Wonderful organ music with Yves Rechsteiner concert organist from France in Hallgrímskirkja this weekend
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SCHOLA CANTORUM – LUNCHTIME CONCERT WEDNESDAY JULY 17 AT 12 NOON
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International Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja
Saturday 20. July at 12:00 – 12:30
Yves Rechtsteiner, concert organist from France
Performing own arrangements of pieces by J. S. Bach and J. P. Rameau.
Tickets 2500 ISK
International Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja
Sunday 21. July at 17:00 – 18:00
Yves Rechtsteiner, concert organist from France
Performing pieces by Hector Berlioz, Mike Oldfield and Jehan Alain.
Tickets 3000 ISK
Yves Rechsteiner studied organ and harpsichord at the Geneva Conservatory, and specialised on forte-piano and basso continuo at the Schola Cantorum of Basel.
Prizewinner of several international competitions (Geneva, Prague, Bruges…), he was appointed basso continuo teacher and head of the Early Music Department at the Conservatoire Supérieur of Lyon in 1995.
He is not only a soloist and accompanist, but makes regular arrangements and transcriptions for his instruments. His personal projects and recordings cover the baroque repertoire as well as the symphonic music, including collaborations with traditional players.
He recorded Bach on pedal-harpsichord in 2002, created Alpbarock ensemble dedicated to swiss popular music in 2005, and was awarded “Diapason d’or” in 2010 for his “Livre d’orgue de Rameau”.
In 2011 he made a first CD on the Puget organ of la Dalbade in Toulouse, where he recorded his organ version of Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique in 2013.
He created with percussionist Henri-Charles Caget and the guitarist Fred Maurin the RCM Trio, devoted to recreation of Frank Zappa’s music and other progressive Rock groups.
He has been the artistic director of the festival Toulouse les Orgues since 2014.
Saturday 20th of July at 12 noon
Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
From Partita BWV 1006 for violin arr. by Yves Rechtsteiner
Preludio Gavotte Menuet I and II Bourrée
Gigue
Jean-Philippe Rameau 1683-1764
Suite en sol majeur:
arr. by Yves Rechtsteiner
Ouverture Musette Menuets Tambourins Air tendre Tambourins Les Sauvages
Sunday 21st of July at 5 pm
Hector Berlioz 1803-1869
Symphonie Fantastique: arr. by Yves Rechtsteiner
Le Bal
Marche au Supplice
Mike Oldfield 1953-
Tubular Bells 1
arr. by Yves Rechtsteiner
Jehan Alain 1911-1940
Fantasmagorie Aria
Litanies
