Course 4

Organ repertoire by Johann Sebastian Bach II by Prof. Manuel Tomadin

Dates: July 20-24 (1st week)

Description
Although Bach himself was not a foreign traveller, he was clearly inspired by composers from other countries. He copied and studied scores by foreign composers, listened to their music and integrated their musical language into his own works. He was a great fan of Vivaldi, for example. It is clear that Bach’s organ arrangements of concerts by this Italian master strongly influenced his own works. Manuel Tomadin is an expert on the “Italian Bach”. He will discuss the organ pieces with transalpine elements and the sources of these influences.

Repertoire List
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue C-major BWV 564
Toccata and Fugue D-minor BWV 538
Preludes and Fugues A-minor BWV 543, G-major BWV 541
Fantasia G-major BWV 571, Fantasia and Fugue G-minor BWV 542
Concertos A-minor BWV 593, D-minor BWV 596
Pastorella F-major BWV 590
Sonatas BWV 525-530

Choose which pieces from this list you want to prepare and let us know by sending an email to office@organfestival.nl. Please note that the playing time per student is limited and that we cannot guarantee that you can play all your preferred pieces. Nevertheless, choose approximately 3-5 pieces so that the professor can compile an attractive course program.
If we do not receive notification of your prepared pieces, your registration will be changed to passive.

This course can not be combined with:
[3b] Organ repertoire by Jehan Alain and Maurice Duruflé (Mantoux)

(3a)

About Manuel Tomadin
The Italian organist Manuel Tomadin graduated in piano, organ and harpsichord. He devotes himself to the executive practices of the Renaissance and Baroque music. Besides his recital activities, he recorded several CD's on historical organs. Manuel Tomadin teaches organ and harpsichord at the Conservatorio di Musica ‘G. Tartini’ in Trieste and in many Summer academies. He is organist of the Luteran Church of Triest. He won many prizes in international competitions and in 2011 he was Winner of the Grand Prix d’ ECHO in the Alkmaar Schnitger Competition. He is artistic director of the Organ International Festival in Udine and Antonio Vivaldi Festival of Trieste.