The XVIII Autumn Concert Series of the Sant Josep Organ continues this Saturday, November 29 with its second musical proposal of the season. From 8.15 pm, the Majorcan organist Nofre Morey Munar, professor at the Conservatory of Palma, will offer a recital entitled A tour of North Germany, a program that claims the richness of the German Baroque repertoire through three of its great masters: Johann Sebastian Bach, Dieterich Buxtehude and Georg Böhm.
A program focused on the pillars of the baroque organ
The concert proposes a sonorous journey through the organ universe of North Germany, one of the European cradles of this instrument. Thanks to emblematic works by Bach, Buxtehude and Böhm, the public will be able to enjoy a style marked by the contrapuntal complexity, expressiveness and technical virtuosity that characterized this musical school.
The choice of repertoire also underlines the direct influence between these composers: Böhm was one of the references of the young Bach, while Buxtehude played a decisive role in his training, to the point that the musician from Eisenach came to travel more than 400 kilometers on foot to listen to him in Lübeck.
The emerging talent of Nofre Morey Munar
Born in Sant Joan (Mallorca) 25 years ago, Nofre Morey Munar began his musical training at the age of five at the Municipal School of Music of his town. His career continued at the conservatories of Felanitx and Palma, where he studied piano and had his first contact with the organ under the guidance of Professor
His career took an international turn when he moved to the Netherlands, where he studied organ at the prestigious Conservatorium van Amsterdam. There he trained with two leading figures in historicist interpretation: Matthias Havinga and Pieter van Dijk.
A historic organ that once again displays its timbre
The setting for the recital will be the famous organ of the parish of Sant Josep, a historic piece built in the workshops of Pere Reynés Florit (Campanet, Mallorca). Conceived following the Catalan tradition and the Baroque style, the instrument stands out for its rich timbre: it has twenty sound stops and nearly 1,500 wooden and tin pipes, capable of displaying an expressive palette ideal for this type of repertoire.
Its sonority, especially suited to German baroque music, will allow each work to be heard with the depth and color demanded by this musical language.
The concert, free access until full capacity, promises to be an unmissable event both for classical music lovers and for those who wish to discover the strength and subtlety of the organ in one of the most emblematic instruments of the island.
