Älvsborg & GIOA Quarantine Concerts - Nov 7, 2021, 19:00 (GMT+1) Musical Encounter in Allhallowtide

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ÄLVSBORG & GIOA QUARANTINE CONCERTS
Sunday, November 7, 2021, 19:00, Älvsborg’s church, Gothenburg, Sweden
Musical Encounter in Allhallowtide
Johan Stern, cello, Ulrika Davidsson, piano and Hans Davidsson, organ
Music in Älvsborg in collaboration with Göteborg International Organ Academy present the GIOA Quarantine Concerts series of live streamed concerts for all who are longing for live music, and simultaneously, we offer opportunity for freelance musicians to perform.

PROGRAMME
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Preludium and Sarabande – Suite i G major (cello)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Arabesque No. 1 E major (piano)

Tor Aulin (1866-1914)
Cradle song (cello and piano)

John Taverner (1944-2013)
Threnos (cello)

Arvo Pärt (f. 1935)
Fratres (cello and piano)

Martin Herchenröder (f. 1961)
Toccata and Lament for organ (2008)

Elfrida André (1841-1929)
Andante cantabile (cello and organ)

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1947)
Sonat nr. 6 i d-moll for organ
Chorale-Variations-Fugue–Finale

MUSICIANS
Johan Stern, cello
Ulrika Davidsson, piano
Hans Davidsson, organ

PRESENTED BY
Musik i Älvsborg and the Göteborg International Organ Academy in collaboration with SENSUS

BIOS
Ulrika Davidsson is a versatile musician and maintains a performance career on fortepiano, clavichord, harpsichord and piano, and has given concerts throughout Europe, USA, and in Japan and South Korea. She is regularly presenting and performing at international academies and festivals.

Johan Stern studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. He shares his time as a principal cellist of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, teaching at the College of Music and Drama at Gothenburg University and performing in the Gothenburg-based chamber-ensemble for contemporary music – Gageego! Invited by the Dudamel Foundation he joined projects in Venezuela, Chile and Spain. Since 2018 Johan is a faculty-member of the Masterclass Anacapri, Italy where he teaches and performs every summer.

Hans Davidsson is Artistic Director of the Göteborg International Organ Academy and Music Director at the church of Älvsborg in Göteborg. He has made many recordings, including the complete works of Matthias Weckmann, Dietrich Buxtehude, Georg Böhm and most recently the organ sonatas by Felix Mendelssohn- Bartholdy on the Loft label. 

LIVE STREAM
LUMIÈRE LIINASON (video)
Anders Bergsten (sound)