VCHpresents Organ: Calamity and Calm - The Music of Hope [Ep 1: Grieving]

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People throughout the centuries have confronted plague, war and disasters. Musicians – including organists – have been there portraying the sorrows of the masses and comforting them. Through music, entire generations and populations have expressed their grief, desires and hopes in times of trials and crises.

PROGRAMME:
0:50 HUBERT PARRY Chorale Prelude on “Eventide” (Evelyn Lim, organ)
4:23 J.S. BACH Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641 (Anna Maria Lim, organ)
6:50 VIERNE Lamento op. 53, no. 1 (Phoon Yu, organ)

With Haslina Hassan, presenter.

This concert is supported by Singapore Chapter of American Guild of Organists.

Recorded on the Klais Organ, Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore in Oct 2020.

Learn more about Victoria Concert Hall’s Klais Organ: www.sso.org.sg/klaisorgan