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USA-Premiere: ”Judge Not One Another” for soprano and organ (video)
Harvard Memorial Church, Harvard University
Sunday Service, July 23, 2023, 11 am
The Service includes works by Karen Beaumont (Toccata, Interlude and Fugue, Air) and Thomas Åberg (Judge Not One Another – Romans 14:7-10, 15: 1-7, Toccata No. 5).
CARSON COOMAN, Organ
OLYMPIA HATZILAMBROU, Soprano
Listen to live recording on YouTube
Read more about:
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)
Recorded August 2023
Vocalise version of Toccata No. 20 ”Distant landscapes”
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.
New piece: Legend No. 7 (2023) for organ
To the memory of my first publisher Hans Busch and his wife Ursula.
CARSON COOMAN playing the piece
Published by Svensk Musik (SMIC)
The piece will be premiered Live by CARSON COOMAN at Harvard Memorial Church on September 14th, 2023.
Publisher Hans Busch was wonderful to work with in my early days as composer.
Here you can read a little about his life:
https://grammophon-platten.de/page.php?271
Special thanks to Carson Cooman for reminding me of this important part of my life as composer!
Upcoming Concerts: CARSON COOMAN in Albuquerque, New Mexico
St. Luke Lutheran Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico
October 29, 2023: Works by B.E. Boykin, Frederick Frahm, Carlotta Ferrari, Carson Cooman, Yûitirô Katô, Karen Beaumont and Thomas Åberg (Inno di Gloria).
CARSON COOMAN, Organ
Upcoming Concerts: CARSON COOMAN in Santa Fe, New Mexico
TGIF Concert Series, First Presbyterian Church, Santa Fe, New Mexico
October 27, 2023: Works by B.E. Boykin, Frederick Frahm, Karen Beaumont, Carlotta Ferrari and Thomas Åberg (Toccata No. 6 ”Toccata S:ta Clara).
CARSON COOMAN, Organ
Upcoming Concerts: CARSON COOMAN at Harvard University
Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
October 12, 2023: Works by Karen Beaumont, Yûitirô Katô, Katia Farn and Thomas Åberg (Toccata No. 5).
CARSON COOMAN, Organ
Upcoming concerts: DAVID VON BEHREN & CARSON COOMAN
The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
October 11, 2023: Works by Olivier Messiaen, Melissa Dunphy, Denis Bedard and Thomas Åberg (Inno di Gloria).
DAVID VON BEHREN, organ
CARSON COOMAN, organ
Organ Recital: CARSON COOMAN in Brattleboro, Vermont
Epsilon Spires Pipe Organ Series, Brattleboro, Vermont
September 6, 2023: Works by Angelo Maria Trovato, Dean Rosenthal, Yûitirô Katô, Karen Beaumont, Sarah Davachi and Thomas Åberg (Toccata No. 6).
CARSON COOMAN, Organ
New recording: CARSON COOMAN on Toccata No. 8 (1985)
New recording made August 2023