Since the appearance of his original Nordic Journey double-CD, released by Pro Organo in 2010 (CD 7239, recorded in Sweden at Linköping Cathedral), James Hicks has made numerous trips to Scandinavia in order to research, locate, and perform 19th- and 20th-century organ music from Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, and Finland, on some of the finest and most noteworthy of Scandinavian organs. Dr. Hicks has commissioned and premiered new organ music from Sweden’s noted composer, Frederick Sixten.
James Hicks held recording sessions this summer in three Swedish locations. His passion for Nordic organ repertoire is shared by Frederick Hohman and the Pro Organo production team, who together are introducing this vast and largely unknown organ repertoire. Volumes 2, 3 and 4 of Nordic Journey will comprise The Nordic Symphonic Tradition, recorded in Sweden on the Åkerman & Lund organ (1905, restored 2008) at St. Johannes’ Church, Malmö; Swedish Folkways and Classic Traditions, recorded on the 1964 Andersen organ at Skara Cathedral in Skara; and Modern Masters, recorded on the 1898 Åkerman & Lund organ (restored 2009) in Västerås Cathedral, Västerås.
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