INTERNATIONAL ORGAN CONCERT SERIES @ ST. MARK'S CHURCH 2016
In 2016 we are celebrating the first, albeit small, but certainly significant anniversary marking exactly 5 years since inauguration of the new organ at the St. Mark's Church. Each anniversary is an opportunity to celebrate, but also to look back and analyze everything behind us, as well as think about future. First of all, we should thank our Rector, msgr. Franjo Prstec – for his audacity and willingness to engage in the purchase of the new instrument – as well as to many known and unknown benefactors and friends of the Church of St. Mark, who were in favor of setting up the new organ. Among them is one person whose strong support meant especially a lot, Croatian composer and organist Anđelko Klobučar, who celebrates his 85th birthday, another important anniversary this year! It will be on the eve of his birthday anniversary that his Musica Festiva will be performed again after almost 30 years after its premiere, at this year's festival, by another prominent Croatian organist (with the US home address), Željko Marasović. Written for Marasović, Musica Festiva will give us opportunity to hear this organist with rich international career after almost 30 years of absence in front of Zagreb audience.
With the instalation of the new organ at St. Mark's Church, both Zagreb and Croatia obtained a high-quality instrument, as evidenced by the praises of many European and international artists – many among them professors at prestigious music universities and organists of important European cathedrals – who have had the opportunity to touch it in the past 5 years: Hans Fagius, Daniel Roth, Eric Lebrun, Nathan Laube, Stefan Engels, Günther Rost, Andreas Liebig, Ulrich Walther, Ralph Gustafsson, Pierpaolo Turetta, Thomas Ospital and others. Following this direction, in 2016, we will present more fine artists such as the internationally acclaimed concert organist and professor Christoph Bossert, an old friend of Croatia, and one of his former students, Martin Sturm, laureate of one of the most famous and longest international organ competitions in St. Albans. They will be joined by Croatian organist Edmund Andler-Borić in marking another important anniversary, the 100th anniversary of Max Reger's death. We are proud to host performances of French organists Yoann Tardivel-Erschoff, which will demonstrate the fresh and new organ sound as perceived by contemporary composers, and Thomas Ospital, recently appointed as the first organist-in-residence by the Maison de Radio France, whose last year's performance has caused many flattering reviews and standing ovations. Very special moment of this year's festival will be the opening recital, Trompetteria, which will put in focus all the magnificence of the new organ that takes special pride in the section of its very successful trumpet-like stops. The opening concert will skillfully present dialogue between organ „trumpets" and the real ones, played by music virtuosos of the highest rank – trumpeters Stanko Arnold and Vedran Kocelj – which will be the most festive way to celebrate the 5th "birthday" of the Eisenbarth organ in the St. Mark's Church.
We are thankful for the continuous support which is this year provided again by the Parish of the St. Mark's Church, the Zagreb Tourist Board, HUZIP, City of Zagreb and other sponsors. With this series of 7 concerts we want to remind our fellow citizens, as well as all dear guests of Zagreb about the important fact in Croatian history: how this very church of St. Mark of the Upper Town bears earliest record of Croatian organists and organ itself, whose sound echoed these ancient church walls of the oldest parish church in Zagreb as early as 1359. With this in mind, let everyone share a moment rich with history and art in this year's selection of music - welcome to the 3rd St. Mark's International Organ Concert Series!
Read more:
MUSIC TRADITION IN ST. MARK'S CHURCH
CONCERT LIST
ORGAN DESCRIPTION
This page in Croatian version
Edition 2015
Edition 2014
In 2016 we are celebrating the first, albeit small, but certainly significant anniversary marking exactly 5 years since inauguration of the new organ at the St. Mark's Church. Each anniversary is an opportunity to celebrate, but also to look back and analyze everything behind us, as well as think about future. First of all, we should thank our Rector, msgr. Franjo Prstec – for his audacity and willingness to engage in the purchase of the new instrument – as well as to many known and unknown benefactors and friends of the Church of St. Mark, who were in favor of setting up the new organ. Among them is one person whose strong support meant especially a lot, Croatian composer and organist Anđelko Klobučar, who celebrates his 85th birthday, another important anniversary this year! It will be on the eve of his birthday anniversary that his Musica Festiva will be performed again after almost 30 years after its premiere, at this year's festival, by another prominent Croatian organist (with the US home address), Željko Marasović. Written for Marasović, Musica Festiva will give us opportunity to hear this organist with rich international career after almost 30 years of absence in front of Zagreb audience.
With the instalation of the new organ at St. Mark's Church, both Zagreb and Croatia obtained a high-quality instrument, as evidenced by the praises of many European and international artists – many among them professors at prestigious music universities and organists of important European cathedrals – who have had the opportunity to touch it in the past 5 years: Hans Fagius, Daniel Roth, Eric Lebrun, Nathan Laube, Stefan Engels, Günther Rost, Andreas Liebig, Ulrich Walther, Ralph Gustafsson, Pierpaolo Turetta, Thomas Ospital and others. Following this direction, in 2016, we will present more fine artists such as the internationally acclaimed concert organist and professor Christoph Bossert, an old friend of Croatia, and one of his former students, Martin Sturm, laureate of one of the most famous and longest international organ competitions in St. Albans. They will be joined by Croatian organist Edmund Andler-Borić in marking another important anniversary, the 100th anniversary of Max Reger's death. We are proud to host performances of French organists Yoann Tardivel-Erschoff, which will demonstrate the fresh and new organ sound as perceived by contemporary composers, and Thomas Ospital, recently appointed as the first organist-in-residence by the Maison de Radio France, whose last year's performance has caused many flattering reviews and standing ovations. Very special moment of this year's festival will be the opening recital, Trompetteria, which will put in focus all the magnificence of the new organ that takes special pride in the section of its very successful trumpet-like stops. The opening concert will skillfully present dialogue between organ „trumpets" and the real ones, played by music virtuosos of the highest rank – trumpeters Stanko Arnold and Vedran Kocelj – which will be the most festive way to celebrate the 5th "birthday" of the Eisenbarth organ in the St. Mark's Church.
We are thankful for the continuous support which is this year provided again by the Parish of the St. Mark's Church, the Zagreb Tourist Board, HUZIP, City of Zagreb and other sponsors. With this series of 7 concerts we want to remind our fellow citizens, as well as all dear guests of Zagreb about the important fact in Croatian history: how this very church of St. Mark of the Upper Town bears earliest record of Croatian organists and organ itself, whose sound echoed these ancient church walls of the oldest parish church in Zagreb as early as 1359. With this in mind, let everyone share a moment rich with history and art in this year's selection of music - welcome to the 3rd St. Mark's International Organ Concert Series!
Read more:
MUSIC TRADITION IN ST. MARK'S CHURCH
CONCERT LIST
ORGAN DESCRIPTION
This page in Croatian version
Edition 2015
Edition 2014
