Organ Recital with Jens Korndörfer

January 5, 2020

Overview

Jens Korndörfer—triple prize winner of the Canadian International Organ Competition and a regular at the world’s most prestigious venues—makes his debut under San Francisco Symphony auspices with a treasure trove program that spans from Baroque classics to contemporary premieres. Hear the fantastic harmonics of Dupré’s Variations sur un Noël, the muscle of Guilmant’s Sonate No. 1, and a selection from J.S. Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, one of the most influential masterpieces in Western music.

Artists

Jens Korndörfer

Organ

Program

Reger

Introduction, Passacaglia, and Fugue in E minor

Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland

Johann Sebastian Bach

Prelude and Fugue in D major

Variations on a theme of Paganini

Oriental Sketch

Windows of the Spirit (west coast premiere)

Dupré

Variations sur un Noël

Livre Ouvert

Guilmant

Sonate No. 1

Organ Recital with Jens Korndörfer