Wagner: Overture to “Tannhäuser”
The piece combines musical elements from Wagners early and late period, which is one of the many reasons why it is so exciting. In this arrangement and at this performance, organist Nathan Laube has highlighted the concert hall organ’s unbeatable wealth of timbres to portray Wagner’s colorful orchestration in his own way.
About Nathan Laube
American organist Nathan Laube is a leading musician and educator with admirers worldwide. He has performed on four continents in prestigious concert halls such as the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Vienna Concert Hall as well as in famous churches such as Notre-Dame in Paris, St Paul’s Cathedral in London and Berlin Cathedral. Nathan Laube was also present at the inauguration of the restored organ in Vasakyrkan in Gothenburg. He is also active at the University of Music in Stuttgart and was previously associated with the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, USA.
The concert was recorded in October 2021 during the premiere of the Concert Hall’s new organ, which consists of over 9,000 powerful organ pipes.
