Kay Johannsen: Organ And Chamber Works
) | Label: CARUS Catalog: CV83485 Format: CD Johannsen, Kay; Stewart, Julie; Stuttgart Stiftsphilharmonie; Gerts, MihhailKay Johannsen is a firmly established figure in Stuttgart musical life. His concert series “Bach:vokal” in the Stiftskirche – performances of the complete sacred works of J. S. Bach – enjoys recognition nationwide. Johannsen, however, is not only a successful conductor and church musician, he is also a productive and highly-regarded composer, as his new album “Sunrise” demonstrates. It includes works for organ solo and for organ and orchestra. The German organist, harpsichordist, conductor and choir-master, Kay Johannsen, studied in Freiburg and Boston through scholarships awarded to him by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes and the Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation, New York. He has won a number of prizes at national and international organ competitions, but winning first prize at the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb in 1988 was decisive for his career. Since 1994 Kay Johannsen has been the choir-master and organist at the Stiftskirche of Stuttgart, where he founded the Stuttgarter Kantorei and Ensemble 94. He also founded the solistenensemble stimmkunst in 2003.  Price: $27.98 |