Review of organ concerts organised by the Amici della Musica di Padova at the Church of Sant’Antonio Abate, which houses a large mechanical organ, built on the model of the German organ of Bach’s time.

When: 1, 8, 15 and 22 December at 5 p.m.

Where: Church of Sant’Antonio Abate – Collegio Don Mazza in Via Savonarola, 176, Padua.

Admission: free.

Programme:

Sunday, 1 December at 5 p.m.

Francesco Botti, organ

Music: Nikolaus Bruhns, Matthias Weckmann, Georg Böhm, Dietrich Buxtehude, Johann Sebastian Bach, Piet Kee, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.

Sunday, 8 December 5 p.m.

Edoardo Mari, organ

Homage to Matthias Weckmann (1616ca – 1674)

Music: Matthias Weckmann, Dietrich Buxtehude, Guy Bovet, Arvo Pärt, Jason Roberts, Carlo Leoni.

Sunday, 15 December 5 p.m.

Nicola Gandolfo, organ

Music: Dietrich Buxtehude, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Olivier Messiaen, Maria Vincenza Cabizza.

Sunday, 22 December at 5 p.m.

Matteo Varagnolo, organ

Music: Buxtehude, Bruhns, Bach, Mendelssohn, Heiller.

More information and the complete programme can be found at: https://www.amicimusicapadova.org/calendario/rassegne/concerti-per-lavvento-2024/