Månad: september 2023
”Judge Not One Another” for soprano and organ (video from Harvard Memorial Church) OLYMPIA HATZILAMBROU, Soprano, CARSON COOMAN, organ
Harvard Memorial Church, Harvard University
Sunday Service, July 23, 2023, 11 am
Thomas Åberg: Judge Not One Another – Romans 14:7-10, 15: 1-7.
CARSON COOMAN, Organ
OLYMPIA HATZILAMBROU, Soprano
Listen to live recording on YouTube
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Thomas to Carson before the premiere:
”I want a picture of you and Olympia – but nothing too serious. More like my motto as composer – Feel free – Have fun!”
And here it came – I just love it!!!
ZOOM-conversation with CARSON COOMAN (video on YouTube)
Recorded August 2023
Vocalise version of Toccata No. 20 ”Distant landscapes” (Synth-demo) – Sheet music FREE DOWNLOAD!
For Choir and Piano
Thomas Åberg about his new version:
Some time ago American concert organist JAY ZOLLER wrote to me about my organ piece Toccata No. 20 – Distant Landscapes:
”I have given much thought to the subtitle “Distant Landscapes”. Many people in Maine where I live think of the ocean when they hear this term – the vast distances stretching off as far as you can see. The interesting thing for me is that, having grown up on the prairie in Wyoming, I see in my mind the great distances with its undulating surfaces; I can hear the birds calling from the grasses and even see the antelope grazing a couple miles off across the landscape. There are a multitude of things happening out there which you hear in the music, but cannot see, even the warning rattle of a nearby rattlesnake!”
(Jay Zoller)
This statement became the starting point to me to write this vocalise version of my toccata with JAY ZOLLER’s impressions woven in as fragments.
Link here: Listen to Synth.demo on SoundCloud
Download sheet music for free (PDF):
Publisher
Also available to order as printed copies from: Svensk Musik
The Diapason
In June 2023 I found out that Jay Zoller’s letter to me also was published as a review in the organist magazine The Diapason, December 2020, Page 21.