Pori Organ

15/06/2026

Su 14.6.2026 Pori Organ
Tomi Satomaa, urut.
Festivaalin viimeinen konsertti oli Kankaanpään kirkossa. Kiitokset kaikille taiteilijoille ja konserttiyleisölle. Hyvää kesää 🎶 Pori Organ/ 📷 Päivi Holkko

13/06/2026

Although the Pori Organ Festival has one more concert, when Tomi Satomaa plays at the organ in Kankaanpää tomorrow, today organist and organ consultant Kurt Lueders played the last Festival concert at Pori Central Church.

In 2007, Kurt Lueders was an extremely important consultant during the organ building project in Pori.

He began his concert with lyrical sounds in César Franck's Piece in C major and remained true to the soft sounds of flutes, strings, and reeds throughout much of the program. The audience only truly experienced the full sound of the organ in the final piece (C. Franck: Final), which, with its fanfare-like sounds, provided a fitting conclusion.

Following his concert, Kurt Lueders gave a short speech in which he explained some aspects of the organ building process, thanked those involved, and expressed special gratitude to the festival director and Pori organist, Juhani Romppanen. As a token of appreciation, Juhani also received the first edition of Marcel Dupré's Vespers as a gift from Kurt Lueders.

- Helmuth Gripentrog

13/06/2026

Pe 12.6.2026 Pori Organ
Mikko Helenius, urut
Kari Hakala, tekstit

- 📷Päivi Holkko

12/06/2026

"Urut ovat monipuolisuudessaan huikea soitin. Yksi ihminen voi olla yhdessä hetkessä kokonainen orkesteri, toisessa heleä huilu tai aaltoileva harppu. Varsinkin, kun tietää, mitä tekee.

Illan parasta antia oli Ilpo Laspaksen tapa tuoda esiin instrumenttinsa herkkyyttä. Virtuoottista mahtailua konsertissa ei tarvittu." SK/Iida Kerokoski

- Tuija Kruus

Pori Organin torstain parasta antia oli Ilpo Laspaksen tapa tuoda esiin urkujen herkkyyttä.

11/06/2026

One reason why the Pori Organ Festival has been so successful for two decades is the diversity of its concerts. Although purely organ concerts predominate, artistic director Juhani Romppanen has managed to expand the repertoire over the years, whether through the annual presentation of silent films, the participation of the Pori Philharmonic Choir, other choirs, or other instrumentalists, such as the Pori Sinfonietta Orchestra.
This evening, the exceptionally versatile organist Ilpo Laspas played the organ together with a brass ensemble comprised of several professional musicians. The concert began with a captivating Intrada for organ and winds by Hans-André Stamm, followed by two movements from G.F. Handel's Concerto in F.
Highlights certainly included two movements from Charles-Marie Widor's Symphonie Gothique for organ, followed by Samuel Barber's Adagio in an arrangement for organ and orchestra. While the official program concluded with a rousing performance of Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries, the musicians offered an Hungarian Dance by J. Brahms as an encore.
The numerous listeners gave the musicians well-deserved applause.

- Helmuth Gripentrog

10/06/2026

The large audience for the silent film at Pori Central Church this evening was treated to a special experience when Donald MacKenzie, one of the great masters of his craft, accompanied the Harold Lloyd film 'For Heaven's Sake' on the organ as part of the Pori Organ Festival. Donald MacKenzie has presided at the mighty Theater organ in the Odeon Luxe, London, for 33 years. He is an acclaimed concert organist, and his reputation extends to being the doyen of silent film accompanists.

His vast experience showed as he accompanied Harold Lloyd’s comedy ‚For Heaven’s Sake‘. The synchronization between film and music was just perfect and he used popular themes, such as ‘Guarda che luna’ (Hopeinen Kuu), He even found a way to integrate Wagner in the chaotic proceedings and used the tonal and dynamic possibilities of the organ superbly.
The story of the movie was interesting: An Uptown Boy, J. Harold Manners (Lloyd) is a millionaire pl***oy who falls for the Downtown Girl, Hope, who works in Brother Paul's (Weigel) mission. In order to build up attendance, and win Hope's attention, Harold runs through town causing trouble, and winds up with a crowd chasing him right into the mission. He eventually marries Hope, but not without some interference from his high-brow friends.

10/06/2026

10/06/2026

SK/ Kaija Huidan konserttiarvio on tässä! ✨️✨️✨️
- Tuija Kruus