Isabelle Demers spiller Ildfuglen

Billetter i døren fra kl. 18:30 kr. 200 (vipps/kontanter), studenter og barn gratis.

Program:
Rachel Laurin (b. 1961) – Fantasy and Fugue on a Swedish Folksong op. 102
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) – Allein Gott in der Höh sei ehr BWV 664
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) – Impromptu sur le Choral Luthérien
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) – The Firebird Suite, trans. Demers
• Introduction
• The Firebird and its dance
• The Firebird’s variation
• The Princesses’ Dance
• Infernal Dance of King Kashchei
• Berceuse
• Finale

With playing described as having “bracing virtuosity” (Chicago Classical Review) and being “fearless and extraordinary” (Amarillo-Globe News), Isabelle Demers has enraptured critics, presenters, and audience members around the globe.
She has appeared in recital throughout Europe, Oman, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Canada, including at the Cathedrals of Cologne and Regensburg (Germany); the ElbPhilharmonie (Hamburg); the Royal Festival Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Cathedral, and Westminster Abbey (London); City Hall (Stockholm); the Royal Opera House of Muscat (Oman); the Forbidden City Concert Hall (Beijing, China); Victoria Hall (Singapore); Melbourne Town Hall (Australia); Auckland Town Hall (New Zealand); Disney Hall (Los Angeles), Davies Hall (San Francisco), the Meyerson Symphony Center (Dallas), the Kimmel Center, and the Wanamaker Organ at Macy’s (Philadelphia); and the Maison Symphonique (Montréal). She was recently a featured performer of the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Dr. Demers is in continual high demand by her colleagues as witnessed by performances for numerous regional and national conventions of the American Guild of Organists, the Institute of Organ Builders and International Society of Organbuilders, the Royal Canadian College of Organists, and the Organ Historical Society. She has released multiple CD recordings on the Acis and Pro Organo labels. Her latest CD, recorded at Chicago’s Rockefeller Chapel, was released in January 2020, and includes works of Reger, Laurin, Dupré, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, and Macmillan.
A native of Québec and a doctoral graduate of the Juilliard School, Dr. Demers was recently appointed Associate Professor of Organ at McGill University (Montréal, Québec). She was formerly the Joyce Bowden Chair in Organ and Head of the Organ Program at Baylor University (Waco, Texas).