Be prepared to be blown away when acclaimed organist and raconteur Carlo Curley joins forces with the Rodgers Trillium organ in St Matthew's, Masterton, on Saturday, 11 September.
One of the world's finest organists, Carlo Curley has made it his mission to take the pipe organ to the masses. In short, his concerts combine fun with fine playing and engaging audience education.
The Evening Post summed it up perfectly:
… the world's most ebullient organist (is) Carlo Curley … he succeeded in exploring the resources of the instrument so that he could combine and juxtapose stops with taste and skill, savouring the individuality of their sounds as if they were fine wines … the energy and thrilling pulse (of his Bach) undid me, quite … The virtuosity of hands and feet was astonishing, but the sweep and grandeur, delicacy and tranquility, pulsating excitement, surprising mixtures of high and low, flutes and deep reeds, were the ingredients of performances of enormous pleasure … I never expect to hear the great Town Hall organ sound like this again, or played with such compelling musicality.
— THE EVENING POST (Wellington, New Zealand)
Carlo Curley Organ Extravaganza
St Matthew's, Church Street, Masterton
Saturday, 11 September 2010, at 7 pm.
Tickets: $20, Students $5. Door sales.
