Vibrant, unexpected
and surprising – an extraordinary concert evening and an exciting musical journey far from common organ clichés!
Dynamic rhythms meet old chorales and new melodies.
Classics, tangos, and jazz merge into a hymn to life, light, and hope.
Volker
Jaekel: Organ, Portative (portable medieval organ)
Gert
Anklam: Saxophones, Sheng (Chinese mouth organ)
The
musicians span a wide arc through the ages from early music to jazz, connecting the most diverse musical influences. Unusual arrangements of old chorales, original compositions influenced by collaboration with musicians from other cultures, orchestral soundscapes on the organ, tangos, and emotional improvisations come to life.
The organist Volker Jaekel draws unusual sounds and earthy rhythms from the organ. The fascinating tones of the organ engage in a musical dialogue with the sonorous and poetic saxophone of Gert Anklam. In the concert, they will also perform with two small and rare organs. These include the Chinese mouth organ Sheng and the medieval Portative. Their repertoire features arrangements of works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Edward Grieg, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Astor Piazzolla, Steve Lacy, and others.
The short and entertaining concert is personally moderated by the two Berlin musicians. Lively, unexpected, and surprising – an extraordinary concert evening and an exciting musical journey far from common organ clichés!