2. Toccata - Trumpet & Organ

In the organizer's words:

Trumpet & Organ

Carlos Paterson Organ
Pacho Flores trumpet

Works by Sanz, Telemann, Bach, Paterson, Böhme and Flores

The Toccata concert "Trumpet & Organ" was actually supposed to take place last year, but then the devastating floods hit Valencia, Pacho Flores' adopted home. Together with star conductor Gustavo Dudamel, the trumpeter and artist in residence for the 2024/2025 season organized a benefit concert for the victims of the natural disaster - which took place on the day of the planned Toccata. However, the two musicians do not want to deprive the audience in Duisburg of the spectacular sound experience when radiant trumpet tones unite with the majestic sound of the Eule organ - and will make up for their personally curated program in the 2025/2026 season. Pacho Flores and Carlos Paterson got to know each other in Valencia, have already been in the recording studio together and have their own works as well as arrangements by other composers in their luggage. For example, Johann Sebastian Bach's popular cantata "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme", as well as the "Méditation sur Salve Regina" from the "Scènes Mystiques d'une Paraphrase Grégorienne", which Carlos Paterson composed in 2021. Pacho Flores' "Musas y Resuell", which he dedicated to the Argentine tango king Astor Piazzolla, was also composed in the same year.