ORGEL•PUNKT 12: VOICE & ORGAN - Hymne au soleil

In keeping with the glorious summer sunshine, the young Canadian bass-baritone David McCune and Arno Hartmann, former director of church music in Bochum, will perform an entertaining program featuring masterpieces by Bach (from the Bach cantata BWV 86), Mozart (“In diesen heil’gen Hallen” from *The Magic Flute*), Dubois (Toccata), Saint-Saëns (from the *Organ Symphony*), and Louis Vierne (“Hymne au soleil”).

DAVID McCUNE completed his vocal studies at King’s University in Alberta, where he studied with bass-baritone Jihwan Cho. His recent solo performances include Mozart’s “Requiem” with the Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus and the chamber choir “i Coristi,” as well as the role of Jesus in Arvo Pärt’s “Passio” with Pro Coro Canada. He has performed a wide range of 20th- and 21st-century music, from Superintendent Budd in Britten’s “Albert Herring” to Stockhausen’s “Stimmung,” and recently premiered a series of art songs for deep bass by Canadian composer Charles Stolte. In addition, he has a special interest in the Slavic solo vocal repertoire and has had the privilege of studying Ukrainian art songs with Pavlo Hunka, Vasyl’ Pudchenko, and Dr. Melanie Turgeon. He has performed with renowned vocal ensembles such as the Theatre of Voices Festival under the direction of Paul Hillier and the Danmarks Radio Vokalensemblet Trinitatis Baroque Ensemble in Copenhagen.

ARNO HARTMANN, born in Duisburg, studied organ, orchestral conducting, and church music at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Concert invitations have taken him to organ festivals throughout Europe, Iceland, the U.S., South Africa, Russia, Australia, Argentina, and Uruguay. As an organ soloist, he has performed with, among others, the Orchestra da Camera di Firenze and the Moscow Chamber Orchestra at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall of the Moscow Philharmonic. He has led master classes on multiple occasions at Emory University in Atlanta and the Gnessin Music Academy in Moscow, where he most recently served as a jury member for the “1st Leonid Rojsman Organ Competition.” Several CD recordings, including collaborations with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Concilium Musicum Wien, and the Bochum Symphony Orchestra, document his musical work. After many years of musical activity in Vienna, where he was responsible for numerous concert broadcasts for ORF and served as organist with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Arno Hartmann worked as director of church music in Bochum. He is the artistic director of the Bochum Organ Festival and the Bochum Orgelpunkte.

ORGEL•PUNKT 12: Saturdays after the noon bells: 30 minutes of organ music, varied programs, internationally renowned concert organists—time to recharge, relax, and find inspiration: The thousand-year-old “Klangraum Münster” is equally popular with locals and tourists alike in this format. The region’s largest and most versatile organ will feature a colorful mix of works by the old masters—from Bach, Mozart, and the Romantics to Messiaen and the avant-garde—in 19 concerts. In addition to Münster organist Andreas Liebig, the series will feature distinguished guests from Germany and abroad.

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