Performers
Daniel Gabčo organ
Slovak Chamber Orchestra
Ewald Danel artistic leader
Program
Matthew Martin
St Albans Triptych
Jehan Alain
Variations on Lucis Creator
Olivier Messiaen
Apparition de l'église éternelle
Jean Guillou
Hymnus, Op. 72
Ľuboš Gabčo
Sinfonia for organ and string orchestra
Theo Flury
Concerto in A for organ, strings and tympanum ad libitum
You could hear and see him behind the organ in the Philharmonic during several symphony concerts. A protégé of Imrich Szabó and Ján Vladimír Michalko, the young organist Daniel Gabčo will make his public debut as a soloist. The Sinfonia from the creative workshop of his brother Ľuboš Gabčo and the Concerto in A by the Swiss composer and priest Theo Flury will be the focal pieces of the concert. In these works the organ will also be accompanied by the Slovak Chamber Orchestra. Olivier Messiaen, Jean Guillou, and Jehan Alain represent the dominant French organ music tradition of the 20th century. The St. Albans Triptych by Matthew Martin was commissioned by the organ festival in St. Albans and serves as a musical remembrance of the British organist Peter Hurford.