BYU Organ Workshop – Pre-Workshop Seminar

The general public is invited to a free lecture by Dr. Brian Mathias: THE HISTORY OF THE ORGAN CHORALE. The lecture will be presented on Monday, August 1, from 3-6 p.m., in the Madsen Recital Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center, BYU.

Throughout the history of the organ, hymn tunes have inspired composers and provided a rich repository of melody for them to draw from. One of the most notable bodies of work in this repertoire is the large corpus of chorale-based works from Lutheran Germany. From Buxtehude and Bach to Brahms and beyond, Lutheran chorales have provided the foundation for some of the most magnificent organ works ever written. Come explore this repertoire as we trace the development of chorale-based organ music from the early years of the Reformation to the present.