Tommy van Doorn, organist in Boxtel
Tommy van Doorn is the principal organist of the Sint-Petrusbasiliek in Boxtel. He plays the monumental Smits organ (1842) here. He is also the carillonneur of Boxtel, Geldrop, Schijndel, Son, Valkenswaard and Waalre.
Program
Death and resurrection during the First World War
Paul Gerhardt (1867-1946)
- Totenfeier (Sinfonische Dichtung für Orgel) (opus 16, 1916/1919)
Meinem teuren jungen Freunde Werner Thiermann, gefallen für das Vaterland vor Verdun on 28. February 1916, in treuem Gedenk.
Max Reger (1873-1916)
2. Psalm of Thanksgiving (from: Sieben Stücke, opus 145, 1916)
Dem German Lord
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
3. Sonata Eroica (opus 151, 1917)
To Monsieur Charles Marie Widor and the great country to which he belongs
- I. Rheims – Allegro moderato (O filii et filiae)
- II. Adagio molto (Tempo di marcia solenne)
- III. Verdun – Allegro moderato (La Marseillaise)
Georges Kriéger (1885-1914)
4. Toccata (1914)
A mon cher maître Monsieur Eugène Gigout
Tommy van Doorn is the principal organist of the Sint-Petrusbasiliek i…
Program
Death and resurrection during the First World War
Paul Gerhardt (1867-1946)
- Totenfeier (Sinfonische Dichtung für Orgel) (opus 16, 1916/1919)
Meinem teuren jungen Freunde Werner Thiermann, gefallen für das Vaterland vor Verdun on 28. February 1916, in treuem Gedenk.
Max Reger (1873-1916)
2. Psalm of Thanksgiving (from: Sieben Stücke, opus 145, 1916)
Dem German Lord
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
3. Sonata Eroica (opus 151, 1917)
To Monsieur Charles Marie Widor and the great country to which he belongs
- I. Rheims – Allegro moderato (O filii et filiae)
- II. Adagio molto (Tempo di marcia solenne)
- III. Verdun – Allegro moderato (La Marseillaise)
Georges Kriéger (1885-1914)
4. Toccata (1914)
A mon cher maître Monsieur Eugène Gigout
Tommy van Doorn is the principal organist of the Sint-Petrusbasiliek in Boxtel. He plays the monumental Smits organ (1842) here. He is also the carillonneur of Boxtel, Geldrop, Schijndel, Son, Valkenswaard and Waalre. He works as a principal subject teacher of carillon at the Utrecht Conservatory and therefore teaches at the HKU Dutch Carillon School in Amersfoort. He also works as an organ teacher in Helmond.
He studied organ as a principal subject at the Fontys Conservatory in Tilburg with Henco de Berg and Ad van Sleuwen. There he also studied piano as a minor subject with Jelena Bazova and also delved into playing the French pressure wind harmonium. Further masterclasses and interpretation lessons were followed with Kees van Houten, Ben van Oosten, Joris Verdin, Wolfgang Baumgratz and Luca Scandali, among others. In 2020 he obtained both his master's degree in carillon from the HKU Netherlands Carillon School in Amersfoort and his master's degree in musicology from Utrecht University. He has contributed to radio and television broadcasts; in 2021 his carillon playing was heard weekly on NPO Radio 3FM for a year. He is currently working on an extensive project on organ music in connection with the First World War. You can read more about this on the website www.tommyvandoorn.com/1418.