This
large, high-quality organ, with four manuals and
a full 42-note pedal board, has been fitted with
stops and other elements characteristic of the
organs of the different European schools. Thanks
to its mechanical action, the player has greater
control over the sound produced, which is consequently
clearer and sharper. It is an excellent instrument
for a wide variety of repertoire, particularly
Baroque music.
The concert agenda is formulated with great emphasis
on quality, not only with regard to the musicians
who are invited to perform, but also with regard
to the musical programme, with the selection of
works of great technical and artistic interest
that suit the characteristics of the Los Venerables
organ. As a result, the Focus-Abengoa Foundation
presents the best and most comprehensive Baroque
organ music offerings in our city, the best acoustics
in an incomparable setting, and, of course, the
best musicians and the most challenging repertoire
for the Sevillian public to enjoy.
The musical agenda is largely based on three
different kinds of organ concerts held at the
Hospital de los Venerables Sacerdotes and aimed
at different audiences: the masters concerts
aimed at the general public, recitals by new
talents and educational recitals specifically
for students.
Thanks to the masters concerts held in the
Los Venerables church, over thirty of the most
outstanding organists of our times have played
live in Seville, offering the best of their
art form in what are often sublime and unrepeatable
performances. The recitals by new talents, who
are proposed by Music Conservatory professors
and are at the start of their concert career,
are designed to arouse interest in organ music,
by bringing it to more and more young people,
while at the same time giving these newcomers
the chance to prove and promote themselves.
The educational recitals, aimed at upper secondary-school
students, include both theory sessions given
by music teachers from the schools and performances
by intermediate-level students from the Seville
Conservatory of Music.
The 2002 musical programme kicked off in January
with a recital by Raúl del Toro from
Navarre, the Leyre Abbey organist, as part of
a series entitled The influence of the Gregorian
chant on organ music. He performed pieces by
S. Aguilera de Heredia, B. Íñiguez
and J.S. Bach, among others.
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