Permanent organ musical programming 2023 year XV

The permanent organ music season of the Portuguese Institute of St. Anthony continues into the new year with a program that includes the Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV 544 and the Liebster Jesu, Wir Sind Hier BWV731 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) , the Variations „Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen” S. 179 by Ferenc Liszt (1811-1886), the Air from Holberg suite op. 40 by Edward Grieg (1843-1907), to name the most important.

The artistic direction is always by Giampaolo Di Rosa, titular organist of Sant' Antonio dei Portoghesi in Rome. His repertoire includes every era, his own compositions and transcriptions and the complete cycles for organ by J. S. Bach, C. Franck and O. Messiaen. Di Rosa dedicates himself to the pedagogy and dissemination of improvisation, to musicological and organological research and to artistic direction, having assumed the liturgical function of titular and resident organist of several European churches and cathedrals, including the Cathedrals of Vila Real (2016) and Bragança (2021) in Portugal. He currently carries out concert activity in the world.