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Organ concert, Hans Uwe Hielscher (Germany)

  • Mission Dolores Basilica 3321 16th St, San Francisco, CA, 94114 United States (map)

Hans U. Hielscher will play:

Josef Rheinberger 1839–1901 - Sonata No. 4 in A Minor op. 98
Alexandre Guilmant 1837–1911 - Madrigal op. 52/3
Isaac Flagler 1844–1909 - Easter March
Traditional Arr. Dan Miller - How great Thou art
Cor Kee 1900–1997 - Variations on an old Dutch folksong
Cécile Chaminade 1857–1944 - Méditation
Hans U. Hielscher 1945– Scottish Rhapsody

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Hans U. Hielscher has been organist at the Marktkirche in Wiesbaden (Lutheran Cathedral of Nassau), Germany, since 1979. His studies were at the Detmold State Academy of Music and in Paris/Rouen, France. He also studied carillon at The Nederlandse Beiaardschool in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. Hans has presented more than 4,000 organ recitals around the globe, his concert tours have taken him to all European countries, the United States (75 U.S. tours), Bahamas, Israel, Iceland, South Africa, and multiple times to Australia, New Zealand, French-Polynesia, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok. He has been featured on radio and TV broadcasts, 22 CD recordings on various international labels and is the author of the books "Alexandre Guilmant - Life and Work", "Famous Organs in the U.S.A.", "The Organ of Wiesbaden Marktkirche". He is a published composer of some 60 works for organ. Hans has been honoured by the French government in Paris for his worldwide engagement in French organ music and nominated "Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" in 1985. In 2019, the Hessian Ministry for Science and Art in the Capital City of Wiesbaden awarded him the "Certificate of Honor for Art and Culture".

www.hielscher-music.de

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