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Organ Recital: ANDREW CANNING in Staffans kyrka, Gävle (Sweden)
March 13, 2025
Works by Kenneth Leighton, John McCabe, Joonas Kokkonen, Astor Piazzolla (arr. Canning) and Thomas Åberg (Waiting for Astor…).
Organist: Andrew Canning
Organ Recital: CARSON COOMAN in Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Austin, TX
March 7, 2025, 7:30 pm
Works by Tamsin Jones, Howard Skempton, Yûitirô Katô, Dan Ehlert Nielsen, Jaebon Hwang, Nancy Galbraith, Angelo Maria Trovato, Karen Beaumont, Carlotta Ferrari, Christa Rakich and Thomas Åberg (Toccata No. 4 ”Hommage à Stig Gustav Schönberg”).
Organist: CARSON COOMAN
Organ Recital: CARSON COOMAN in St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, New Canaan, CT
February 21, 2025, 7 pm
Works by Gwyneth Walker, Karen Beaumont, Nancy Galbraith, Yûitirô Katô, Alexander Dmitriev, Alla Borzova, Carlotta Ferrari, Iteke Prins, Villemo Daneling and Thomas Åberg (Toccata No. 4, ”Hommage à Stig Gustav Schönberg”).
Organist: CARSON COOMAN
New Hope for Soprano Saxophone & 2 pianists (YouTube)
Recorded 2022 in Engelbrektskyrkan, Stockholm
LARS KRISTOFFERSSON (saxophone), KARIN HELLMAN-GEWORKIAN & THOMAS ÅBERG (piano)
Sheet music published by Svensk Musik – Swedish Music Information Centre
YouTube updated: Organ Suite No. 3 -The Composer playing
Organ Suite No. 3 (1983)
The Composer playing at the great Grönlund organ in Engelbrektskyrkan, Stockholm. Recorded June 14, 2024.
Thomas Åberg about the piece:
I wrote this piece in 1983 when I just finished my studies with Stig Gustav Schönberg. I premiered the suite in Sofia kyrka in Stockholm March 17, 1984. A few months later Mark Falsjö performed the piece at the great organ in Stockholm Concert Hall (October 19, 1984). In 2012 I made a few minor adjustments and in 2018 a new fresh score was published thanks to editor Carson Cooman (USA).
The piece has four movements: Prelude-Toccata-Meditation and Finale.
Sheet music published by Svensk Musik – Swedish Music Information Centre.
Photo from the early 80’s when I wrote this piece:
Thomas Åberg: More hair – less fat!
Photographer: Björn Skylling Pahlberg
A SUMMER STORM for string ensemble (complete score for free including synth.-demo)
A SUMMER STORM (2017) 9′ – based on a poem by John Gracen Brown
Music: Thomas Åberg. Instrumentation by Eyvind Hallnäs
Thomas Åberg and his long-time friend and collaborator, composer and organist Eyvind Hallnäs. Photo: Margareta Hallnäs.
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Download score
Download complete score for free.
Never performed live yet. Calls for an extra celebration when it happens!
Contact the composer for a complete set with the separate voices (PDF).
If you prefer printed copies, these can be purchased at SVENSK MUSIK – Swedish Music Information Centre.
Copyright © 2017 by Thomas Åberg
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Read more about the collaboration with the American Poet John Gracen Brown:
The Poem
I sit alone
in the shadows
of the old house.
There is a silence
within…
but a storm
is
brewing
without.
The fragrance
of the summer’s
storm
is in
the air.
The trees
shift and drift
in the rain
as if
to rejoice.
The heart
grows
heavy
for
the storm
without
has ceased.
The storm
has stopped…
but
thunder
is gathering
once again.
The rain
descends
in sheets
and the heart
again
rejoices.
Now
that the rain
has come,
the air seems
so
fresh
and
still.
The wind
slowly gathers
in the trees
and they
begin
to shift
again.
What
could be
more joyous
than sitting alone
in the silence
of this
old house?
Copyright © 2015 by John Gracen Brown
From poetry book ”The Retreat”
Published with all the necessary permits.
Organ Recital: CARSON COOMAN in Washington D.C. (Video)
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
Listen to the concert on YouTube
Thomas Åberg, piano: Autumn colors – Yellow and Green (2023)
New piece for piano
Autumn colors – Yellow and Green (2023)
Sheet music: SVENSK MUSIK – Swedish Music Information Centre
Thomas Åberg, piano: Picnic with Pelicans (2024)
New piece for piano
Picnic with Pelicans (2024)
Sheet music: SVENSK MUSIK – Swedish Music Information Centre
HANNA-MARIA STRAND, Mezzo-soprano and orchestra: By the Sea at Night
Mezzo-soprano HANNA-MARIA STRAND, LUNDS NYA KAMMARORKESTER under JOHAN-MAGNUS SJÖBERG
Original recording 2011. Audio restored 2024.
Sheet music: SVENSK MUSIK – Swedish Music Information Centre