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China - Shanghai, Qingdao & Beijing
Chinese organ experiences across Shanghai, Qingdao, and Beijing, encompassing commissioned recording work for Shanghai Cathedral’s digital organ database, cathedral organ demonstrations, and recorded performances of classical repertoire in historic ecclesiastical settings.
CATHEDRAL PERFORMANCES & COMMISSIONED RECORDING
Shanghai - Commissioned Organ Recordings and Live Performance
Dates: 10 - 13 October 2024
Venue: Shanghai Cathedral (Xujiahui Cathedral)
Repertoire:
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Henri Mulet - Carillon-Sortie
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Marcel Dupré - Placare Christe Servulis
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Sigfrid Karg-Elert - Nun Danket Alle Gott
Commissioned by organ technician Roster Wu for a paid recording project, involving the documentation of more than 60 classical organ works, instrumental pieces, and hymns associated with the Chinese congregation for Shanghai Cathedral’s digital pipe-organ database.
Over four days, Gerard worked with the cathedral’s priests, religious sisters, and resident organ technician, Jiajin, responding to repertoire requests and helping organise the recordings chronologically within the database.
The Mulet and Dupré works were recorded for the database. Karg-Elert’s Nun Danket Alle Gott was performed live as an organ postlude following the cathedral’s lunchtime English Mass on 13 October 2024.
Qingdao - Recorded Organ Performances
Date: 16 October 2024
Venue: St Michael’s Cathedral, Qingdao
Instrument: German pipe organ
Repertoire:
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J. S. Bach - Prelude in G major, BWV 541
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Sigfrid Karg-Elert - Nun Danket Alle Gott
Two recorded performances presented to visitors during Gerard’s stay in Qingdao, showcasing the cathedral’s historic German pipe organ. The performances were given informally for tourists visiting St Michael’s Cathedral, with Bach’s BWV 541 Prelude and Karg-Elert’s Nun Danket Alle Gott among the works performed and recorded.
Beijing - Recorded Organ Performance
Date: 21 October 2024
Venue: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Beijing (Nantang)
Repertoire: Marcel Dupré - Placare Christe Servulis
A recorded performance showcasing the cathedral’s Casavant pipe organ, undertaken during a pipe-organ tour led by Fr Zhao, a priest, musician, organist, and composer involved in seminary music education in Beijing and Singapore.
Additional context: Fr Zhao teaches music at a seminary in Beijing and conducts online music classes for seminarians at St Francis Xavier Seminary / CTIS in Singapore. He has also composed psalm settings for the liturgical cycles of Years A, B, and C.
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