Alle Menschen müssen sterben BWV 643 JS Bach.

Enjoy my interpretation of this majestic Organ Choral (own Transcription) by J. S. Bach in another recording! ❤️🎵

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Bach J. S. - Choral "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" Bwv645 (organ) alternative recording

BWV 1002 courante

Nun komm , der Heiden heiland BWV 660 J.S. Bach. (1685-1750).

Difference Music for variable ensemble (performed here by string quartet). Aleatoric music based on a Bach chorale. The chorale performed here is Christus, Der Ist Mein Leben.
Cadence Shevy and Gabriel Bravo, violin
Ford Amerson, viola
Iana Parks, cello

Difference Music

The finale is a high-energy collision of worlds. We start with the driving strings and distinct textures of Vivaldi, building momentum until the piece transforms into the jazz-inflected harmonies and rhythms of Gershwin. It features big orchestration and technical piano work, bringing the concerto to a fitting, exuberant close. Read more about the story behind this music in my memoir, "The Keeper," at michaeljcriss.com.

Vivaldi and Gershwin

A playful, lilting melody that serves as the "joke" of the concerto. This movement alternates between a pleasant, hummable theme and rapid, technical piano passages that challenge the performer. It captures the joy and humor inherent in a friendship that has lasted half a century. Read more about the story behind this music in my memoir, "The Keeper," at michaeljcriss.com.

Scherzo

This opening movement explores the evolution of musical order into rhythmic complexity. It begins with a dedicated nod to the Baroque era, introducing a theme heavily inspired by Bach (with a brief quote from the 4th Brandenburg Concerto). As the piece develops, the motive morphs, shifting time and texture until it arrives at a driving, Stravinsky-esque passage. It is a journey from the mathematically divine to the rhythmically primal. Read more about the story behind this music in my memoir, "The Keeper," at michaeljcriss.com

Bach and Stravinsky

This movement is the spiritual center of the concerto. It reflects my deep connection to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the Kansas Flint Hills—a place I consider a "Sacred Space". The music attempts to capture the feeling of standing on the Scenic Overlook, viewing the "ocean" of grass. It is a meditation on peace, vastness, and the quiet beauty of the American landscape.  Read more about the story behind this music in my memoir, "The Keeper," at michaeljcriss.com


Chorale

Das Bachfest Schaffhausen findet seit 1946 statt und ist heute eine der wichtigsten Kulturveranstaltungen der Region.  Im Juni 2026 ist es wieder so weit. Alle zwei Jahre bringt es internationale Musikerinnen und Musiker in die Region und stellt Werke von Johann Sebastian Bach in den Mittelpunkt. Luna aus der Rasa Redaktion hat mit Jens Lampater, Bereichsleiter Kultur Schaffhausen, gesprochen. Unter anderem darüber, warum das Bachfest so heisst und was hinter dem neuen Programm Bach zeitlos steckt.

Bachfest 2026

Composer, writer, and conceptual artist. I'm sober and a sexual abuse survivor. My music is my journal—a testament to art as a powerful tool for recovery. Thanks for listening.

Carlo Cozzula was born  in Sassari in 1971.
In 1994 he obtained the Experimental Magistral Diploma with the highest grade; in 1996 - under the leading of Hedda Vignanelli Illy – he graduated, with the highest marks, in Organ at the Conservatory of his city and next year, he graduated in Harpsichord at the Conservatory "B. Marcello" of Venice. 
He has studied Choral Music and Choir Conducting and also studied piano at the concert levels since 1985.
He performed on all the instruments as a soloist in chamber ensemble also with vocal soloists, accompanying several polyphonic complexes, among which the "Cantori della Resurrezione" by A. Sanna, with whom, in 2000, he collaborated for a recording of music by G. B. Platti (Bongiovanni Records), and with whom he performed in a concert in July 2003 in the Basilica of the SS. Rosary of Lourdes (France).
He was the main organist at the Monumental Church of S. Maria di Betlem (Sassari) and at the Basilica of S. Gavino (Porto Torres). 
As an organist, in October 1997 he was invited for a tournée in Germany, performing in prestigious places, including Limburg, Wiesbaden, Lorch, Frankfurt, as soloist and chamber musician, in concert seasons including well-known soloists such as W. Stockmeier, R. Haas, M. Pirenne, U. Krupp, W. Rockel, J. Von Erdmann.
He was invited again for the October of 2003 to give a concert at the “Orgelsommer 2003” in St. Josef Church (Frankfurt), achieving great success, playing in a schedule with some of the most famous and acclaimed organists on the world scene, such as J. Parker-Smith, Th. Trotter, H. Vogel, P. Pincemaille, D. Zaretsky, P. Pietiläinen.
In 2007 he was called a part of the Jury of the 1st Art Competition "Il Filo di Arianna", at the Baja Hotel in Cannigione (Sardinia). 
He taught Music Theory and has been pianist accompanist of lyric singing classes at the Civic School of Nuoro, taught in State Schools.
Recently he has edited the Italian translation - in World Premiere - of the essay of 1846 written by the French F. Levacher D'Urclé: "Manual didactic problems in relation to the study of the anatomy of the hand" and also the thesis by M. Punt "The Straube Code-Deciphering the metronome marks in Max Reger's Organ Works".
As a composer, he is the author of music - original and not - dedicates to the international singer Teresa Salgueiro. He is also the author of a series of Concert Transcriptions for organ - even in World Premiere - from the piano and symphonic repertoire, and for pf. from the original organ repertoire, but also from accurate choices concerning the world of jazz, fusion, Brazilian music, French chansons and Soundtracks.
One of the piano transcriptions has already been recently included in a piano recital. These compositions are already available to the international artists such as: Philippe Raskin, Mariangela Vacatello, Irene Veneziano, Simone Pedroni, Igor Roma, Gloria Campaner, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Alexei Volodin, Roberto Plano, Maurizio Baglini, Andrew Litton, Sandro Russo, Nicholas McCarthy, Ramin Bahrami, Thomas Ospital, Stephen Tharp, Thierry Mechler, Joseph Nolan, Danilo Rea, Enrico Pieranunzi, Carisa Marcelino and Clare Hammond.

Organist Hervormde gemeente , Grote kerk en Maranatha kerk te sliedrecht.  Jan E. Dekker kreeg zijn eerste orgellessen van zijn vader. Van 1988 tot 2015 volgde hij literatuurlessen bij Bram Beekman. Voor het kerkelijke orgelspel volgde hij improvisatielessen bij Jan Bonefaas. Naast zijn dagelijks werk als electro technicus, heeft hij in de avonduren voor het staatsexamen orgel gestudeerd, zijn docenten waren o.a. Jaap Zwart muziek theorie en Theo Theunissen pedagogiek. Hij behaalde in 1993 akte A en in 1995 akte B voor orgel. Tevens behoorde hij tot de prijswinnaars op de orgelconcoursen te Elburg (1985) en Gorinchem (1987 en 1988). In 2002 heeft hij meegewerkt aan een CD-productie ter gelegenheid van het 150-jarig bestaan van het Naber-orgel in de Grote Kerk te Sliedrecht.
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