Florian Palier plays the Fuge BWV 997 by Johann Sebastian Bach. recorded at Joanneumskapelle Graz, 2019
Learn MoreTakuya Okamoto J. S. Bach BWV 998 Präludium ~ Allegro
Takuya Okamoto performs Bach's Prelude ~ Allegro BWV 998
Learn MoreJohann & Josef Strauß – Pizzicato Polka
The guitar orchestra of the Seckau Festival rehearsed the Pizzicato Polka by Johann & Josef Strauss during the guitar week and performed it at the final matinee with great joy and enthusiasm for the piece. Triangle soloist Ad Murck from Rotterdam was specially invited for the performance!
Learn MoreJ.S. Bach – H.L. Hassler – Th. Morley
The guitar orchestra of the International Guitar Festival Seckau will perform at the closing concert in the Hall of Homage of Seckau Abbey on July 30, 2023. The program includes J.S. Bach’s “Befiehl du deine Wege” and H.L. Hassler’s “Mein Gmüth ist mir verwirret”—a piece later adapted by J.S. Bach with the text by Paul Gerhardt in his St. Matthew Passion as “O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden.”
Learn MoreLeo Brouwer „Cuban Landscape with Rain“
The Guitar Orchestra of the Seckau Guitar Festival and Camp http://www.gitarre-seckau.at/ will perform Cuban Landscape by Leo Brouwer (*1939) with great concentration and joy in playing at the matinee on July 28, 2024 in the Huldigungssaal of Seckau Abbey https://www.abtei-seckau.at/. Thunderstorms, hail and weather caprices are familiar in Seckau at 840 meters above sea level with the Seckau mountains in the background [...]up to 2400 m high - not unknown in Seckau ... Florian Palier https://www.florianpalier.net/ , https://www.gmpu.ac.at/universitaet/k... conducts the legendary work of the doyen of contemporary guitar composers, the Cuban-born Leo Brouwer, with accuracy and verve; He puts the guitar orchestra and the audience under his spell.
Learn MoreFranz Schubert – Ave Maria Violarra (Johanna Bohnen/Johann Palier)
Johanna Bohnen – violin and Johann Palier – guitar perform as the duo Violarra http://www.violarra.at/ Franz Schubert's "Ave Maria" in the violin version by Jascha Heifetz at the International Guitar Festival Seckau 2024 http://www.gitarre-seckau.at/ as the second encore. Dense atmosphere, you could hear a pin drop... The guitar arrangement was created by Johann Palier.
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