Episode 302: 19302 Gunnar Idenstam - Lofoten Meditations

Another source of pride and pleasure is that our September releases, between Toccata Classics and Toccata Next, bring our fourth release featuring the Swedish organist and composer Gunnar Idenstam, whose music I find enormously attractive. In 2019 Gunnar was commissioned to provide the music to a film, The Vegan Toothbrush, by the Norwegian film-maker Trygve Luktvasslimo, which takes seriously the issue of climate change itself but satirises the quasi-religious intensity of climate activists. Gunnar is one of the few remaining organists who maintain the centuries-old tradition of improvisation at the console, and his extemporizations for the film, all of which are concerned with water, developed into a kind of powerfully atmospheric sea symphony. The structure is underpinned by three ‘Chorale Preludes’. The recording was made on Gunnar’s own, personalised Quantum Q350 digital organ.TracksPrelude (1:38)Chorale Theme I (2:54)Water Vortex (0:51)Water Landscapes (3:25)Poem I (19:28)Chorale Theme II (5:43)Poem II (19:13)Bubbles (1:15)Chorale Theme III (2:10)Hymn (3:35)Help support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber and Apple Classical. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) [email protected] This album is broadcast with the permission of Sean Dacy from Rosebrook Media.