Program

Young Organist Competition Royal Canadian College of Organists

MAY 26TH 2012 12:30 � 3:30 p.m.
Free

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Come and hear our young and very talented organists compete for prize money in this final round of the competition sponsored by the Toronto Centre of the Royal Canadian College of Organists. Each competitor is to perform a program of approximately 30 minutes duration that includes one major work by J.S. Bach, a work from the romantic period (up to 1930) and a contemporary work (composed after 1930). Their programs in random order are below.

Programme

 Competitor A

Toccata and Fugue in d minor, (BWV 538) – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Naïades, 24 Pièces de fantaisie op.51 - Louis Vierne (1870­–1937)

Toccata (from Suite, Opus 5) - Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)

Competitor B

Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott (Opus 27) – Max Reger (1873 –1916)

Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Dorian) (BWV 538) – Johann Sebastian Bach

Toccata (from Symphony I, Opus 36) – Rachel Laurin (b. 1961)

Competitor C

Prelude and Fugue in D-major, (BWV 532) – Johann Sebastian Bach

Miroir (1989) – Ad Wammes  (b. 1953)

Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H – Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886)

Competitor D

Fantasia and Fugue in G minor  (BWV 542)– Johann Sebastian Bach

Prelude and Fugue in F minor – Rachel Laurin

Allegro Vivace (from Symphony V) - Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)