A spectacular sound experience is almost guaranteed when Artist in Residence Pacho Flores lets his trumpet shine over the majestic sound of the Eule organ in the Philharmonie Mercatorhalle. Both musicians live in Valencia, where Flores, who comes from Venezuela, has found his adopted home and Paterson works as an organ professor - and the well-rehearsed duo has also already been in the recording studio. In their musical luggage, the two have not only Johann Sebastian Bach's popular cantata "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" but also their own compositions. For example, the "Méditation sur Salve Regina" from the "Scènes Mystiques d'une Paraphrase Grégorienne", which Carlos Paterson composed in 2021. In the same year, Pacho Flores wrote "Musas y Resuello", which he dedicated to the Argentine tango king Astor Piazzolla. There is also a rousing Canarian dance, “Canarios”, by the Spanish composer and guitarist Gaspar Sanz. It was originally written for guitar, but in the concert it will be performed in an arrangement by Carlos Paterson, who also arranged Oskar Böhme’s trumpet concerto, while the cadenza was written by Pacho Flores.

Trumpet & Organ

Philharmonie Mercatorhalle

The toccata concert "Trumpet & Organ" was originally scheduled to take place last year, but then the devastating floods struck Valencia, Pacho Flores' adopted hometown. Together with star conductor Gustavo Dudamel, the trumpeter and Artist in Residence for the 2024/2025 season organized a benefit concert for the victims of the natural disaster – which took place on the day of the planned toccata. However, the two musicians did not want to deprive the Duisburg audience of the spectacular sound experience, when radiant trumpet tones combine with the majestic sound of the Eule organ – and will present their personally curated program in the 2025/2026 season. Pacho Flores and Carlos Paterson met in Valencia, have already been in the recording studio together, and have brought along not only their own works but also arrangements of other composers. For example, Johann Sebastian Bach's popular cantata "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (Awake, the Voice Calls Us), but also the "Méditation sur Salve Regina" from the "Scènes Mystiques d'une Paraphrase Grégorienne," which Carlos Paterson composed in 2021. In the same year, Pacho Flores also composed "Musas y Resuell," which he dedicated to the Argentine tango king Astor Piazzolla.

Carlos Paterson

Events

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Mar 7, 2026

Trumpet & Organ · Duisburger Philharmoniker

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Feb 1, 2025

Trumpet & Organ · Duisburger Philharmoniker

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