Phantoms of the Organ at Church of the Holy Trinity

Halloween wouldn't be the same without an organ concert.

On Friday night, Dad and I went to "Phantoms of the Organ" at Church of the Holy Trinity. It is put on by the Royal Canadian College of Organists. (I joined the RCCO in September of this year.)
They invited some very talented people to play spooky music in this concert.

The program included:

Toccata and Fugue in D minor by J.S. Bach

Sarah Svendsen

Sonata No. 2 - II Ruhig bewegt by Paul Hindemith

Kwon Youn Jung

Prelude C minor by J.S. Bach

Esther-Ruth Teel

Little G Minor Prelude and Fugue by J.S. Bach

Lionel Rupic and William Tessier

Suite Medievale - Intro and Tiento by Jean Langlais

Sebastian Moreno

Funeral March of a Marionette by Charles Gounod

John Tuttle

Canon in B minor by Robert Schumann

Nicholas Wanstall

Fuge uber ein Thema von Germanotta by Giovanni Dettori

Manuel Piazza

Suite Gothique by Leon Boellmann

Introduction - Choral  - Stephen Frketic

Menuet gothique - Stefani Bedin

Priere a Notre-Dame - Matthew Boutda

Toccata - Rebecca Philips

I loved Gounod's Funeral March of a Marionette and Schumann's Canon in B Minor. They were both really great pieces and wonderfully played.

Suite Gothique has always been a favourite of mine and the concert did not disappoint. The organists really brought it to life.

In the piece Sonata No. 2 - II Ruhig bewegt by Paul Hindemith, the 'modern' harmonies make it a bit spooky. I never noticed that before now. It's very interesting that Kwon Youn Jung chose that piece. It's quite original for a Halloween concert. Well done!

The Fuge uber ein Thema von Germanotta by Giovanni Dettori brought out some laughs. It's a fugue on the theme "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga. I have never heard Lady Gaga played in a church or on an organ before!

It was a really fun performance!
Thank you to all of the organists and to the RCCO for a great concert!