19/10/2025
From Darkness to Light
Organ, Dance, Voice and Light
Gothenburg Concert Hall October 18th @18:00 2025
From Darkness to Light
Organ, dance, voice and light
October 18th, 18:00–19:20
Gothenburg Concert Hall
Maria Forsström, mezzo soprano
Natalie Ogonek and Gabriel Davidsson, dance
Hans Davidsson, organ
Ulrika Davidsson, stage director
Johan Alvebris, light design
A captivating and multifaceted performance where the symphonic organ displays its great versatility and where music, dance, and light design come together to form a unified concert experience. Hans Davidsson plays the rich, powerful, and sometimes poetic organ music by Bach, Mendelssohn, and the French symphonic masters Widor and Vierne. In contrast, we also hear songs by Mahler and Handel, beautifully embodied by the internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Maria Forsström. Natalie Ogonek and Gabriel Davidsson, internationally established dance artists and members of the Davidsson Organ and Dance Collaborative, dramatize the concert with newly choreographed works. The concert is performed seamlessly from beginning to end with dazzling light designs by Johan Alvebris.
Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793–1866)
Du går icke ensam, from Songes (1849)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809–1847)
From Organ Sonata No. 3: Double fugue on the theme Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and fugue in D major, BWV 532
Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Urlicht from Symphony No. 2
Mattias Eklund (b. 1972)
Passacaglia for mezzo soprano, dance and organ
(Lotta Lotass, text)
Martin Herchenröder (b. 1961)
Northern Lights (2021)
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Alleluia from Saeviat tellus inter rigores
Charles–Marie Widor (1844–1937)
Andante sostenuto from Organ Symphony, No. 9, Symphonie gothique
Louis Vierne (1870–1937)
Final from Organ Symphony, No. 6
