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Concerto de órgão: "A Arte da Improvisação"
Organ concert: "The Art of Improvisation"
Event by: Mosteiro de São Vicente de Fora
Location: Igreja de São Vicente de Fora, Largo de São Vicente, Lisboa
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Organ concert
"The Art of Improvisation"
December 14th at 5:00 pm
Thomas Ospital, organ
In the context of music Western culture, the organ is the only instrument that has kept the practice of improvisation present uninterruptedly to this day. This presence – which, in other instruments, was lost as musical writing became more established – was largely due to the “utilitarian” function of the organist as a collaborator (or even protagonist) of the liturgy, which remained throughout centuries, adjusting to the transformations carried out in the ritual of different Western Christian religions.
At the keyboards of the historic organ João Fontanes de Maqueira (1765) in the church of São Vicente de Fora, Thomas Ospital, holder of the great organ in the church of Saint Eustache in Paris, offers the public a demonstration of this art as complex as it is spectacular. Along with works by French composers from the 16th to 18th centuries, the program features improvisations, including an improvised suite on Christmas carols from different regions of Europe.
Free entry: access through the main door of the church .
Information: [email protected]
📷 Photography by Paulo Fidalgo
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Organ recital
"The Art of Improvisation"
14th of December at 05:00 PM
Thomas Ospital, pipe organ
In the context of Western music, the organ is the only instrument that has kept the practice of improvisation present uninterruptedly to this day. This presence – which, in other instruments, was lost as musical writing became more established – was largely due to the “utilitarian” function of the organist as a collaborator (or even protagonist) of the liturgy, which remained throughout centuries, adjusting to the transformations carried out in the ritual of different Western Christian religions.
On the historic organ João Fontanes de Maqueira (1765) in the church of São Vicente de Fora, Thomas Ospital, titular of the great organ in the church of Saint Eustache in Paris, offers to the audience a demonstration of this art that is as complex as it is spectacular. Along with works by French composers from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, the program features improvisations, including an improvised suite on Christmas carols from different regions of Europe.
Free entrance: access through the main door of the church.
Information: [email protected]
📷 Photo by Paulo Fidalgo
"The Art of Improvisation"
December 14th at 5:00 pm
Thomas Ospital, organ
In the context of music Western culture, the organ is the only instrument that has kept the practice of improvisation present uninterruptedly to this day. This presence – which, in other instruments, was lost as musical writing became more established – was largely due to the “utilitarian” function of the organist as a collaborator (or even protagonist) of the liturgy, which remained throughout centuries, adjusting to the transformations carried out in the ritual of different Western Christian religions.
At the keyboards of the historic organ João Fontanes de Maqueira (1765) in the church of São Vicente de Fora, Thomas Ospital, holder of the great organ in the church of Saint Eustache in Paris, offers the public a demonstration of this art as complex as it is spectacular. Along with works by French composers from the 16th to 18th centuries, the program features improvisations, including an improvised suite on Christmas carols from different regions of Europe.
Free entry: access through the main door of the church .
Information: [email protected]
📷 Photography by Paulo Fidalgo
🔵🔵🔵
Organ recital
"The Art of Improvisation"
14th of December at 05:00 PM
Thomas Ospital, pipe organ
In the context of Western music, the organ is the only instrument that has kept the practice of improvisation present uninterruptedly to this day. This presence – which, in other instruments, was lost as musical writing became more established – was largely due to the “utilitarian” function of the organist as a collaborator (or even protagonist) of the liturgy, which remained throughout centuries, adjusting to the transformations carried out in the ritual of different Western Christian religions.
On the historic organ João Fontanes de Maqueira (1765) in the church of São Vicente de Fora, Thomas Ospital, titular of the great organ in the church of Saint Eustache in Paris, offers to the audience a demonstration of this art that is as complex as it is spectacular. Along with works by French composers from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, the program features improvisations, including an improvised suite on Christmas carols from different regions of Europe.
Free entrance: access through the main door of the church.
Information: [email protected]
📷 Photo by Paulo Fidalgo