Organ and Space : Gaze Up to the Heavens
Concert presented in collaboration with the Canadian Space Agency, broadcast live from the International Space Station.
Maison symphonique de Montréal, May 6, 2017
Jean-Willy Kunz I Organ
David Saint-Jacques & Thomas Pesquet I Astronauts
PROGRAM
> Antonin Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 in E minor, B.178 “From the New World”, III. Scherzo (transcription for organ)
> Philip Glass, Mad Rush, version for organ
> Régis Campo, Harmonices Mundi, for eccentric organist, after “The Seven Planets of Kepler“ – World premiere
> Matthew Ricketts, Highest Light (OSM commission) – World premiere
> Gustav Holst, The Planets, Op. 32, I. “Mars, the Bringer of War” (arr. P. Sykes)