Nordic Journey, Volume XIV

Nordic Journey, Volume XIV: The Organs of Kallio Church
Nordic Journey, Volume XIV: The Organs of Kallio Church

Pro Organo announces a new organ CD, Nordic Journey, Volume XIV: The Organs of Kallio Church ($17.98), featuring James D. Hicks performing on the 1987 Kangasalan organ of 21 stops and the 48-stop, 1995 Åkerman & Lund organ of the Kallio Church of Helsinki, Finland.

Some of the works include Katja Ceder, flutist, and Hedi Viisma performing on the traditional Finnish kantele. Composers represented include Kjell Mørk Karlsen, Olli Saari, Finn Viderø, and Hans Friedrich Micheelsen.

For information: proorgano.com. 

 

Other recent recordings:

Monteverdi Vespers of 1610

Bach's Missing Pages

Ivan Bosnar CD

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Nordic Journey XII

American organist James D. Hicks continues his exploration of organ music by Nordic composers, with this documentary on the making of Nordic Journey, Volume 12. 

Shot in the Uranienborg Kirke in central Oslo, Norway, James Hicks is joined in the video by instrumentalists from Greater Oslo, including a bass quartet from the Oslo Philharmonic, the percussion ensemble SISU, recorder player Caroline Dahl Eidsten Dahl, and a quartet of folk violinists.  

The 27-minute video contains commentary from James Hicks and from Kjell Mørk Karlsen, the Oslo-based composer whose works are featured prominently in the ProOrgano double-CD release.  ProOrgano.com  item 7299.

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