You are invited to a fabulous, family-friendly organ concert for all ages, organized by the members of the RCCO Victoria Centre.
Click on this Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/events/654202658823581 to watch the concert live starting at 6 pm on Saturday.
See the program notes below for more information about the repertoire played by 8 organists on 6 different organs in Alberta and BC.
Programme
J.S. Bach, Toccata and Fugue in d-minor (BWV 565)
Marnie Giesbrect and Joachim Segger (Edmonton)
Healy Willan, Introduction (from Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue)
Leanne Fidan (Edmonton)
Tomaso Albinoni, Adagio in g-Minor
Colin Redekop (Calgary)
Michael Dirk, Medley on Phantom of the Opera/Star Wars/The Simpsons
Michael Dirk (Vancouver)
Louis Vierne, Prélude (from Symphony no. 1, op. 14)
Angelique Po (Vancouver)
Camille Saint-Saens, Danse Macabre (arr. David Cameron)
Donald Hunt and Mark McDonald (Victoria)
Performers’ Biographies and Instruments
Marnie Giesbrecht and Joachim Segger (Edmonton)
Biography: http://www.duomajoya.com
Organ by Letourneau - West Edmonton Christian Reformed Church
Leanne Fidan (Edmonton) is the treasurer for the RCCO Edmonton Center and a very enthusiastic amateur organist. She has been taking organ lessons with Dr. Marnie Giesbrecht for the past 4 years. More than 20 years ago Leanne studied with Suzanne Gibson (Victoria) and Ed Norman (Vancouver) and has been very grateful to have received RCCO scholarships.
Colin Redekop (Calgary) is the Assistant Organist of Christ Church Calgary. He holds the Master of Music degree in Organ Performance from the University of Calgary, where he studied with Dr. Neil Cockburn. Colin has served the RCCO as a Regional Director, Travelling Clinician, President of the Calgary Centre, and member of the 2018 Calgary Organ Festival Planning Committee.
Organ by Gabriel Kney - http://christchurchcalgary.org/
Michael Dirk (Vancouver)
Biography: http://organblaster.ca/
Organ by Hallman - https://www.stjohnsshaughnessy.org/music/
Angelique Po (Vancouver)
Biography: https://angeliquepo.com/
Organ - Home Hauptwerk organ with the Sonus Paradisi Caen - St. Etienne sample set (Cavaillé-Coll): https://www.sonusparadisi.cz/en/organs/france/caen-st-etienne.html
Donald Hunt and Mark McDonald (Victoria)
Donald’s Biography: https://www.christchurchcathedral.bc.ca/users/donald-hunt
Mark’s Biography: https://www.mark-mcdonald.ca/
Organ by Hellmuth Wolff - https://www.christchurchcathedral.bc.ca/music/the-organ
Concert Production Team
Jenny Vincent (Producer and Concert Organizer)
Paul Vincent (Poster Design)
Ron Vermeulen (DragonFly Mobile Recording; Video Editing)
Susanne Reul-Zastre (Program Notes)
Kathleen Edge (Publicity)
Donald Hunt & Mark McDonald (Live-streaming)
We appreciate donations to the Victoria Centre to offset the video production cost of this concert.
Link (online tax receipt): https://www.rcco.ca/page-18452