Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja - Mads Høck, organ - Grundtvigs kirke, Denmark

Organ summer in Hallgrímskirkja
Mads Høck, organ - Grundtvigs kirke, Denmark
Sunday July 16th at 17hrs
Tickets are available at the entrance and on https://tix.is/is/event/15697/
Admission ISK 3.500

Mads Høck (b. 1968) is a pupil of Hans Fagius, Susan Landale and Naji Hakim and is organist at Grundtvigs Kirke in Copenhagen, Denmark. Mads teaches improvisation and interpretation at The Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen and in church music at The Center for Pastoral Education.
As a soloist Mads has performed in Norway, Sweden, Latvia, Germany, Belgium, France, Portugal, England and Italy. MH has among other things made solo recordings with complete music by M. Duruflé and transcriptions of E. Griegs piano music for organ. As a composer he has written music for organ solo, organ and brass, choir, strings and cantatas for a baroque orchestra.

Program:

J. S. Bach              Passacaglia and fugue in c Minor (BWV 582)
(1685-1750)

Mads Høck           Trinitas (2021)
(*1968)                  Christmas prelude
                                Passion dance
                                Pentecost toccata

Edvard Grieg         Once upon a time, op. 71
(1843-1907)          Lullaby, op. 68,5
                                Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, op. 65,6

Maurice Duruflé    Prelude, Adagio and Choral with variations on “Veni creator”, op. 4
(1902-1986)