Music for Pan Flute & Organ 'With More Than A Hundred Pipes'

The combination of the Pan Flute and the Organ makes perfect sense, given that the organ is in fact a giant pan flute in the production of the tone. How well the two instruments fit together and how beautifully they can grow to form one large instrument is demonstrated on the present recording.

The organ is a 1722 Matthäus Carlen organ in Valais Switzerland, and the musicians have chosen repertoire from this period, in juxtaposition with traditional Rumanian music in which the pan flute already for centuries plays an essential role: works by Vivaldi, Froberger, Purcell, Handel, Bach and Muffat are set against folk music from Bukovina and Romania.

Hanspeter Oggier is one of the foremost Pan Flutists of today, a true advocate and pioneer for the instrument. By demonstrating the wide possibilities in terms of timbre, colour, articulation and dynamics he has put the pan flute on the map as a serious classical instrument. Sarah Brunner is a versatile musicians based in Valais, Switzerland, enjoying an active career as organist and ensemble player.

Hanspeter Oggier's previous recordings for Brilliant Classics (concertos by Vivaldi and Telemann) have been met with enthusiastic critical acclaim by the press.