  4. Nun danket alle Gott

  
  Max Reger (1873–1916):
  Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, op. 135 b

• Stefan Donner

  Stefan Donner is a trained organist and harpsichordist from the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and Eastman School of Music in Rochester. Donner has made a name for himself as a concert organist, and distinguished himself through competitions such as Franz Schmidt Organ Competition, where he was awarded first place. Donner has a thriving solo career as an organist, and visits concert venues all over the world.

Photo: Philip Lickley