Krazy ‘Bout Kotzschmar
With Organist Thomas Heywood
Thomas Heywood will be featured on the Kotzschmar Organ on Tuesday, September 20. Heywood will make his first performance with the Kotzschmar Organ since the Centennial Festival of 2012. His enthusiasm for the instrument can be seen in this YouTube video showing Heywood performing on the instrument and discussing his album Krazy ‘Bout Kotzschmar.
Heywood is also one the world’s premier transcribers of classical music for organ. Many of his concerts showcase these transcriptions, in which familiar classical favorites are heard with new color and life when performed on the organ. His September 20th performance is no exception, and will feature new Heywood transcriptions of the following pieces:
The Celebrated Waltz from the Opera Roméo et Juliette, by Charles-François Gounod
Prelude to Act I from La Traviata, by Giuseppe Verdi
Allegretto [2nd mvt] from Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, by Ludwig van Beethoven
Divertissement – Variation dansée (Pizzicati) from the Ballet Sylvia, Act III No. 20, by Clément Philibert Léo Delibes
Radetzky March, Op. 228, by Johann Strauss, Snr
The schedule:
6:30 PM – Kotzschmar Conversation with Mr. Heywood; Merrill Auditorium Rehearsal Room, further down Myrtle Street past Merrill’s entrance.
7:30 PM – Concert
Tickets: Adult $15 (Senior $13, Student $10, Kids 12 & Under Free). On sale now at the PortTix Box Office at 20 Myrtle Street, Portland, ME – 207-842-0800 or online at the PortTix OnlineTicket Link.
Founded in 1981, the Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ (FOKO), a non-profit organization, supports the Kotzschmar Organ. Each year, the organization presents concerts throughout the year, engaging renowned organists and guest artists from around the world. FOKO is responsible for the care and maintenance of the organ and provides funds to produce and promote concerts, maintain, repair and enhance the organ, sponsor lectures and organ demonstrations and tours and supports a growing education program to bring awareness and understanding of this musical gem of Portland.
