Before & After [CD]

Johannes Skoog – Before & After [CD]

Swedish organist Johannes Skoog won First Prize and the Gérard-Coulombe Bach Prize at the 2024 International Organ Competition of Canada and now serves as organist to the Royal Court of Sweden. Before and After explores how composers draw on the legacy of their predecessors to transform and extend it.

The program spans Bach, Brad Mehldau, Alain, Unander-Scharin, Howells, Michael Nyman and Duruflé, recorded on the magnificent Létourneau organ at the Winspear Centre in Edmonton. The sixth collaboration between ATMA Classique and the Canadian International Organ Competition, on CD.

Genre: Classical, Contemporary Classical.