Pieces for the Echevarria Organ (Segovia Cathedral), vol. 1

Adolfo G. Viejo, Ángel Oliver Pina, Miguel del Barco, Robert Helmschrott

Over the past twenty-five years, Spain has shown an extraordinary increase in the number of restorations made in the 18^th century organs. Due to their particular characteristics, they are suitable for reproducing Iberian music from three centuries (16^th, 17^th and 18^th). However, the great European repertoire of the 17^th and 18^th centuries has no place on these instruments, much less the Romantic music or the compositions belonging to the 20^th century.

These technical limitations conditioned in a decisive way the musical and cultural activity around the organ, and even the liturgical activity was affected by them. For all that, the instrument and its repertoire are installed in the “archaeological” category.

From Dos Acordes, we want to reverse this situation. This project aims to initiate a cultural movement that places this unique instrument at the heart of contemporary creative activity.

This is the first volume of a series specially dedicated to the Echevarria Organ, located in the Segovia Cathedral, and it includes the following pieces:

• Versos del Alto Poema, Adolfo G. Viejo
• Cuatro tientos para órgano, Ángel Oliver Pina
• Resonancias leonesas, Miguel del Barco
• Tonadas y danzas del campo leonés, Robert Helmschrott

Here is a preview of Adolfo G. Viejo’s composition: download