🥳Let’s celebrate the great Pierre COCHEREAU!🎹
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Organ professors, concert organists, and enthusiasts from around the globe have sent us intriguing improvisations and pieces as a tribute to the renowned organist of Notre Dame, in Paris; all of these pieces are in fact stricly related to the great master thanks to them having had an influence on his work or being influenced by his work.
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1. Theo van Wyk (SA) - Morne van der Westhuyzen "Krishna's dance with Mayura".
Organ details and location: Rieger; University of Pretoria Chapel (SA).
2. Wenying Wu (PRC) - César Franck, First Choral in E.
Organ details and location: Schuke; Erfurt dom (DE).
3. Luigi Mengoni (IT) - Luigi Mengoni Toccata on "Lasst uns erfreuen" (Homage to Pierre Cochereau).
Organ details and location: VPO by Piotr Grabowski; Friesach (AT).
4. Victoria Ulriksen (NOR) - Louis Vierne, Finale from "4eme Symphonie pour orgue".
Organ details and location: Cavaillé-Coll; Jesus Church, Copenhagen (DEN).
5. Elisabeth Hubmann (AT) - Jehan Alain, Litanies.
Organ details and location: Adema-Philbert; Mozen en Aaronkerk, Amsterdam (NL).
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Professor van Wyk has kindly attached an interesting text about the piece he performed: Cochereau's improvisational style, marked by spontaneity and structural creativity, may have been indirectly influenced by a broad spectrum of musical traditions, including those with sophisticated rhythmic frameworks. His improvisations often showcased a variety of rhythmic motifs, syncopations, and dynamic contrasts that resonate with the spirit of rhythmic exploration seen in Hindu music. The piece was the 1st prize winner of the 2022 Stefans Grové National Composition Competition. The Southern African Church and Concert Organists Society sponsored the prize.
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