BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN
TZID:America/Denver
X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Denver
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:17-12753@music.colostate.edu
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20181015T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20181015T210000
DTSTAMP:20181011T183100Z
URL:https://music.colostate.edu/events/casavant-organ-50th-anniversary-con
 cert-joel-bacon/
SUMMARY:Casavant Organ 50th Anniversary Concert: Joel Bacon
DESCRIPTION:On the final concert of the 50th Anniversary of the Casavant Or
 gan\, CSU’s Professor of Organ Joel Bacon performs selected pieces from 
 the organ’s 1968 opening concert program. “CSU’s Casavant organ is a
  remarkable instrument – a great point of pride for the university and t
 he community\, and a joy for me personally to play and teach on\,” remar
 ked Dr. Bacon. “I hope the series of recitals celebrating its 50th anniv
 ersary reminds us all of how special it truly is.”\n\nOn August 4\, 1968
 \, Robert Cavarra played the first public recitals on the organ. Bach’s 
 monumental “Fantasy and Fugue in G minor” opened the program. This dra
 matic work would surely have made a big impact on the listeners that day\,
  who experienced our magnificent instrument for the first time. The rest o
 f the recital was quite varied\, designed to show off as many colorful sou
 nds of the organ as possible.\n \nNot long after this first program\, the 
 Austrian organist Anton Heiller\, recognized as one of the greatest organi
 sts in world\, came to CSU to perform. His recitals on October 20\, 1968\,
  were publicized as the “official dedication” of the Casavant organ. H
 is program opened with the beautiful “Praeludium in d” by Georg Böhm\
 , who is remembered for having taught organ to J.S. Bach. It ended with a 
 major work by the German Romantic composer Max Reger\, and an improvisatio
 n by Heiller on a submitted theme.\n \nMy program on Oct. 15 hopes to recr
 eate for our listeners some of the experiences those first audiences had. 
 The first half of my recital is comprised of Baroque works chosen from the
  programs of both Cavarra and Heiller. CSU’s organ was considered unusua
 l in its time for being fashioned after Baroque ideals\; skeptics wondered
  why a 20th century American instrument should resemble an instrument from
  18th century Germany. Over the years\, as we’ve come to recognize the g
 reat importance of this “golden age” of organ design in Europe\, it is
  seen as a great advantage to have modern instruments well-suited to the r
 epertoire of Bach and his contemporaries. Of course\, CSU’s organ is bea
 utiful and eclectic enough to handle a variety of repertoires from differe
 nt time periods and regions. Both Cavarra and Heiller included Romantic an
 d contemporary works on their recitals to demonstrate the breadth of the C
 asavant organ. My program will follow their lead in this regard\, ending w
 ith a major Romantic work by Reger\, and a toccata by the American compose
 r Stephen Paulus.
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.libarts.colostate.edu/music/wp-conte
 nt/uploads/sites/17/2017/02/joel-bacon_organ-in-the-backgroun-e14998761972
 08.jpg
CATEGORIES:College of Liberal Arts Featured Events
LOCATION:Organ Recital Hall\, University Center for the Arts\, 1400 Remingo
 n St.\, Fort Collins\, CO\, 80524\, United States
GEO:40.5692704;-105.07477849999998
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1400 Remingon St.\, Fort Co
 llins\, CO\, 80524\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Organ Recita
 l Hall\, University Center for the Arts:geo:40.5692704,-105.07477849999998
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Denver
X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Denver
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20180311T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:MDT
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
END:VCALENDAR