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The Singapore Chapter is the Guild's first chapter in South-East Asia. It was approved by AGO Headquarters on 20 October 2003 and the Registry of Societies in Singapore on 23 December 2003. [more]
Forthcoming
Harmony, Rhythm & Ornamentation in the Organ Works of J.S. Bach With Heinrich Walther
This lecture/demontration focuses on aspects of ornamentation, the origin of Bach's ornaments in French Baroque Music, and a closer look at the Trio Sonatas, particularly three chorales from the Little Organ Book (das Orgelbüchlein): “O Mensch bewein Dein Sünde groß”, “ Gegrüßet seist Du Jesu Christ”, “Das Alte Jahr vergangen ist’ . (Please bring your scores, if you have them.)
Monday, Feb 22 2010, 7:30-9:00pm
Kampong Kapor Methodist Church (1 Kampong Kapor Road,
Singapore 208673) [locate]
Admission is free; donations are appreciated
Pipes@Victoria
An evening of Bach with Heinrich Walther (Germany)
Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 8 PM
Victoria Concert Hall, 11 Empress Place [locate]
Pre-concert talk at 7.15 pm
Tickets at $15 and $10 (conc) Available through SISTIC
The acclaimed German organist Heinrich Walther was born in 1959, and studied piano and sacred music at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg, Germany. He won the First Prize in Organ at the Toulouse Conservatory in 1983 and 1984, and also received prizes in both the 1986 San Antonio Organ Competition and the 1987 Nuremberg International Pachelbel Competition.
Heinrich Walther has been invited to perform in organ festivals in many countries, and he has also made extensive recordings for broadcast in France, Germany, Japan, Spain and Ukraine. He has conducted numerous masterclasses in venues across the USA, Iceland and Korea, and currently teaches at the conservatories in Freiburg, Heidelberg and Rottenburg.
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685—1750)
Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV532
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV662
Prelude and Fugue in e minor, BWV548
Trio Sonata in C major, BWV529
Allegro-Adagio-Allegro
Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor, BWV582
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Newsletter
Pipe Echoes Issue 12, Sept 2009. [PDF]
Articles
Pipe Dreams
by Stephanie Yap
Cover and articles from The Straits Times, Life!, 19 April 2007.
“Boldly Ventured is Half Won”
by Dr Evelyn Lim, Dean
28 March 2007
Success for the Chapter's young organists in the AGO/Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists. [more]
A Week of Organ Immersion
by Ng Chet Wei
11 August 2008
An account of the June AGO Convention in Minneapolis. [more]