Prom 54: Organ Recital with Isabelle Demers

26 Aug 2023, Royal Albert Hall

14:00 Sat 26 Aug 2023 Next Event

Proms 2023 Prom 54: Organ Recital with Isabelle Demers

14:00 Sat 26 Aug 2023 Royal Albert Hall

Canadian organist Isabelle Demers makes her Proms debut with a recital of works by Bach, Reger, Coleridge-Taylor and William Grant Still 鈥� plus a world premiere from Canadian composer Rachel Laurin.

Programme

- - Richard Wagner
  - The Mastersingers of Nuremberg 鈥� Prelude to Act 1(9 mins)transcr. Demers
- - Rachel Laurin
  - Prelude and Fugue in G major(6 mins)world premiere
- - Johann Sebastian Bach
  - Cantata No. 146, 鈥榃ir m眉ssen durch viel Tr眉bsal鈥� 鈥� Sinfonia (arr. Dupr茅)(8 mins)
- - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  - Three Impromptus(9 mins)
- - Max Reger
  - Chorale Fantasia on 鈥楨in feste Burg ist unser Gott鈥�(13 mins)
- - William Grant Still
  - Elegy(4 mins)
- - Sergey Prokofiev
  - Romeo and Juliet(25 mins)excerpts, transcr. Demers

Performers

Isabelle Demers
organ
organ

Composers

About This Event

Canadian organist Isabelle Demers makes her Proms debut, putting the Royal Albert Hall鈥檚 mighty 9,999-pipe organ through its paces. The rigour of Bach and Reger (born 150 years ago) contrasts with lighter pieces by Coleridge-Taylor and William Grant Still and a world premiere from Canadian composer Rachel Laurin. This is all framed with the drama of excerpts from stage-works by Wagner and Prokofiev.

There will be no interval

Image: Isabelle Demers