27 June 2010: Joseph Ripka (USA)
As the first-prize winner of the 2008 San Marino/Elizabeth Elftman National Organ Competition (USA), the Fort Wayne National Organ Competition (USA) and the 2008 Dublin International Organ Competition, Joseph Ripka has earned national and international recognition as one of today’s most promising young organ talents. Joseph has performed numerous organ recitals throughout the United States and has been a featured organist on National Public Radio’s Pipedreams several times. His performances can be heard on National Public Radio and Irish Radio. He also performs frequently as collaborative pianist with his wife, violinist Erin Ripka. During the summer of 2009, Joseph made his European concert debut giving recitals at St Sulpice in Paris, Bavo Kerk in Haarlem, Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, and Hooglandse Kerk in Leiden, Netherlands. Joseph has performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Philharmonic, and the New World Symphony under important conductors including Michael Tilson Thomas, Benjamin Zander, and Alan Gilbert.
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) Soll es sein (Poolse almande)
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 163
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 662
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809–1847) Sonata in F minor, op. 65 no.
Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) Prelude and fugue in F minor, op. 7, no.2
Gaston Litaize (1909-1991) Prélude et danse fuguée