Organ Recital: Balint Karosi

Sunday, October 29, 2023

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5:30 p.m. | Saint Thomas Church

The Sunday Recital Series is free and open to the public. Usually starting at approximately 5:30pm, it follows the 4pm service on most Sundays during the academic term. The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited during the performance.

Today we welcome organist Balint Karosi of New York, NY.

Toccata XVI in C, FbWV 116	Johann Jacob Froberger (1616-1667)
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott	Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten – Partita	Georg Böhm (1661-1733)
Chorale Prelude ‘Ein’ feste Burg is unser Gott’ BWV 720	Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Preludes and Fugues on B-A-C-H	Balint Karosi (b. 1979)
Een Vaste Burg is onze God	Jan Zwart (1877-1937)

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About the Artist

Dr. Balint Karosi has been Cantor and Director of Music, Classical, at Saint Peter’s Church in Midtown Manhattan since 2015. After winning the 2008 Bach Prize in Leipzig, Balint has been in demand as a recitalist and clinician worldwide, known for the interpretation of Bach’s music and his Baroque-style improvisations. His recording portfolio includes three albums by Hungaroton, including his original orchestral works, and thirteen albums of the complete works for organ by J. S. Bach. Balint has recently joined the faculty of the Organ Department at the University of Michigan, where he will be teaching organ literature, church music and improvisation, starting August 2023.

Dr. Karosi’s compositions include the reconstruction of Bach’s lost St Mark’s Passion for Saint Peters, four organ concerti, two operas, cantatas, choral, orchestral, and instrumental works. His eight volumes of organ works are published by the Leupold Foundation. His Toccata in Memory of Bartók was the compulsory work for the 2022 NYACOP competition, his Kodály Triptych won the first prize of the Hungarian Philharmonia’s 2022 composition competition, and, in 2023, his organ concerto Syöjätär has been awarded the Kaija Saarijaho prize and the prize of the Finnish National Composer Award in Helsinki, Finland.

Bálint has studied at the Liszt Academy in his native Budapest, Hungary, the Conservatoire Superieure in Geneva, Switzerland, and at the Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio. He earned his DMA in composition at the Yale School of Music in 2017.

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Organ Recital: Balint Karosi