Post by Gordon Kerry

My new short piece for #trumpet and #organ, ‘Backhaus Introit’ is having simultaneous premieres in Australia and Germany in July. It was commissioned by Bendigo Fine Music for its Keys of Gold Festival, to honour Dr Henry Backhaus, the first Catholic priest to serve in the goldfields. He founded St Kilian’s, #Bendigo, where the Australian premiere will happen) and paid for its organ. He was also a composer, so I have used a couple of his melodic ideas as tribute. The piece is dedicated to the late Monsignor Frank Marriott, who worked tirelessly to build relations between the dioceses of Sandhurst and #Paderborn, Germany, Dr Backhaus’s home town. So I also use a carol from the 17th-century Paderborner Gesängbuch. A few days after the Bendigo premiere, the piece will be played in the Cathedral at Paderborn as part of the festival of St Liborius. The Bendigo performance on 25 July (at 11:00) features Louisa Trewartha and Thomas Heywood https://lnkd.in/dTTfySYU The Paderborn performance on 28 July (at 17:00) features Jörg Segtrop and Tobias Aehlig. https://lnkd.in/dDjW9Ksx