Johannes Skoog (Schweden), Orgel

International Organ Summer

Johann Sebastian Bach Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 29 (arranged for organ by Marcel Dupré)
Franz Liszt Les Préludes (arranged for organ by Nathan Laube)
César Franck Fantaisie
Maurice Ravel Ondine from Gaspard de la nuit (arranged for organ by Ryan Kennedy)
Michael Nyman Fourths, Mostly

followed by an artists' get-together in the organ loft

Johannes Skoog was recently appointed royal court organist by the Swedish king - at the age of 33. He studied in Stockholm, Stuttgart and Paris, where he was the only student to date to receive the highest grade for organ interpretation in both master's years. In 2024, he won first prize and the Bach Prize at the Canadian International Organ Competition. In the final, he impressed with an arrangement of Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit, in which the organ can show what impressionistic timbres it is capable of. This work can also be heard here - framed by Baroque and Romantic arrangements as well as Michael Nyman's (*1944) minimalist Fourths, Mostly.