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Upcoming Recital: CARSON COOMAN in Washington D.C.
Organ Recital – National City Christian Church, Washington D.C.
May 17, 2024: Works by Karen Beaumont, Philippos Tsalahouris, Carlotta Ferrari and Thomas Åberg (Toccata No. 9)
Organist: CARSON COOMAN
Organ Recital: CARSON COOMAN in Marblehead, MA
Organ Recital – St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Marblehead, Massachusetts
April 21, 2024 at 5 pm: Works by Karen Beaumont, Carlotta Ferrari, Katia Farn and Thomas Åberg (Five St. George Preludes*)
Organist: CARSON COOMAN
*Carson Cooman writes about the St. George Preludes:
”Five St. George Preludes (1983) is the original version of what would become one of Åberg’s most iconic works. The music was written during the period when Åberg was studying with the older Swedish composer Stig Gustav Schönberg. Schönberg was then organist of St. George’s Church (Sankt Görans kyrka) in Stockholm. Åberg’s first publisher of the time, Hans Busch, desired a shorter publication, and so the original second and third preludes were separated out and published later by Noteria as separate pieces. The remaining three pieces became Three St. George Preludes, as the work has been known since. This concert’s configuration restores to the sequence the two pieces that were separated: Marsch Babacou and Prelude in C major. (Marsch Babacou takes its title from the names of BAch, BArtók, and COuperin—composers that Åberg was thinking about at the time.) The first prelude contrasts flowing lyricism with lighthearted music. The second and third explore a more classical orientation, combining overt style elements and progressions from common practice harmony with Åberg’s distinctive spirit and musical ideas. The fourth is a gentle lullaby, and the fifth is a jubilant toccata.”
Audio Restored: By the Sea at Night for Mezzo-soprano and strings
Mezzo-soprano HANNA-MARIA STRAND, LUNDS NYA KAMMARORKESTER under JOHAN-MAGNUS SJÖBERG
Original recording from 2011
AUDIO RESTORED 2024
New piece for piano: Autumn colors – Yellow and Green (2023)
Listen to the Composer playing
New piece for piano: Picnic with Pelicans (2024)
Listen to the Composer playing
Sheet music: SVENSK MUSIK – Swedish Music Information Centre
New song: Late Winter for piano, spoken word, soprano/mezzo-soprano
New song with lyrics by John Gracen Brown; LATE WINTER (2024) performed by SHARON LIND.
For piano, spoken word, soprano or mezzo-soprano (2 different versions). Published by SVENSK MUSIK – Swedish Music Information Centre.
Photo: Sharon in SNOW!
Recorded April 2024.
Read more about Thomas Åberg’s collaboration with the American Poet John Gracen Brown.
Sheet music published by SVENSK MUSIK – Swedish Music Information Centre.
Previous recordings with SHARON LIND; From premiere 2002; By the Sea at Night.
New recording: CARSON COOMAN playing Fantasy A-Minor
Recorded March 2024
New recording: CARSON COOMAN playing Toccata No. 7
Toccata No 7 (1984) – for manuals only.
Published by Svensk Musik (SMIC) (https://www.svenskmusik.org/en)
New recording: CARSON COOMAN playing Fantasy on a Swedish Folk Song
”Nu ska vi skörda linet idag”
Dear Carson – Thank you so much for this wonderful recording!!! This piece together with the frog-song are the two most popular Swedish folk-songs/dances. We use them both at midsummer when we dance around the may-pole and at Christmas when we dance around the Christmas-tree. Absolutely brilliant played! Thanks again, dear Carson! /Thomas
Sheet music published by Noteria Norbergs Musikförlag
Here is the ”Frog-song” played by Carson Cooman
Sheet music published by Svensk Musik – Swedish Music Information Centre
Lisa Ekmark, cello & Karin Werger, organ
Evening Service, Norra Nöbbelövs kyrka
March 27, 2024: Nocturne and Elegy from Four Slow Pieces