Music at Midday - Organ recital by Hans Uwe Hielscher

HANS UWE HIELSCHER, Wiesbaden

Denis BÉDARD                                                                Suite for organ
b. 1950                                                                           – Intrada
                                                                                      - Andantino
                                                                                      - Allegro giocoso
                                                                                      – Song of peace
                                                                                      – Barcarole
                                                                                      – Rigaudon

Lester GROOM                                                               Gothic Fanfare
1929–2000

Albert W. KETÈLBEY                                                       By the blue Hawaiian waters
1875–1959                                                                     (Arr. for organ by H. U. Hielscher)

Isaac FLAGLER                                                               Easter March
1844–1909

Enrico PASINI                                                                 Cantabile
1935–2022

Gordon B. NEVIN                                                           Toccata in D minor
1892–1943

Hans U. Hielscher has been organist at the Marktkirche in Wiesbaden (Lutheran Cathedral of Nassau), Germany, since 1979. His studies were at the Detmold State Academy of Music and in Paris/Rouen, France. He also studied carillon at The Nederlandse Beiaardschool in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. Hans has presented nearly 4,000 organ recitals around the globe, his concert tours have taken him to all European countries, the United States (75 U.S. tours), Bahamas, Israel, Iceland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok. He has been featured on radio and TV broadcasts, 22 CD recordings on various international labels and is the author of the books "Alexandre Guilmant - Life and Work", "Famous Organs in the U.S.A.", "The Organ of Wiesbaden Marktkirche". He is a published composer of some 60 works for organ. Hans has been honoured by the French government in Paris for his worldwide engagement in French organ music and nominated "Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" in 1985. In 2019, the Hessian Ministry for Science and Art in the Capital City of Wiesbaden awarded him the "Certificate of Honor for Art and Culture".

A light lunch will be held in the Cathedral Halls following the recital, offering soup, bread, tea and coffee. All are welcome.