Ko Zwanenburg

Haarlem is world-renowned as an organ city. The city is home to two exceptional organs with monument status: the Christian Müller organ in St. Bavo's Church and the Cavaillé-Coll organ in the PHIL.

From May through October, concerts are held on Tuesday evenings in the Grand or St. Bavo Church. In July and August, concerts also take place on Thursday afternoons, performed by renowned organists from the Netherlands and abroad.

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Program Notes

Georg Böhm (1661-1733)
Prelude in D Minor

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Trio Sonata IV in E Minor, BWV 528
Adagio - Vivace
Andante
Un poco Allegro

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)               
Sonata in A, Op. 65 no. 3
Con moto maestoso – Fugue I – Fugue II – Con moto maestoso
Andante Tranquillo

Bert Matter (1937)
Von Gott will icht nicht lassen

Joep Straesser (1934-2004)
Faites vos jeux (1986)
Entrata
Canto
Capriccio
Intermezzo
Finale
(Composed on commission by the Sweelinck Conservatory as a required work for graduating organ performance candidates)


Ko Zwanenburg (1963) studied organ at the Dutch Institute for Church Music in Utrecht with Elly Kooiman and Kees de Wijs, and piano with Theo Saris. At the Utrecht Conservatory he earned his diploma in organ performance. His teacher was Jan Welmers. He took a course in improvisation with Bert Matter. His studies were recognized with an honorable mention for the performance of twentieth-century music. He maintains a thriving private practice teaching organ and piano in Utrecht and regularly gives organ concerts in and around Utrecht. Ko is cantor-organist at the Nicolai Church in Utrecht. He is conductor of the Vespercantorij Nicolaïkerk, which participates in the vespers on the first Sunday of each month. He also directs the Cappella di San Nicolaï and the Project Children's Choir of the Protestant Community Utrecht. In June, this choir performed the musical 'Moses', for which he composed the music to texts by Karel Deurloo. As a performer, he can be heard on the CDs 'Jan Welmers Organ Works' and '50 Years of the Marcussen Organ at Nicolai Church Utrecht'. As an advisor, he is involved with the Foundation for Cultural Events at Nicolai Church Utrecht (www.nicolaiconcerten.nl) and he is a board member of the Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Prize Foundation (www.sweelinckprijs.nl).