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• 14.6.2009

  The last organ concert in the spring series

  In the concluding concert of the Ettlinger Orgelfrühling, we heard yesterday Leo Krämer from Speyer. The program was slightly changed: instead of the announced Bach pieces, we heard three fugues from Die Kunst der Fuge (including the last one with the famous b-a-c-h motive). For me, the highlights were the two improvisations over themes from Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream music. The first, introducing the program, was a fantasia (very delicate and atmospherical); the second was a toccata over the scherzo — starting off with interesting rhythmic variations (reminiscent of American minimal music), it had a beautiful middle part with colorfully layered sounds, and ended in a dramatic manner (perhaps a little too bombastic for my taste). All in all, this was a worthy completion for this series of organ concerts.