Stephen Price plays the 4m, 79rk, 1965 Flentrop rebuilt by Paul Fritts 1992-95 & 2011. Price is head of organ studies at the University of Washington, Seattle, and the first Paul B. Fritts Faculty Fellow and Artist-in-Residence.

Sparkling Intensity, composed in 2023, opens with a motif portraying a ritornello character that returns in alternating sections throughout the work. Hildén draws upon the werkprinzip concept of the Renaissance, Baroque, and 20th-­century Organ Reform periods by indicating manual changes, directing the sound coming from different divisions or chambers of pipes. The manual indications mark new sections in the piece and create dialogue as an echo effect.

Featuring:

*Erland Hildén b. 1963: Symphony No. 2 (2024) 5 mvts, 31 minutes
Erland Hildén b. 1963: Sparkling Intensity (2023) 4½ minutes
Rachel Laurin 1961-2023: Three Impressions on Kingsfold (2018), Op. 75