On the home stretch to the Montréal Organ Festival

After a nearly year-long collaboration working with the gifted organist Christian Lane, we are one week away from the world premiere of Concordia Salus: A Fantasy for Organ.  Chris and I made a whirlwind trip from Boston to Montréal and back last weekend to set registrations and to make a recording on the Grand Orgue Pierre-Béique at Maison Symphonique. 

Chris Lane's will play one half of a concert that also features Jean-Willy Kunz, resident organist at Maison Symphonique. Jean-Willy will perform with a jazz quintet as a featured as part of the Montréal Jazz Festival.  This is a unqiue program that combines music associated with both the jazz and organ festivals--the first ever concert program fusing the music of these two festivals.

Scores for Concordia Salus are now available through Subito Music Distribution.

Organist Christian Lane prepares his program for July 5, 2017, 7pm at Maison Symphonique as part of the Montréal Organ Festival. Included on his program is the world premiere of Graham Gordon Ramsay's "Concordia Salus: A Fantasy for Organ." Thomas Leslie, Cheryl Duerr, and Steven Young discuss the festival and the role of commissioning new composers.