Martin Welzel
Organist – Concert Artist – Teacher


2009

May 24: Paris (France), Notre-Dame Cathedral
Audition d'orgue
Alexandre Guilmant (Excerpts from 8th Sonata in A major, op. 91), Gaston Litaize (Lied, Douze Pièces, 1931–1937), Marcel Dupré (Vitrail, op. 65), and Jean Langlais (Évocation, «Hommage à Rameau,» 1962–1964).

Concert debut in Finland:
July 8: Helsinki (Finland), St. John's Church
Helsinki Organ Summer 2009
Max Reger (Chorale Fantasia on «Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele!,» op. 30), Jeanne Demessieux, Oliver Messiaen (Offrande au Saint-Sacrement, 1928–1930), Marcel Dupré (4 Versets on «Ave Maris Stella,» op. 18), Gaston Litaize, and Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (16th Sonata in G-sharp minor, op. 175).

August 23: Paris (France), Saint-Sulpice
Audition des Grandes Orgues
Alexandre Guilmant (Morceau de Concert, op. 24), Gaston Litaize, and Marcel Dupré (Vitrail, op. 65).

October 10: Saarbrücken (Germany), Basilica of St. John
St. Johanner Orgelmatinée
Alexandre Guilmant: 8th Sonata in A major, op. 91.

October 17: Ottobeuren (Germany), Basilica
Max Reger (Chorale Fantasia on «Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele!,» op. 30) and Alexandre Guilmant (8th Sonata in A major, op. 91).

December 5: Saarbrücken (Germany), Basilica of St. John
St. Johanner Orgelmatinée
George Baker (Ricercare on «Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland,» 2004, German premiere; Berceuse-Paraphrase, 1992; Toccata-Gigue on the Sussex Carol, 2008, German premiere), and Alexandre Guilmant (Morceau de Concert, op. 24).


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