RECORDINGS
Georg Muffat, Apparatus musico-organisticus
Kola Owolabi, organist
The toccatas of Georg Muffat exemplify the late 17th century South German baroque style. Each toccata features a different character capturing the qualities of its mode, and the pieces contrast bold harmonic progressions with clever imitative counterpoint. This is the first recording of Muffat’s keyboard works performed on North American organs and is the debut recording of two new instruments by eminent craft organ builders influenced by European baroque organs: the Italian style Fisk organ, Opus 148 (2018) and Richards, Fowkes & Co, Opus 24 (2021)
Jacques Boyvin: Four Suites from the Second Livre d’Orgue
Kola Owolabi, Organist
“For many performers today, mastery of the interpretation of music of the French Classic school can be elusive. Clearly, Owolabi has a deep understanding and penchant for the style, and this music in particular, which he performs with grace, conviction, and communicative insight. He is a worthy ambassador of a body of repertoire that deserves to be more widely recognized for its value in the canon of 17th- and 18th-century French organ music. In addition to the music, this recording beautifully captures the sounds of the meticulously restored organ, which is itself a treasure.”
Sacred Expressions: Twentieth Century Music for Organ
Kola Owolabi, Organist
“This is a fine opportunity to hear a first-rate recital on a well preserved 1950 Walter Holtkamp organ. Eben’s Four Biblical Dances are played with muscle and drive and extraordinary attention to the composer’s detailed and often frequently changing tempo marks. Calvin Hampton’s Variations on the Old Hundredth are a tour de force of visceral dexterity. Owolabi’s technique is more than a match for the challenge.”
audiO TRACKS
Excerpt from Jacques Boyvin: Four Suites from the Second Livre d’Orgue.
1732 Andreas Silbermann Organ, Saint-Maurice Abbey, Ebersmunster, France. RAVEN OAR-997.
Excerpt from Jacques Boyvin: Four Suites from the Second Livre d’Orgue.
1732 Andreas Silbermann Organ, Saint-Maurice Abbey, Ebersmunster, France. RAVEN OAR-997.
Live performance, February 11, 2022
Inaugural recital of Martin Pasi organ, Opus 28, 2021 (II/33)
St. George’s Episcopal Church, Arlington, VA
Arranged for organ by Kola Owolabi
Live performance, February 11, 2022
Inaugural recital of Martin Pasi organ, Opus 28, 2021 (II/33)
St. George’s Episcopal Church, Arlington, VA
Live performance, September 17, 2021
Noack organ, 1983 (II/18)
Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, Houston, TX
Live performance, September 17, 2021
Noack organ, 1983 (II/18)
Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, Houston, TX
Live performance, September 17, 2021
Noack organ, 1983 (II/18)
Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, Houston, TX
Live performance, September 29, 2019
Karl Wilhelm organ, 1985 (III/39)
First Congregational Church, Ann Arbor, MI
Live performance, September 29, 2019
Karl Wilhelm organ, 1985 (III/39)
First Congregational Church, Ann Arbor, MI
Using a ritornello from an aria from Johann Adolf Hasse’s opera, Cleofide (1731)
Live performance, September 29, 2019
Karl Wilhelm organ, 1985 (III/39)
First Congregational Church, Ann Arbor
Live performance, May 12, 2019, on the historic organ at St. Peter & St. Paul Church, Niederndodeleben, Germany
Heinrich Compenius, 1611; Johann Georg Hartmann, 1750 (II/19)
Live performance, January 17, 2010, on the Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Live performance, May 12, 2019, on the historic organ at St. Peter & St. Paul Church, Niederndodeleben, Germany
Heinrich Compenius, 1611; Johann Georg Hartmann, 1750 (II/19)
Live performance, October 21, 2011, on the C. B. Fisk organ (III/45) at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Greenville, NC
Live performance, October 21, 2011, on the C. B. Fisk organ (III/45) at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Greenville, NC
Excerpt from Sacred Expressions: Twentieth Century Music for Organ. Works by Oliver Messiaen, Petr Eben & Calvin Hampton. RAVEN OAR-996.