ARTHUR OMURA
Harpsichord / Organ
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Hidden Gems from the Iberian Peninsula
Saturday, October 12
1924 Trinity Ave.
Walnut Creek, CA
The organ works of 17th and 18th-century Spain are hidden behind more than one curtain: they are obscured by the passage of centuries, by the differences in religious and cultural practices, and by the leyenda negra that separated most of Catholic Spain from Protestant England and Germany in the Early Modern period. Consider this recital a pulling aside of the curtain. It is made up of works by Spanish composers which I think are too good not to be heard.
Batalla 5o tono by Juan Cabanilles
Pavana Italia by Antonio de Cabezón
Diferencias de Folias by Cabanilles
Pange lingua from Seis fugas para órgano sobre himnos latinos by José Lidón
Pange lingua in 8 variations and a Pastorella by Vicente Rodríguez Monllo
Tiento lleno 8o tono by Cabanilles
Fantasía de 8o tono by Rodríguez
Biography
Arthur Omura is a specialist in historical keyboard instruments based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He studied with Charles Rus in San Francisco, and with Dr. Ladd Thomas and Dr. Lucinda Carver at USC. He has performed at the Boston and Berkeley Early Music festivals and given numerous performances in Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Omura keeps an active performance schedule as an organist and harpsichord player. He has worked with MicroFest, wildUp, iPalpiti, Les Surprises Baroques, Musica Angelica, the American Bach Soloists, and the Cantata Collective. Omura has collaborated on several recordings, most recently on the Cantata Collective's second recording of Bach Cantatas. His interest in instrument making led him to work with harpsichord builder Curtis Berak, whom he has assisted in restoring several instruments, and with organ builder Manuel Rosales. Omura is the director of music at Grace Episcopal Church in Martinez, CA.