OBISKI KRALJICE – »NEVIDNE NITI« / VISITS OF THE QUEEN – »INVISIBLE THREADS«

POLONA GANTAR, orgle / organ

Program / Programme:
Stanko Premrl: Variacije na »Christus vincit« / Variations on »Christus vincit«
Robert Fuchs: Fantazija v e-molu, op. 91 / Fantasy in E minor, Op. 91
Anton Foerster: Preludij in postludij na temo Josepha Haydna / Prelude and Postlude on a Theme by Joseph Haydn
Stanko Premrl: Meditacija / Meditation
Franc Kimovec: Sine fine
Arnold Schönberg: Variacije na recitativ, op. 40 / Variations on a Recitative, Op. 40
Matija Tomc: Tokata in fuga / Toccata and Fugue
Franz Schmidt: Tokata v C-duru / Toccata in C major

»Nevidne niti« iz naslova predmetnega orgelskega recitala se nanašajo na prepletene, pogosto pozabljene povezave med slovenskim orgelskim ustvarjanjem, dunajsko tradicijo in zgodnjimi radijskimi prenosi, ki so v 30. letih prejšnjega stoletja združevali sakralni in profani prostor. Pred drugo svetovno vojno so iz ljubljanske stolne in frančiškanske cerkve prek radijskih valov prenašali liturgijo in solistične orgelske koncerte, ki so jih oblikovali najvidnejši slovenski organisti in skladatelji tistega časa. Glasba, ohranjena v rokopisih, ter glasba, ki je prek mikrofonskih vodov nekoč potovala v domove poslušalcev, tako oživljata vezi, ki so nekdaj neopazno povezovale svetišča, radijski studio in širšo glasbeno kulturo.

S takšnimi radijskimi prenosi so v eter stopali Stanko Premrl, Franc Kimovec in Matija Tomc, organisti, skladatelji in pedagogi, ki so s svojimi izvedbami predstavljali tako domača dela kot glasbo sodobnikov. Vse tri je zaznamovala dunajska šola. Premrl je kot naslednik Antona Foersterja, čigar 100. obletnice smrti se bomo spomnili leta 2026, študiral kompozicijo pri Robertu Fuchsu in se tam srečal tudi z izrazito drugačnimi estetskimi načeli Arnolda Schönberga, osrednje osebnosti »druge dunajske šole«, katere edino ohranjeno in pred kratkim revidirano orgelsko skladbo bomo slišali tudi na tem recitalu, ki poteka v sklopu Arsovega orgelskega cikla Obiski kraljice. Kimovec je študiral na cerkvenoglasbenem oddelku Dunajske univerze v Klosterneuburgu in po vrnitvi v Ljubljano postal prvi zborovodja leta 1937 ustanovljenega radijskega pevskega zbora. Tomc pa je bil na Dunaju učenec legendarnega Franza Schmidta.

Te povezave odsevajo tudi v programu orgelskega koncerta, ki prepleta slovenska in avstrijska dela ter odpira pogled v slogovno raznolikost orgelske ustvarjalnosti 20. stoletja. Ob tem se bo predstavila organistka Polona Gantar, glasbenica izjemno širokega profila, ki se je izobrazila na Koroškem deželnem konservatoriju v Celovcu ter na Univerzi za glasbo in uprizoritvene umetnosti na Dunaju, kjer je magistrirala pri Petru Planyavskem. Izpopolnjevala se je pri vodilnih evropskih organistih, solistično nastopa doma in v tujini ter redno snema za arhiv in Založbo kaset in plošč RTV Slovenija. Je glasbena urednica na programu Ars in organistka v frančiškanski cerkvi Marijinega oznanjenja v Ljubljani.
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The “Invisible Threads” of the title of this organ recital evoke the complex yet frequently forgotten connections between Slovene organ music, the Viennese tradition and the early radio broadcasts that, in the 1930s, brought together the sacred and the profane. Before the Second World War Ljubljana’s cathedral and Franciscan church were the venues for radio broadcasts of the liturgy and solo organ concerts featuring the most prominent Slovene organists and composers of the time. Music preserved in manuscripts and the music that once travelled through microphone cables into listeners’ homes thus revives those ties that once invisibly connected places of worship, the radio studio and broader musical culture.

Such radio broadcasts brought to the air Stanko Premrl, Franc Kimovec and Matija Tomc – organists, composers and teachers who performed both Slovene works and the music of their contemporaries. All three were shaped by the Viennese school. Premrl, a successor of Anton Foerster, the centenary of whose death we will mark in 2026, studied composition with Robert Fuchs, where he also encountered the very different aesthetic principles of Arnold Schoenberg, the central figure of the “Second Viennese School”, whose only surviving and recently revised organ composition will also be performed at this recital, part of the Radio Ars organ series Visits of the Queen. Kimovec studied at the Church Music Department of the University of Vienna in Klosterneuburg and, after returning to Ljubljana, became the first conductor of the Radio Choir, founded in 1937. Tomc, for his part, studied in Vienna under the legendary Franz Schmidt.

These connections are also reflected in the programme of the organ concert, which blends Slovene and Austrian works and offers a glimpse into the stylistic diversity of twentieth-century organ music. The organist is Polona Gantar, a musician of remarkable breadth who trained at the Carinthian State Conservatorium in Klagenfurt and the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, where she completed her master’s degree under Peter Planyavsky before pursuing further studies with leading European organists. She performs as a soloist both at home and abroad and makes regular recordings for the archives and for RTV Slovenia’s record label ZKP. She is a music editor at Radio Ars and the organist of the Church of the Annunciation in Ljubljana (the Franciscan Church).